Anyone used the Routefifty7 bike hire shop in Shanklin, on the IOW?
Their prices aren't as good as Longleat Center Parcs, but I might hire something (probably an ebike) for part of our upcoming break. Even though it's not far from where we live, it will be our first return there in ~20 years and this time it will be via three short train journeys and a ferry each way... Hence I really cannot be doing with the hassle of taking my own bike!
It would mean I could finally get around to doing the ~2 mile ~10% average climb from Ventnor esplanade to the top of Down Lane near Wroxall, one of a number of climbs from my '17-'22 list that never happened before the unexpected plummet in my health.
It might also give me some food for thought about maybe trying the rescheduled IOW Randonnee on the first Sunday of September, which would have to be an ebike effort if trying the long circuit.