Saturday, August 5, 2023

For the Assist

I was feeling a little bored this afternoon, so I tapped open my bike share app to find myself a nearby ride. There was a well-charged e-bike about 10 minutes from here and so off I headed on foot. It was an ideal afternoon for such a pursuit, low 80s and sunny but breezy, so I headed west on the bike trail, and that pedal-assist made my 15-mile ride, well, a breeze.

I did feel a bit guilty as I trundled easily past many a bike without a motor, and I was glad when the serious bikers on the trail called out to let me know they were passing on my left, but in the end? An hour of steady pedaling is an hour of steady pedaling.

I just made it a bit farther than I might have otherwise.

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