First Day of Summer?

End of March, the start of British Summer Time - and a truly summery day at that.

Took the opportunity to get out on the bikes - over the hill and down to Capel Bangor and along Cwm Rheidol, enjoying the afternoon sunshine.

Was glad of the battery on a number of occasions, but even it couldn't cope with one of the hills on the return journey and had to get off and walk for a bit!

A nice taste of the summer to come?

On My Bike . . .

Finally took the plunge and ordered myself an electric bike the other day - had been thinking about it for a while - the idea being that it would give me sufficient extra oomph to halfway keep up with Martin on the hills.

My new 'Batribike Diamond' turned up in a box (some assembly required - luckily Martin knows his bikes).  Took it on a test ride and it certainly helped me keep going up the hills (still have to keep pedalling).



Couple of minor issues - the rim tape on the inside of the wheels wasn't up to the job, and the first few times I went out kept getting spoke punctures on the back wheel (which is a real pain on an electric bike - not easy to remove the wheel to change the inner tube).


A reel of electricians tape later and the problem appears to have been solved - which means I'll have to get on my bike from now on . . .