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mcelliott said:
Currently riding around the hills above Nice, finding some neat little climbs, no-where's actually flat around here. Getting some decent elevation in, even on the short rides. My wife is trying out an Orbea e-bike, which she very much likes 
No offence meant, but can we have a photo with more Orbea e-bike, and less wife please... 
(I'm genuinely interested as my wife wants to get a bike, after a few years without one, and an e-bike could well fit the bill)
yellowjack said:
mcelliott said:
Currently riding around the hills above Nice, finding some neat little climbs, no-where's actually flat around here. Getting some decent elevation in, even on the short rides. My wife is trying out an Orbea e-bike, which she very much likes
No offence meant, but can we have a photo with more Orbea e-bike, and less wife please... (I'm genuinely interested as my wife wants to get a bike, after a few years without one, and an e-bike could well fit the bill)
yellowjack said:
No offence meant, but can we have a photo with more Orbea e-bike, and less wife please...
(I'm genuinely interested as my wife wants to get a bike, after a few years without one, and an e-bike could well fit the bill)
No offence taken (I'm genuinely interested as my wife wants to get a bike, after a few years without one, and an e-bike could well fit the bill)
I don't know much about the bike, because it's hired from a local bike store (French). What I do know is it's incredibly heavy - somewhere around 15kg.
This particular model has 105 throughout and some fancy carbon wheels and of course disc brakes. I think it retails at something like 2,800 euro, so not cheap.
So we're doing mainly hilly routes around this area which means although my wife is of pretty good fitness bike wise, she can only climb unassisted for a fairly short period of time before having to engage the lower of three modes for power. So on a 5% gradient, it feels like she's being pushed, so hardly any effort is required which is a little bit frustrating for her.
On the flat the weight isn't quite so apparent if she's sitting on my wheel out of the wind. She hasn't used the other two more powerful modes yet, it must be like being on a motorbike!
On the lowest power mode you have a range of 100km, then on the most powerful setting, you have around 40-50km.
mcelliott said:
No offence taken
I don't know much about the bike, because it's hired from a local bike store (French). What I do know is it's incredibly heavy - somewhere around 15kg.
This particular model has 105 throughout and some fancy carbon wheels and of course disc brakes. I think it retails at something like 2,800 euro, so not cheap.
So we're doing mainly hilly routes around this area which means although my wife is of pretty good fitness bike wise, she can only climb unassisted for a fairly short period of time before having to engage the lower of three modes for power. So on a 5% gradient, it feels like she's being pushed, so hardly any effort is required which is a little bit frustrating for her.
On the flat the weight isn't quite so apparent if she's sitting on my wheel out of the wind. She hasn't used the other two more powerful modes yet, it must be like being on a motorbike!
On the lowest power mode you have a range of 100km, then on the most powerful setting, you have around 40-50km.
Ah. Thanks for the little review - it sounds like it might well be too expensive for my wife then. And perhaps too heavy unassisted. She's not a fan of spending a lot of money on a bike, despite the fact that I assure her that spending a little more than usual would get her a lighter bike, and perhaps a more durable set of components. Sad to say that there doesn't seem to be much in local shops to look at that is aimed at her really. I might have to recce shops further afield and try to persuade her to move her budget up a bit...I don't know much about the bike, because it's hired from a local bike store (French). What I do know is it's incredibly heavy - somewhere around 15kg.
This particular model has 105 throughout and some fancy carbon wheels and of course disc brakes. I think it retails at something like 2,800 euro, so not cheap.
So we're doing mainly hilly routes around this area which means although my wife is of pretty good fitness bike wise, she can only climb unassisted for a fairly short period of time before having to engage the lower of three modes for power. So on a 5% gradient, it feels like she's being pushed, so hardly any effort is required which is a little bit frustrating for her.
On the flat the weight isn't quite so apparent if she's sitting on my wheel out of the wind. She hasn't used the other two more powerful modes yet, it must be like being on a motorbike!
On the lowest power mode you have a range of 100km, then on the most powerful setting, you have around 40-50km.
...she's threatening to put a bid in for a RideLondon 46 ballot place, but is currently what you might call "between bikes".
On the way to the Blockhaus, central Italy. Nothing at home prepares you for a proper mountain, stuck in bottom gear, in and out of the saddle, it's 30 degrees at the bottom and 15 at the top, normal pacing goes out of the window, just check I really haven't got any more gears, does this EVER end?
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear grey t-shirts.
100km into a 200km ride from Hitchin to Hunstanton, after my third puncture, and an unrideable rear tyre, I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere (well, the Welney Wetland Centre). Resigned to a taxi to the nearest station and two trains home, the ever-optimist group suggested sourcing a new rear tyre so we could all finish together. I phoned up M-Bikes of Downham Market and the owner offered to drive the 20 mile round trip to drop a new tyre off. And, said that if I didn't have any cash, to pay online when I get home. He even arrived with a spare inner tube for me.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, St Graham of Downham Market.
100km into a 200km ride from Hitchin to Hunstanton, after my third puncture, and an unrideable rear tyre, I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere (well, the Welney Wetland Centre). Resigned to a taxi to the nearest station and two trains home, the ever-optimist group suggested sourcing a new rear tyre so we could all finish together. I phoned up M-Bikes of Downham Market and the owner offered to drive the 20 mile round trip to drop a new tyre off. And, said that if I didn't have any cash, to pay online when I get home. He even arrived with a spare inner tube for me.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, St Graham of Downham Market.
Mark83 said:
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear grey t-shirts.
100km into a 200km ride from Hitchin to Hunstanton, after my third puncture, and an unrideable rear tyre, I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere (well, the Welney Wetland Centre). Resigned to a taxi to the nearest station and two trains home, the ever-optimist group suggested sourcing a new rear tyre so we could all finish together. I phoned up M-Bikes of Downham Market and the owner offered to drive the 20 mile round trip to drop a new tyre off. And, said that if I didn't have any cash, to pay online when I get home. He even arrived with a spare inner tube for me.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, St Graham of Downham Market.
I know where both of those locations are as I used to live not far from there. Although only 20ish miles it is not a trivial journey as the roads are pants. That has to be an hours round trip minimum. Next time I'm up there I will visit M Bikes. Because he deserves an award. 100km into a 200km ride from Hitchin to Hunstanton, after my third puncture, and an unrideable rear tyre, I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere (well, the Welney Wetland Centre). Resigned to a taxi to the nearest station and two trains home, the ever-optimist group suggested sourcing a new rear tyre so we could all finish together. I phoned up M-Bikes of Downham Market and the owner offered to drive the 20 mile round trip to drop a new tyre off. And, said that if I didn't have any cash, to pay online when I get home. He even arrived with a spare inner tube for me.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, St Graham of Downham Market.
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