....the adventure begins

Back home from my first proper Ebike  ride.... looking for a party on the beach that seems to have blown away in the howling wind. ..a crazy, exhilarating, wet ,windy and wild ride, headwind all the way there, and a crosswind to blow cobwebs away.....ending up with a micro party under a beautiful hazy moon.

I sure know how to chuck myself in at the deep end! We meant to set off in daylight, but by the time we were ready it was dark.....and somehow I'd knocked the little spoke sensor that tells the onboard computer how fast you're going, so the computer was throwing up error messages, and telling me I was doing 50 km/hr! Despite the error messages the bike did what it was supposed to do and was amazing! I had to keep myself from pushing too much as I didn't want to leave my other half behind!

I found myself actually saying thank you to the amazing little motor as it glided up hills that have had me struggling  and pushing myself to the limit!  ...I still need to work on my own courage levels;  some of the off road stuff was about at the edge of my scaredy cat levels. ..but feeling that extra push from the bike totally helped me get through some tricky terrain (very stony beach, lumpy tracks, big puddles, it even helped to push itself up the steps to our house on "walk" mode)...what a clever beast!...it felt like I had got on a thundering cart horse  after only riding ponies before...only just in control sometimes, but I can feel it's capability totally outstrips mine at the moment

The start of a beautiful relationship....

❤

  **update..this was on Friday. We went back out on Saturday night and found the party, exactly where it should be. The weather was the complete opposite of the night before. Cold and calm. We partied til 4am, then padded home easily in the first whisps of a rising sea mist. I caught hundreds of sticky strands of cobwebs on my face, and across the front of my bike as we rode. They were beautiful, sparkling and shimmering in the lights of the bike. I tried to take a pic but it was one of those ephemeral beauties that you just had to be there to enjoy, and for the first time in a very long time, I was there to see it

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First impressions

I've just collected my new Ebike, and I wanted to record my first impressions.....wow wow WOW!
I haven't had much of a go, as it was nearly 6pm by the time I left the shop, but I was rendered speechless with the first push on the pedal! I only got 100 yards before I had to stop and catch my breath!
Just wow!  That's all I can say  right now! I had a little spin when we got home and normally getting up our steep  drive is hard and I only make it about one in five attempts. ...I just breezed up there without changing gear or even getting out of breath!
I normally feel like a hero at the top of our drive if I make it to the top...I am going to have to up my game if I want to feel heroic at the end of a ride maybe...
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On the brink of a revolution

I am on the brink of, hopefully, a revolution!
I have just been awarded a grant from the MS Society. (* I just can't get that link to work! :/ ...here's  the website.. mssociety.org.uk) They helped hugely towards most of the cost of a shiny new Ebike!
 It's currently still in the tender care of the Summit Cycles workshop in Aberystwyth for the final build and tweak, then the adventure begins!
 I have high hopes for this modern marvel of a contraption....... It will be like 3 of me pedalling if I put it to the highest help setting, which I hope will mean I will have restored some of my previous bikability!
 I come from a bikey kind of household, and before my MS kicked my butt, we used to go on cycle adventures, like  pedalling 40 miles to get to festies in the mud (much easier than trying to get a car or van on/off site when it's a quagmire!), and wild camping by glittering moonlit lakes, drinking whiskey round a campfire, and getting eating alive by midges! Happy days! :)
I have worked at getting and maintaining a level of fitness that means I am still able to pedal a mile to the nearest shop/bus stop, but the Ebike will hopefully enable me to go much further, without the fear, and likelihood of flaking out before I'm there. I'm so excited! I can barely wait!

So, I will be posting a bit of what I can and can't do with my shiny new steed, and how it fits into my life. I'm also curious about how other people will deal with a (invisibly) disabled person using a bike for mobility...

Watch this space!

And here's the manufacturer's link in case you're interested.....

My beautiful shiny red bike....

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