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I like the way you think.For the record, I would like to clarify that I am probably capable at this point of doing the GDMBR on a regular non-e bike. I am not all that motivated by accomplishing personal feats. I retired at 44 and have accomplished many personal feats and have nothing to prove to myself in that regard. I am much more interested in paving the way for others who come after me now. Giving back and helping those who are more compromised. All of the e bikes that I build are for people who are health compromised in some way. Cancer patients, type one diabetes, heart disease, overweight, you name it. I have watched people crawl back from the brink. The one thing about a bike is that they balance themselves if you have the muscle memory to let them do so. A balance compromised person can experience true dynamic balance and that is often the spark that puts them on the track to great recoveries vs downhill in a chair.
Less body mass solves a lot of problems, but I have to note that for most e-bike riders, it also solves many of the problems that the e-bike serves to address in the first place.
I should note, that unless you are a good trials rider, there are sections you will want to hike with the bike just to avoid mechanical damage. That said, the weight loss will revive knees and your ability to handle those few sections.... Just thinking now about how a battery assist walking up a couple of rock gardens might improve one's mood.
Hope you pull this off. Looking forward to the book.