E-whine

[All uphill]

This time three years ago I was setting PBs and getting the odd top ten and KOM on leaderboards. It took ~2.5 years of long covid to start looking at ebikes and I so wish I'd bought one sooner, it's been a Gamechanger for I situation I never expected to happen so quickly.

You have my sympathy. Our son experienced long COVID in 2020, and as he recovered he bought a Tern GSD ebike which gives him great joy.

I've recently had a sudden change in my health and have had to make the painful transition from 100km days on my old tourer to being grateful for 5 miles on an ebike. It's all cycling!

 

[Rusty Nails]

It very much sounds like you don't NEED an e-bike, you are young enough to/ fit enough to use a "normal" bike. However, we (myself and Mrs @BoldonLad) are 77/78 years old, after age 75, we found we needed a bit of assistance, so, e-bikes kept us cycling.

More recently, Mrs @BoldonLad has been diagnosed with Alzheimers, she can no longer safely ride a bicycle (even an e-bike), it has nothing to do with her fitness level, which is upto the task, but, to do with dealing with traffic, gears, brakes etc. Even that has been solved by purchasing a Hase Pino Steps semi-recumbent tandem. So, we are still enjoying our cycling outings, and, keeping relatively fit.

I think the term "horses for course" may be appropriate.

Perhaps, more on. topic, when we rode our e-bikes (Specialised Vado 4 SL) we did get the very occasional "cheaters" comment, whilst riding the Pino, we have had only smiles, cheers and the occasional shout of "awesome", or "amazing" 😂

Never really fancied a recumbent but that e-tandem looks awesome.
What a great way to keep your wife actively involved in cycling.

 

[BoldonLad]

Never really fancied a recumbent but that e-tandem looks awesome.
What a great way to keep your wife actively involved in cycling.

Yes, same here. I did try a conventional tandem, but, communication was difficult, and, wife just wasn’t “engaged” so not really happy. With the Pino, we can talk, and, an unexpected bonus, people smile and talk to us. This pleases wife, since her Alzheimer’s has led to a degree of social isolation. So, win win