Monkeywrench
New Member
Hi everyone, thank you for having me. Been smashing this emtb thing for ages, 2 days now. Just WOW.
A little history about me. Always cycled in some way. MTB for probably 10 years off and on. Got back into it 4 years ago and bought a Trek Remedy. All that travel got me well and truely hooked, before a work injury to my wrist kept me off it for 18 months. Shattered radius and then an ulna shortening and bone graft. Then after about 6 months of glorious bush bashing, another different career caused injury, Shattered the top of my left Tibia. 2 plates, lots of screws, cartilage damage etc, 6 months off work. Been a tough road of recovery but commuter cycling has had a massive effect on my improvement. Never thought i'd be able to MTB again though. But went out only about 6 weeks ago for a very gentle ride with a beginner MTB workmate and, Hallelujah, I could do it. Life changing moment for me. Within 6 weeks I am back to riding as well as ever, except for my fitness and my constant knee pain/niggles of course. By the way, I'm a short assed 54 year old who is about 30kgs overweight. I'm just an average rider. Won't do gap jumps. but i have a good time.
So was all booked for a nice little french cycling holiday along the canals of southern France until this horrible virus hit. (would have been flying out next Wednesday)
So i've been glancing at EMTB's with a thought that they will get me up them damn hills a little easier so I can enjoys the down hill bits. Got a little money set aside for said holiday and thought, stuff it, why not.
So I've ended up with a Giant Reign E-1 pro. It's Red and orange and rather fetching me thinks.
So, I work as a bicycle Postie, on a type of e-bike. So i peddle a few hours everyday. It's a little tiring but not too bad. My knee copes ok now. So i picked up my new beast on tuesday arvo, but was just too tired to ride it more than a quick 5 minute ride outside the LBS. But yesterday i was ready to go.
I thought it was all about getting me up the hill so I could ride with a bit more energy going down. How wrong was I. These things are ridiculous. I have never had so much fun in my life. I have always thought snow skiing was the best. not any more. How can riding up hill be so much fun. How can i ride for 90 mins with the only break, to chat to another bloke on a EMTB. I had zero knee pain. Being a fat bastard, not a problem. However, after getting home, my legs did start to seize a little, they had a great workout. Work was a bit tougher today, but guess what. went out for quick 1 hour ride after work. Is it wrong for a fat old man to be giggling like a school girl? This is the best toy I have ever owned.
Look forward to reading everyone else adventures.
Cheers
Jeff
A little history about me. Always cycled in some way. MTB for probably 10 years off and on. Got back into it 4 years ago and bought a Trek Remedy. All that travel got me well and truely hooked, before a work injury to my wrist kept me off it for 18 months. Shattered radius and then an ulna shortening and bone graft. Then after about 6 months of glorious bush bashing, another different career caused injury, Shattered the top of my left Tibia. 2 plates, lots of screws, cartilage damage etc, 6 months off work. Been a tough road of recovery but commuter cycling has had a massive effect on my improvement. Never thought i'd be able to MTB again though. But went out only about 6 weeks ago for a very gentle ride with a beginner MTB workmate and, Hallelujah, I could do it. Life changing moment for me. Within 6 weeks I am back to riding as well as ever, except for my fitness and my constant knee pain/niggles of course. By the way, I'm a short assed 54 year old who is about 30kgs overweight. I'm just an average rider. Won't do gap jumps. but i have a good time.
So was all booked for a nice little french cycling holiday along the canals of southern France until this horrible virus hit. (would have been flying out next Wednesday)
So i've been glancing at EMTB's with a thought that they will get me up them damn hills a little easier so I can enjoys the down hill bits. Got a little money set aside for said holiday and thought, stuff it, why not.
So I've ended up with a Giant Reign E-1 pro. It's Red and orange and rather fetching me thinks.
So, I work as a bicycle Postie, on a type of e-bike. So i peddle a few hours everyday. It's a little tiring but not too bad. My knee copes ok now. So i picked up my new beast on tuesday arvo, but was just too tired to ride it more than a quick 5 minute ride outside the LBS. But yesterday i was ready to go.
I thought it was all about getting me up the hill so I could ride with a bit more energy going down. How wrong was I. These things are ridiculous. I have never had so much fun in my life. I have always thought snow skiing was the best. not any more. How can riding up hill be so much fun. How can i ride for 90 mins with the only break, to chat to another bloke on a EMTB. I had zero knee pain. Being a fat bastard, not a problem. However, after getting home, my legs did start to seize a little, they had a great workout. Work was a bit tougher today, but guess what. went out for quick 1 hour ride after work. Is it wrong for a fat old man to be giggling like a school girl? This is the best toy I have ever owned.
Look forward to reading everyone else adventures.
Cheers
Jeff
