You are right there, especially when fully loaded. There is a walk assist feature which gives a small push , but even so...

Oy, that's a lot of up. It can't be any fun to push an ebike up the hill..

Indeed. I will have to work on my pannier security for all our sakes.

Oh my gosh. We cannot take much more of the drama of the fleeing panniers.

He did tighten up the straps, they seem more secure. On the other hand, when I got to the hotel last night I realized that in my haste to get there from the train, I hadn't attached either of the hooks for my bags to the rack. Living a charmed life here.

We nearly ran our ebike batteries to zero today. Over 900 metres of climbing, and we did end up walking some.

But did he find some sort of attachment device to convince your bags to stay with your bikes?

After my own experiences in 2022, tires suitable for the BF is a subject I'm very sensitive to / about. The general lack thereof "in the wild" (as opposed to online) is actually one of the reasons I've got mine up for sale.

Good idea, I'll keep an eye out for it.

You have an excellent eye Keith. We've been lucky to find some really helpful bike shops lately.

Thanks Suzanne. I'm pretty happy that we're still on schedule. Just keep swimming.

Thanks Keith. It's all part of the experience, but I could do with a little less adventure.

It works best accompanied by the Flintstone cheer...
Yabba dabba doo!

The brake actually broke in two places. Very weird.

Yes, I haven't seen anything quite like these.