Me and my E-bike
MY ELECTRIC BIKE I feel here I need to talk more about my electric bike. It is an Orbea Gain F-30 and it is beautiful. It is a hybrid style in a wonderful flame red/orange colour. The battery is sneakily hidden in the downtube so it doesn’t look like an E-bike. But because I am such an honest person I always confess if I overtake someone!! When, before my first ablation, a friend suggested I get an E-bike I was upset and insulted as I thought they were implying I’d never recovery enough to ride a ‘proper’ bike again. But, in fact, it is one of the best things I have ever purchased. It has three battery settings – red/amber/green or you can use it without any help. Red helps lots, I barely get out of breath when I use that setting and it races up the steep hills nearby (Suffolk steep that is!). It’s perfect for early post-ablation riding. The range is about 24 miles Amber is more hard work, but a huge help uph