Kodi njinga yamoto panjinga ingasinthidwe kukhala E-biking paulendo wopita ku Cape Town?

I vomereza - Ndine wokonda njinga. Zowona-nyengo zosangalatsa, idyani matope anga. Ndayenda pa njinga yapakatikati padziko lonse lapansi, ndili ndi hema ndi chikwama chogona, ndanyamula ma panniers ndi kalavani pamwamba pa Rockies, Alps komanso kudera lonse la Arctic. Pa kukwera masana kozizira masana, ndimakondwera ndi ng'ombe zanga komanso ma quadriceps okhala ndi lactic acid.

Pomwe sindinafikire Mamil (bambo wazaka zapakati ku Lycra) atangoima chabe koma - simunandipeza ine ndikusinthanitsa ndi tinthu tating'onoting'ono tokhala ndi kaboni tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono tomwe timayendera alendo aku London - oyendetsa njinga, ikuyenera kuwonetsa zowawa zopweteka, kwa maola angapo osachepera. Chifukwa chake lingalirani za mantha anga odabwitsidwa koyambirira kwa ulendo wamakilomita 10,000 wa e-njinga kunja kwa Cape Town, nditangoperekedwa ndi chiwonetsero chachi Dutch chokhala ndi chishalo chachikulu, squidgy, mahandulo otambalala othamangitsa mabuleki osakanikirana ndi khosi lolumikizana mochuluka ngati batire lolemera.

"Yambirani ndi zida zoyamba komanso mudzakhala ndiulendo wopepuka, wopepuka," ndidatero, Sele, ndikamenya zodzitetezera padzuwa pachigawo chilichonse cha thupi losavunduka, kuposa kumangirira chisoti. "Tumizani mu giya lachisanu," adapitiliza, akumwetulira. “Komanso uuluka!”

Zomwe zimachitika pa e-bike zadodometsa mwachangu kuchokera kwa ochepa okha omwe adadzipereka okha zaka khumi zapitazo kapena ku bizinesi yapadziko lonse lapansi ya $ 15 biliyoni. Ku UK, njinga zamagetsi 60,000 zimagulidwadi chaka chilichonse, komabe mkati mwa Netherlands zomwe zimangoyang'ana njinga, kuchuluka kwake kumaima kuposa 400,000 - kuyimira 68% yamagalimoto onse atsopano. Pomwe ndidakana kale mayesero opita kukayang'ana ngati "njinga zabodza" kwina kulikonse, ndiyenera kuvomereza, ukadaulo wake unali wosangalatsa nthawi yomweyo, ngakhale zinali zoyipa.

Pamene gulu langa lamphamvu zisanu ndi zitatu lidatuluka kuchokera kumzinda wamadzi wamadzi ku Kommetjie, phula la cheesy lophika mkati mwa kutentha kwachisangalalo. Eddying South Atlantic inali yowala kwambiri kotero imandipweteketsa m'maso kuti ndiyang'ane molunjika - ngakhale ndimathunzi a dzuwa. Ngati china chake, zimamveka ngati ndimasunthira mwachangu kwambiri, komabe, ndimaperekedwa ndi magiya 5 mpaka 15, zinali zoyesa kwambiri kuyenda kwathunthu. Kuphatikiza apo, thupi langa komanso malingaliro anga anali akuvutika kuti apeze. Poyamba ndinali pa njinga, ndimayenda pa 20-XNUMXmph ndikuletsa kutentha kwa ku South Africa, komabe ndikutulutsa thukuta limodzi la thukuta.

Malo owoneka bwino paulendo wapanjinga

Kwa mamailosi 10 oyambilira, zikwangwani zazikulu zammbali mwa msewu zidachenjeza za "Zinyama zowopsa za M'NYAMA" - ndipo ndimazitenga ngati zokokomeza. Komabe titafika pazipata za Cape Level Nationwide Park, tidakumana ndi anyani owonjezera kuposa a Homo sapiens. Gulu la anyani a bolshie chacma linali kuyenda movutikira pakati pamabinsini ndi anthu wamba. "Kodi mutha kutseka zenera?" adafuula pakiyo amalola wogulitsa, kuchokera kukutetezera kanyumba kake. Komabe panalibe njira yoti ine, kapena wina aliyense mgulu langa, tinali olimba mtima kuti tiwatenge.

Amayi ndi makanda awiri kapena awiri anali okongola mosakayikira, komabe alpha wamwamuna adzafunika kulemera ma kilogalamu 2 owopsa ndikukhala ndi canine enamel ngati zisankhu. “Zaka zingapo m'mbuyomu ndimayenera kumenya nkhonya yomwe inali pafupi kundimenya," adatero Sele. "Ngakhale utakhala kuti sukuyenda ndi njinga m'manja, uyenera kukhala wotetezeka."

Sitinali okwiya pomenya nawo nkhondo - ndipo mwamwayi njinga zathu zinali ndi nthawi yoyendera batire. Komabe dzuwa linali lotentha kwambiri kuposa kale ndipo ndinali ndi t-sheti yamphamvu ya t-sheti yomwe inali yosaphika kwa olumikizana nawo. Ndinali wofunitsitsa kufika kumapeto kwa Cape of Good Hope. Komabe m'malo mwa opambana komaliza opambana - BANG! - tayala langa linakhalanso lopanda pake ndipo linapanda moyo mwachangu.

Batire yanga inali yolipirirabe, komabe inaliukadaulo wakale womwe udandigwetsa pansi. Ndinkayenda movutikira kwambiri kuposa mawilo awiri, ndikumva kuti Eddie the Eagle ndi wamkulu kuposa Chris Froome.