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happy e-bike-iversary to me!
Jun. 20th, 2021 01:51 pmI'm actually a day late because I misplaced my round tuit, so: two years ago yesterday I got my current hybrid vehicle: a Priority Embark e-bike. It was an excellent decision, both to get a bike and the actual bike I got, because it's a perfect vehicle for my needs.
As you can see I eventually replaced the crappy cheap panniers with fancy Ortliebs, but they're still pink :-)
Today its odometer read 1523 miles, or 76 miles per month on average. This is a lot less than I'd originally estimated, that first summer I bought it, because it seemed I was riding 25-40 miles each week. But in mid-September 2019 I went on vacation for a month (a week back east to visit family and run Reach the Beach, followed by three weeks in Spain), and then it was winter. I still rode 7-20 miles a week, though, and I was expecting that when it got warmer I'd be back to my previous numbers. Then came the pandemic.
We never had the kind of lockdown that our friends back in Barcelona had, or really, people anywhere outside the US had. I still went running most days. But because of covid-19 I wanted to limit my trips to the supermarket and the food co-op, so instead of biking to one or the other weekly I drove twice a month and piled up the pickup truck bed with supplies. All the meetings around town I used to ride to moved to Zoom. So really, it was the same thing most people experienced, driving their cars less, only my car is my e-bike.
Anyway, now that things are seemingly normal again here (I mean, everyone's acting as though everything's normal again, though we're only at about 65% vaccinated; but at least I'm vaccinated) I'm riding it a lot more. Like: This past Monday I rode down to the river trail to go running. Tuesday I rode downtown to meet a visiting friend for lunch, then stopped at the food co-op on the way home. Wednesday I rode over to campus to pick up my CSA, and then later that day down to the bakery and the liquor store (which are across the street from each other). Friday morning I rode to the river trail to go running, and then in the evening Britt and I rode downtown to meet friends for dinner. Saturday morning I rode to the farmer's market. So that was almost 32 miles last week!
Anyway, tl;dr e-bikes are awesome and I look forward to continuing to ride it a lot!
As you can see I eventually replaced the crappy cheap panniers with fancy Ortliebs, but they're still pink :-)
Today its odometer read 1523 miles, or 76 miles per month on average. This is a lot less than I'd originally estimated, that first summer I bought it, because it seemed I was riding 25-40 miles each week. But in mid-September 2019 I went on vacation for a month (a week back east to visit family and run Reach the Beach, followed by three weeks in Spain), and then it was winter. I still rode 7-20 miles a week, though, and I was expecting that when it got warmer I'd be back to my previous numbers. Then came the pandemic.
We never had the kind of lockdown that our friends back in Barcelona had, or really, people anywhere outside the US had. I still went running most days. But because of covid-19 I wanted to limit my trips to the supermarket and the food co-op, so instead of biking to one or the other weekly I drove twice a month and piled up the pickup truck bed with supplies. All the meetings around town I used to ride to moved to Zoom. So really, it was the same thing most people experienced, driving their cars less, only my car is my e-bike.
Anyway, now that things are seemingly normal again here (I mean, everyone's acting as though everything's normal again, though we're only at about 65% vaccinated; but at least I'm vaccinated) I'm riding it a lot more. Like: This past Monday I rode down to the river trail to go running. Tuesday I rode downtown to meet a visiting friend for lunch, then stopped at the food co-op on the way home. Wednesday I rode over to campus to pick up my CSA, and then later that day down to the bakery and the liquor store (which are across the street from each other). Friday morning I rode to the river trail to go running, and then in the evening Britt and I rode downtown to meet friends for dinner. Saturday morning I rode to the farmer's market. So that was almost 32 miles last week!
Anyway, tl;dr e-bikes are awesome and I look forward to continuing to ride it a lot!
