I made it back. My legs are already cramping. 🤷

Station to station:
50km (54 total)
Climbing 1040m
2.5hrs + breaks
Av HR 150 😱
Max HR 165 😱 making me only 55—I wish! Theoretically, MHR is 220-age. Pfft
Biggest air 0.58s
Weight loss—0. What? Not even sweat? Must've over watered!
No walking hills
One struggle to get a very heavy eMTB over the gate at the end. My body cried enough!
71% battery used
Absolutely buggered. No way I could have done that without Es

#eMTB
#BlueMountains
#TheOaks

I ended up seeing 3 more gravelleurs, & what looked to be an electric recumbent three wheeler. I first thought I was seeing an off road mobility scooter racing down the hill, but as it got close I decided it was just a recumbent. 🤷 The rider was having fun, anyway. 😎

I also saw a dad with a tow rope running back to his kid's bike 😄, & a few regular mtbs, runners, & walkers. Less people than I expected on such an absolutely glorious autumn day—fuel prices, maybe, but railway at each end 🤷

For years I rode this track *at least* weekly. Day & night. Back. Of. My. Hand. Last ride was 18mths ago, & I barely remembered it today.

I should fix that, it's only down the road, after all, & I can always catch a train home if I'm too knackered to ride up. We'll see.

[wanders off to look at prices of light full power eMTBs] Yeah, not cheap, are they? Maybe I just need more^w some muscles. 💪