Can An E Bike Make You Fast Enough To Train With A Pro Cyclist?

E-Bikes are great to make cycling more accessible to those of us who aren’t as fast as our friends. But can we take that one step further? Can a mere mortal ride with an actual pro cyclist and keep up with them on a training ride?⁠
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With a Ribble SL e in hand, we headed off to some of the steepest climbs in the Lake District, where Ollie met up with James Shaw of Ribble-Weldtite to find out exactly that.⁠

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