Pleasant weekend rambles on the ebike.

 This is a common sight on Saturday or Sunday mornings these days. I'm parked outside Farro Fresh in Grey Lynn, about to fill my panniers with goodies.

 Perfect breezy leafy weather for cycling.

Heading home after checking out Moa in Grey Lynn.

Spring and increasing spoke action

Every weekend has seen a cycle trip or two, but no photos. The call of the cycleway is strong, and the number of potential places has increased since the advent of the battery bike. I just had to record something to say that the wheels have been turning, and normal transmission (of photos) will resume one of these days.

Midwinter ebike ride

 My sister (below) bought a flash electric bike and was bursting to use it, and the first really blue fine day this winter happened yesterday. We took full advantage and set off from Te Atatu.

 Weather cold, but still, and a wonderful day for testing the endurance of the battery power.

 We cycled from Te Atatu to Pt Chev, then up to our first stop at Garnet Station cafe and down to Grey Lynn. Stopped at Bread and Butter cafe for lunch, and then down to Ponsonby and down Franklin Road to end at Victoria Park. Along the waterfront to the Yacht Club, and back to Queen Street, and then up to the library to charge up our batteries (literally). Finally we returned home via Wellesley St and the North Western cycleway. Great day.

Summer 2013

 Finally, after returning from two months overseas, I have got this little beauty up and going, and this is me on my longest trip yet, from Te Atatu Peninsula in to Mission Bay and back. That's about as long as the battery lasts too. It still feels a bit of a cheat, but at the moment, with a touch of siatica and the looming potential of less cycling, this electric bike has opened up a whole new vista of possibility. AND I still have my other bike for shorter trips. It's a win win.

The ebike that wasn't

IF you read the link below you get the whole story. This is the ebike I just bought, online, and had delivered. I guess if I ride it in a virtual environment, I might actually get places, but certainly not as it came to me yesterday in this box. SIGH.

Oops, put this post in the wrong blog.

http://inkyblots.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/almost-ebike.html

Out and about to Oratia

 This is where we ended up - at the packing shed cafe after strolling round the farmers market at Oratia. Nice coffee and chat before heading back a different way. We went there via the Twin Streams pathway, and returned by Henderson Valley through the park. Lovely meandering paths.

Stopped here on the way at The Falls bridge.