A pretty easy eBike commute this morning, except heading north into the 15 mph headwind, which slowed me down some. It's fine, because I rode 68 miles Saturday on my gravel bike and 25 miles more on my commuter eBike yesterday.
I'm going home for lunch, and will have left-over tacos with my wife, who's working from home today.
Yesterday was an interesting eBike riding day:
- A trip to the grocery store for taco fixins
- A trip to a new friend's parents' house to help her get her eBike out of the basement after two years of not being ridden. Amazingly, the battery charged up and held the charge well.
- I brought the friend back to our house, where we had coffee and a snack. Wife was just finishing up basement organizing she wanted to do, so she joined us on a 12 mile eBike ride.
- The new friend's butt was hurting badly by the end of the ride. I recommended the YLG wide saddle from Amazon for her.
- I escorted her back to her parents house, where she retrieved a rack, mounted the eBike up and brought it back to our house
- Wife made us taco dinner and we watched Dead Poets Society while we washed the tacos down with a few beers.
- The eBike is too heavy for her to load or unload from the rack, so I escorted her back to her apartment to unload it. Her landlord said she can lock it to the railing in the mail area; it's a tight fit.
- On that ride escorting her (in the dark, after 10 PM) some dog lit out after me; I didn't even see him, but she did, following in her SUV. She said it looked like a lab, and chased me for about 5 seconds before giving up. (I was going about 25 mph at the time)
- On the ride back from her place, I went slower to look for the dog, ready to take off if it gave chase. I saw the dog just wandering down a roadside MUP. Yellow lab.
- Labs are usually friendly and I could see a collar, so I turn around to see about getting him back to his home. As I approached him, I noticed the owner was WITH him, right behind him, but wearing all black. We just didn't see him in the dark!
Tonight, I'm to lead my club's Moderate Monday ride. Not looking forward to it, but I don't want to do a late cancellation, so I'll probably take an eBike to the starting spot, and if no one else shows up, I'll just turn around and head back home. It's supposed to be 36° with 20-30 mph winds. I can do it, but it doesn't sound like fun and I'd rather let my legs and neck recover more from Saturday's Gran Fondo.
Rides from the past few days: