i finally broke down and i'm gonna get myself a little electric bicycle... one with nice wide fat tires for the often wet and steep roads around me... i dunno how the brakes are gonna work out... probably will need to make sure i get some spare discs and brake pads and cables because hilly terrain like this means sometimes nearly red hot brake discs (i saw this in Sarajevo in the hills on the south side, which are friggin crazy steep, just like here in madeira)

i will still get my exercise, probably will work out the same because i'll travel more this way

days like today, easter sunday, really drive home the importance of having a bit more mobility here... only places that were open today were on the tourist strip right next to the beach, 6km away, down 400m of altitude

i will need to get some proper rain suit gear tho... legs and a jacket... and maybe even get a motocross/bmx style helmet mainly to keep my head from being saturated by rain

best part though is gonna be being able to ride the slow sloped roads down, and if i ever want to, get off the track and walk it to take a shortcut

#deardiary #bicycle #electric #madeira