Electric bikes-a chance at more freedom? Part two.

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So, you will all be pleased to know; I survived the bike! Hoorah! That’s the first thing to report, secondly; I think I may be an electric bike convert.

It.is.amazing!

The Big Bear arrived safely last week and was perched in the garage awaiting the big outing at the weekend. My family were staying and we decided to have a jaunt out on our bikes in celebration of the fact that I can now join in…sort of. The day before everyone arrived, Mark and I decided to head out to give me a little bit of practice. We drove to a forest in our local area where it would be quiet, in order to give me space to fall flat on my face (gracefully of course). The Big Bear (the name of the bike) is VERY heavy and VERY big so fitting it in the car was not easy; I decided my skills would be best used in a more advisory role for this part of our trip! So, one slightly scratched car later, Mark had managed to maneuver the bike and we were off. My bike works using both pedal assist and a throttle, I decided to use the throttle so I could focus on balancing on the bike for my first trip. It was ace…and terrifying but  for the first time in many years, I was cycling again! In all I cycled 2.4 miles, I felt pretty proud of my little self, no Tour de France quite yet, but hey, it is a start (although I’m not sure how well an electric bike would go down in a race…). Please go to tripility to read the rest of this post!

Proving that I did actually try the bike out…

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Electric bikes – a chance at more freedom? Part one

Our blog is now on our main site, here is an excerpt from this post. Please go to tripility to read the rest!

Written by Debs; part of the tripility team.

So, what do you do if you have a disability, do not possess the amazing arm strength of a paralympian and want to ride a bike??? You buy an electric bike of course!

The world of electric bikes has only recently become one that I have paid any sort of attention to. It all started a few weeks ago, when my lovely sister came to stay. Living on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, the only obvious thing to do on the first (and maybe only) day of sunshine of the year, is to brush the rust off the bikes and head out into the countryside.  Given that I haven’t quite mastered walking yet, bike riding was definitely not an option for me. So I was left feeling slightly depressed painting my nails at home. On their return, all  muddy and in a state of collapse, I mentioned my desire to be able to join in with these activities (I say mention, let’s face it, it was more like I bemoaned my lot) and Mark hit upon an ingenious  plan; thus, the world of electric bikes was opened up to me. Read the rest at our main site tripility!

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