I rode my ebike eight miles today up a mountain overlook. You can see the Puget Sound off in the distance in the background beyond my bike:
The more I ride this bike the more I like it. It is wonderful to ride in an upright way without any special shoes and feel like you are easily going down the road. The hills are very fun when you don't have to worry at all about using up the battery. On a short trip like this the battery hardly goes down at all and partly recharges on the downhill.
I'm parked right by a short concrete ramp. It looks like it is closed off now but might have been used at one time. My guess is that people might have been doing hang gliding here. There doesn't look like there was much of a landing area. If the wind was not just right I would be worried about landing in a tree but I've never done that kind of thing myself so I don't know much about it.
It just looks like a dangerous place to be launching a glider. There is a warning in the concrete that reads, "HOOK IN!"
When I was younger I used to think hang gliding would be fun but I never tried it. I think that if I ever tried it I would like to do it somewhere with a clear area for landing and not so many trees.
The rest of the steps were from walking the dog and doing some things around the house.
Thanks for reading! I always value your support and comments. The pictures were taken by me with my Galaxy S9+. Text and graphics copyright lightsplasher & litesplasher.
Dear @lightsplasher this is really amazing post and its very valued thanks for share with us.
Very beautiful view
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Thank you. It is one of my favorite close hill climb bike rides.
what is not far from the area where you live my friend
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Hey, I didnt know you bought it! Or did I forgot? I dont remember seen it before. Anyway, I was very busy these last 2 weeks. I read you're very happy about the bike. How is it? Did you got used to it? How is it compared with the old one?
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The more I ride the bike the more I like it. I have put a few miles on it already, after owning it a week. It is a different style of riding and does take some getting used to. I was not sure if I wanted to get it right now but with BTC going higher it felt like a good time. I had to spend a few bit pennies on it but it think it was really worth it.
Well, Congrats for buying it, I'm very happy for you 🙂. I'm sure it is worthy!!
For me it was always a true comfort the moment when I've have got tired at paddling and swich it to electric haha. Like a boss 🤣🚲🚲
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Thank you! Being able to have that extra boost up the hill or switch on the assist more is really nice. I worry about running the battery down too far on long rides though.
Yes, thats always a problem. 🙄
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I'm not sure hang-gliding is in my future either. There are bunch of people who do it off Grouse Mountain and I like to watch them. But man ... they gotta be brave. I wonder what it must be like for baby birds on that first flight. I guess they see mama bird do it and that helps.
It is great that the bike partly recharges itself, Brilliant:)
I've never seen anyone doing it except in videos. Maybe an ultra light plane with a small engine would be more interesting to fly.
I'll bet some of the baby birds really don't want to leave the nest.
@lightsplasher I love the photo of Puget Sound off in the distance - and that sky is something else as well! Your ebike is a good looking machine. I'm glad it's working out so well for you! I've always thought about hang-gliding as well, but that sure looks like a dangerous area for it. I like to parasail behind a boat, but that's not too dangerous, lol.
Thank you! The sky around here can look pretty dramatic at times. It sure seems like parasailing would be fun, I would like to try that sometime.
We have to be on vacation somewhere where there's a huge body of water and enough tourists to make it worth someone's while to run a parasailing business. I've been 3 times I think over the years, but I'd like to go again. It just never lasts long enough!
Excellent review @lightsplasher and you made beautiful photos, where you can very exciting ride on your bike, well done!
Thank you. I'm glad you liked the review and photos. :)
You have a day full of fun then
Very beautiful view of nature, nice count too. Kudos💪👍♥️
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Thank you. There are many nice natural areas around. Some of them are hard to get to by bike though.
You're welcome, that is great to hear
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Hang gliding is cool in the abstract but not so much in the concrete! I would be too scared, but I love the thought of it.
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Excellent photography
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