Drove to the MUP (path start is two towns up from me, or 12 miles away whichever way you want to say it) and cycled to the bike shop in the next town (11 miles up, right off the path) where I had them do a few tweeks on my newest ebike, then back on the bike, a bit of a tour around the town, then back on the path heading back to the MUP parking lot. The path is tree shaded almost 100% of the way, a boon as the temps and humidity are rocketing up again. It was a joy to pedal along just relaxing and saying hello to everyone else on the path, and stopping to pet and love-on any puppy being walked. Getting in my riding now since Monday is expected to have a heat index of 105, and extremely high humidity.
First time for me having to remove the bike's front wheel - necessary for the bike to fit inside the electric car (2018 Leaf SV). But it fit beautifully, and as an added bonus the bike's motor is ideally placed to sit firmly in the hatchback's lock-catch depression, which holds the bike upright without assistance, the front forks overhanging in the air, so that I can easily remove or replace the front wheel. Having a disk brake makes it easier to slide the wheel in place, too. All extremely easy to do by myself.
The other day I saw two road bikes riding shotgun on the roof of a Tesla. Forgot to snap a pic - that would have been a classic, although I was disappointed the bikes weren't electric as well (albeit true zero emission).
Picture at the end of a lovely, peaceful 23.7 mile outing - my ebike ready to go home in my e-car.
2019 e-bike in 2018 e-car. "
Oh, the times they are a'changing". Bob Dillon