Out on the Lectric e-bike this morning. That's 3 bike outings in 4 mornings - I took yesterday off, 'cause I had music with the guys.
The bike...
All photos today taken with the Oakley Vanguard Meta glasses. Another hot one. Well, to be fair, from now until October, they're all going to be hot ones here in the desert.
Getting 5 cats fed prevented me from getting out too early. It was 95º at 7:45 when I rolled the bike out of the garage. Through the neighborhood and towards the park. The walking/jogging/biking path...
There were sprinklers going in a good portion of the park...
The sprinklers drop the temperature by a couple degrees as you ride through the mist spray. A couple photo on the walkway around the pond...
Very few people out, but I did have to take care riding by the ducks and geese...
It was a good ride. I grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge on my way out the door - 45 minutes into the ride, it was luke warm. Not as refreshing as riding by the sprinklers.
From the park, I rode through a couple neighborhoods. I could feel the heat wearing on me. Joan had cautioned me, "Don't push it - it's been a while since you've ridden." Yes, stating the obvious. I was good tired by the time I got home. A different kinda riding from the motorcycle or scoot.
For the record, I don't use the ebike as an "electric motorcycle." While it has a throttle on it, I rarely use it. Yes, on the pedal-assist. Mesa (a suburb of Phoenix) just enacted new rules for those riding ebikes: age restrictions, no riding on the sidewalk, helmet required depending on age, and more. The problem isn't the ebike - it is people using them in stupid ways... parents buying an ebike for a 10 year old who rides it on the street with no traffic training... and groups of kids riding them, "terrorizing" pedestrians... and dumbshits riding them at 30 miles per hour on the sidewalks. All of those issues can happen with a non-e-bike, but local legislation gets put into place as a way of deal with the problem.
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