The LCP view of Electric Bikes
The attitude of all members of the LCP to electrically assisted bikes can be summed up in one brief sentence:
Get a real motorbike.
Should you be talking to a member of the LCP when the topic of electrical assistance comes up, it is best to agree that it is cheating and steer the conversation to a safe area. The following phrases will be useful:
It is usually easy to get LCP members to talk about the motorbikes they have or used to have, or their mates had. You can now spend a pleasant hour or more listening to them talk about how electric starters are the cause of moral degeneracy, scooters are unmanly, and the injuries they suffered falling off their Norton Commander.
Get a real motorbike.
Should you be talking to a member of the LCP when the topic of electrical assistance comes up, it is best to agree that it is cheating and steer the conversation to a safe area. The following phrases will be useful:
- even a Honda 90 is better
- a guy on a Vincent Black Shadow overtook me once
- oil leaks prevent rust
- having to decoke my cylinder head once a week kept me out of trouble on Saturday nights I can tell you
- the MZ wasn't as bad as some people say
It is usually easy to get LCP members to talk about the motorbikes they have or used to have, or their mates had. You can now spend a pleasant hour or more listening to them talk about how electric starters are the cause of moral degeneracy, scooters are unmanly, and the injuries they suffered falling off their Norton Commander.
