Electric bikes give you wings, Pam Jones discovers, as she gets a helping hand on three of Central Otago's cycle trails. The mighty Scott electric bike from Trail Journeys takes a break at the top of a switchback section of the Roxburgh Gorge Trail. We all grew up in Central Otago, have each given birth multiple times; a little chafing or headwind isn't going to break us. The Roxburgh trail and its neighbour, the Clutha Gold Trail, were opened by then Prime Minister and Tourism Minister John Key in 2013. It's fun analysing the data from the electric bike counter that tells us things such as our average speed over the past three days (15.1km an hour), and we are permanent converts to the electric biking phenomenon.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 27, 2019 14:26 UTC