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Real cyclists don’t use e-bikes

The curse of e-bikes

12 August 2023

9:00 AM

12 August 2023

9:00 AM

An impossible 45 years ago, I decided the moment had come to get back on my pushbike. I had long hated the way the motor car was taking over the world and wanted to play my part in changing this.

I also had a more selfish reason. After two years on the Fleet Street diet of lunchtime excess, I could already see my first heart attack was not far off.

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