Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
That Woman Is Beating Me! (80 mi Group Ride with Jacek and Justyna)
A typical Warsaw cyclist would open their eye on Sunday morning, look through the window, browse the weather forecast, and fall asleep again
The weather was grim. It was cold. Very strong WNW wind was promised. And it could be raining. For those reasons, nobody met me and Jacek in Zaborów at 10 am. on Sunday. Disgusted, we almost got onto the main road at 10:02 when I almost crashed into a petite female riding a traditional Haibike. I'm dumb but Jacek is bright and he asked the girl "Are you expected to ride with us?" -- "Indeed!". It was Justyna, a Polish teacher of English, and an American wife. We rode out together. Since we hadn't ridden together before, I suggested we matched our speed. I'm in the lead. 23 km/h. "Could you ride faster please?" -- I can hear from behind. And so on, until I was riding 30 km/h upwind. That girl made me shocked from the very start.
Just after the first turn, I asked Jacek and Justyna to continue their ride while I stopped, started BLEvo and adjusted the Sport mode to 60/60%... (it is a lot of assistance, I'm ashamed!) Then I turned Turbo on, caught up with the other riders, took them over at speed, and eventually could lead the pack, as I was the only person who:
I made this vid to tell you basically the whole story in two minutes
It turned out Justyna was living in my neighbourhood; and she rode up to Zaborów from home in the morning. If I and Jacek made 100 km on our own, what would her daily distance ridden be then? Brother offered Justyna he would accompany her home (and then return to Zaborów) to show his gallantry to her. I agreed to join because I wanted any of us cover the same trip distance for the day And... we were caught by rain! So what?
The total usable charge left in my both batteries was 15% at the end of the ride, even if I economized at 45 and 35% assistance levels on the way back. Jacek rode on a single battery, and he had to pedal a 26 kg e-bike unassisted for 30 km!
P.S. We met literally as many as five roadies on the whole ride. Three of them went in Climatic Cafe, and one of the five visited Marta's for a cookie...
A typical Warsaw cyclist would open their eye on Sunday morning, look through the window, browse the weather forecast, and fall asleep again
The weather was grim. It was cold. Very strong WNW wind was promised. And it could be raining. For those reasons, nobody met me and Jacek in Zaborów at 10 am. on Sunday. Disgusted, we almost got onto the main road at 10:02 when I almost crashed into a petite female riding a traditional Haibike. I'm dumb but Jacek is bright and he asked the girl "Are you expected to ride with us?" -- "Indeed!". It was Justyna, a Polish teacher of English, and an American wife. We rode out together. Since we hadn't ridden together before, I suggested we matched our speed. I'm in the lead. 23 km/h. "Could you ride faster please?" -- I can hear from behind. And so on, until I was riding 30 km/h upwind. That girl made me shocked from the very start.Just after the first turn, I asked Jacek and Justyna to continue their ride while I stopped, started BLEvo and adjusted the Sport mode to 60/60%... (it is a lot of assistance, I'm ashamed!) Then I turned Turbo on, caught up with the other riders, took them over at speed, and eventually could lead the pack, as I was the only person who:
- Knew the route
- Was riding a lot in that area (they didn't; it was something very new for Justyna).
I made this vid to tell you basically the whole story in two minutes
That Woman Is Beating Me! (80 mi bike group ride with Justyna & Jacek)
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It turned out Justyna was living in my neighbourhood; and she rode up to Zaborów from home in the morning. If I and Jacek made 100 km on our own, what would her daily distance ridden be then? Brother offered Justyna he would accompany her home (and then return to Zaborów) to show his gallantry to her. I agreed to join because I wanted any of us cover the same trip distance for the day
And... we were caught by rain! So what?The total usable charge left in my both batteries was 15% at the end of the ride, even if I economized at 45 and 35% assistance levels on the way back. Jacek rode on a single battery, and he had to pedal a 26 kg e-bike unassisted for 30 km!
P.S. We met literally as many as five roadies on the whole ride. Three of them went in Climatic Cafe, and one of the five visited Marta's for a cookie...
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They had 6 young ones last year and 8 the year before!
No ride on Sunday as I will be at the motor racing again, I was hoping to cycle to it this time but it looks like it will be a wet ride home after the racing...no thanks!
