We took our new EMTB’s to our condo at Northstar Ski Resort at Lake Tahoe driving up late Thursday night and returning Sunday afternoon. Getting 2 - 50lb bikes up 3 flights of stairs to our condo was a challenge especially on arriving Thursday around midnight. Walk mode in a low gear seemed to work best and we got better at it each time we took the bike up to the condo. Did not feel comfortable leaving our new bikes on the rack in the parking lot. Weather was cool and crisp and I was definitely happy to have packed my little yellow windbreaker to go over my layers of long sleeve jerseys. We had a great time together and I am so glad that my wife decided to join me in this EMTB adventure and get a new bike too. Yes I ride alone at home or with friends but having this to share with my wife is really great for our relationship. We rode mostly fire trails and a couple stretches of relatively easy narrower mountain trails. The lifts stopped last week but we had no trouble getting uphill on our new bikes and seemed to have the mountain much to ourselves. I’m two months from having knee joint replacement and we are both still getting comfortable on our new bikes so we didn’t do anything too technical. We just went out and rode and enjoyed the beautiful fall scenery together. All in all a great weekend.
