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Hiki i kahi snob paikikala ke hoʻololi i ka E-biking ma kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Cape City?
ʻO kahi huakaʻi he 20 mile kaapuni ma kahi lā nui o waho o ʻApelika Hema ʻo Cape City ka hōʻoia hope loa o ka huaʻōlelo
I ʻae aku - he snob paikikala wau. ʻO nā mea hauʻoli lewa-ʻoiaʻiʻo, e ʻai i kaʻu lepo. Ua holo paikikala au i ke ao waena o ka honua, me ka halelewa wale nō a me kahi ʻeke hiamoe, ua huki wau i nā panniers a me kahi trailer ma luna o Rockies, nā Alps a ma loko o ka tundra Arctic. Ma nā lā holo hoʻoilo o ka hoʻoilo, kiʻi wau i kahi hauʻoli masochistic mai kaʻu mau keiki bipi a me nā quadriceps cramping me ka waikawa lactic.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau i hiki iki iā Mamil (ke kāne waena o Lycra) kū maʻalahi akā - ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike iaʻu e kaulike ana i kahi kino carbon-fiber £ 10,000 ma kahi o nā kukui o nā malihini kipa o Ladana hikina - paikikala, naʻu, pono e hōʻike ʻino grueling, no kekahi mau hola i ka palena iki o. No laila e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kaʻu hopohopo hopohopo i ka hoʻomaka o kahi huakaʻi kaʻa uila e 20 mile ma waho wale nō o Cape Town, ke hāʻawi ʻia wau me kahi lio Holani me kahi noho nui, squidgy, nā ʻāpana lima ākea e leʻaleʻa ana i nā paleki lever ākea a me ka pihi e like me ka nui o nā pila.
"E hoʻomaka i nā kapa mua a hiki nō ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi māmā, māmā," i ʻōlelo ʻia e kaʻu ʻike, e Sele, ʻoiai wau e paʻi i ka pale o ka lā i kēlā me kēia pale o ka ʻiʻo uhi ʻole ʻia, ma mua o ke kāʻei ʻana i ka mahiole. "E hoʻolilo i loko o nā mea ʻelima," ua hele ʻo ia me ka minoʻaka ʻana. “A e lele nō hoʻi ʻoe!”
Ua hoʻomaka koke ka pīhoihoi e-bike mai kahi mau mea haipule eccentric he ʻumi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i kahi £ 15 biliona ʻoihana honua. Ma loko o ke UK, kūʻai maoli ʻia nā paikikala uila he 60,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā i loko o ka Netherlands hoʻokele paikikala, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā mea ma mua o 400,000 - e hōʻike ana i 68 kenetene o nā kūʻai kūʻai nui uila hou. ʻOiai ua pale mua wau i ka hoʻowalewale e hele e noʻonoʻo i kekahi o kēia mau "keke kekeʻe" i nā wahi ʻē aʻe, e haʻi wau, he pīhoihoi koke ka loea, ʻoiai kahi keiki lethargy inducing.
I ka hui ʻana o kaʻu hui ikaika he ʻewalu i waho o ke kūlanakauhale kai ākea o Kommetjie, hoʻomoʻa ʻia ka aspal cheesy ma loko o ka mānoanoa, mehana o ka sabū. Ke shimmering ka Atlantika Hema e pīhoihoi nei e hōʻeha i koʻu mau maka ke nānā pololei aku - ʻoiai me nā aka o ka lā. Inā kekahi mea, manaʻo wau e hoʻololi wikiwiki ana, eia naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia me nā kapa hoʻokahi i ka 5, he mea hoʻowalewale loa ia i ka huakaʻi ma ka throttle piha. Eia kekahi, ua paʻakikī koʻu kino a me koʻu noʻonoʻo e hopu. Ma ke kaʻa paikikala wau ma mua, e huakaʻi ana ma 15-20mph i ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka mehana o ʻApelika Hema, akā naʻe me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi globule o ka hou.
ʻO nā wahi e pīhoihoi nei i ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ʻeʻe
No nā mile he 10 mau, ua aʻo ʻia nā hōʻailona ākea e pili ana i nā "holoholona WILD weliweli" - a ua hele wau iā lākou ma ke ʻano he hyperbole. Eia nō naʻe ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i nā puka pā o Cape Level Nationwide Park, ua kū mua ʻia mākou me nā primata keu ma mua o Homo sapiens. ʻO kahi pūʻali koa bolshie chacma baboons e puhi nei ma waena o nā pahu a me nā loos lehulehu. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke pani i ka puka aniani o ka cubicle?" ʻuwā ka pā i ka ʻae i ka mea kūʻai aku, mai ka palekana o kāna kiosk. Eia nō naʻe ʻaʻohe mea ʻo wau, a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i kaʻu hui, i lawa ka wiwo ʻole e lawe iā lākou.
ʻO nā mākua he 2 a ʻoi paha a maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o nā makuahine a me nā pēpē, akā pono e kau kaupaona ke kāne alpha iā 80 mau kilokilo hoʻoweliweli a loaʻa i nā enamel canine e like me nā ʻohi hau. "ʻO kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua pono wau e kuʻi i kahi baboon e pili ana i ka hōʻeha iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ʻo Sele. "Eia naʻe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e holo paikikala me ka maiʻa i kou lima, pono ʻoe e palekana."
ʻAʻole mākou i loko o ka huhū no kahi hakakā - a ʻo ka mea pōmaikaʻi loa i loaʻa i kā mākou paikikala he uila i ka uila. Eia nō naʻe ua wela ka wela o ka lā ma mua o ka wā ma mua a ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi neckline T-shirt sunburnt i kuke ʻole ʻia i ka pili. Ua makemake nui wau e kiʻi i ka laina hopena ma ke kahawai o Hope Lā. Eia naʻe ma ke ʻano he hakahaka o kahi hurray hope lanakila - BANG! - Ua hana pāpale ʻia koʻu mau kaʻa hou a ola ʻole i kahi wikiwiki.
Ua uku ʻia naʻe kaʻu pila, akā na ka ʻenehana mua i hoʻokuʻu iaʻu. Ua hele wau i ka mile hope loa i ka wāwae ma mua o nā huila ʻelua, me ka manaʻo ʻoi aku ka nui o Eddie the Eagle ma mua o Chris Froome.