Fun spin with T and sis on rental Cannondale ebikes from VeloCycles Melbourne. Great wee bikes, 20inch wheels and 'hidden' batteries contained within the not-that-fat downtube. Rear wheel-hub drive motors - which meant relatively easy riding with power off (something I discovered towards the end when I ran out of battery).
Starting at the bikeshop, we headed along the Inner Circle Linear Park towards Merri Creek trail. Such good cycling infrastructure, we cruised downstream for ages. Just past where my sis used to live (which was near where I started the MMR) we stopped to check out a bunch of rainbow lorikeets bathing in the creek - very pretty. A wee climb out of the creek and onwards, the trail occasionally dropping down and back up cruising. Dropped down to check out the Yarra Falls, then back up on trail and pulled into the Abbotsford old Convent (where sis has a studio) and went in for lunch at Cam's, which was very nice. Back on the bikes we wound up having to detour a bit onto streets cos they're working on the trail downstream from here. Meandered through the Carlton Brewery zone, quiet streets or bike lanes, eventually back onto the river, which just kept giving. Down down down stream, seemed to go on for ages, eventually cool boardwalks and floating pontoon sections alongside (below) busy motorways. Popped up onto road again and up Exhibition St, where up top they're still building the new cycle lanes. Out to the big Exhibition gardens, no bikes allowed, so we toodled along the bottom of them and up to Gertrude where we went down to the Builders Arms and had a couple of drinks. From here my battery was flat. We rode up Gore then across to Canning which was a lovely quiet bike route all the way up to the Linear Park again and back to the shop.
26kms or so (missed the start km or so forgetting to start the MMR) with just 170 m climbed.
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Sounds like your battery was near flat to start with! Nice day out though it seems. 🚴♂️🍺🤙
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