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Published: August 16th 2015
Who would believe that you could ride a bike that would help you get up a hill looking like a pro. Friday - I rode my first Ebike up a major mountain in the Dolomites- and ask WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?
At first it was rather daunting trying to figure out how to ride this very very heavy bike. As we started up the mountain I saw hills that even in my fittest days would have had me huffing and puffing. I discovered the four levels of "pedal assist" and fell in love with the Turbo level (highest I may add) to getting up those hills. Now don't misunderstand - this isn't a motorcycle - you have to pedal but with every down-way thrust that machine BECOMES like an angle making every pedal that much stronger. SO I WAS EXERSIZING with help. There is one catch though - you can use up the battery to quickly and then you are stuck! I was extremely nervous I would loose all assist half way up so I started playing around with the different levels and by the time we made it to the top I was happy and
a little exhausted laughing about how much fun that ride had been.
Don't forget we are in the Dolomites where everyone here is the size of matchstick (they are all narrow and thin) riding on their road bikes up hills that are unforgiving. So as we road pass them - lets not forget that these guys aren't super men- I'm sure they were saying not nice things about what a shunda it is to be riding these "fake Bikes" and i have to admit we felt like we were cheating but I kept that turbo on all the way to the top of the mountain! HALLELUJAH
As we rode along the top of a mountain ridge and the black clouds and lightening started getting closer we jumped on our new bikes pressed on level eco and off we went before the rain started to pour.
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