It may have been surrendering to my fitness levels and weight measurements, which have been deviating rapidly in the opposite (and wrong) directions of late, but when I was given the opportunity to ride and review an electric gravel bike for a while recently, I grabbed it unapologetically.
I feel slightly ashamed to admit that the big, steep hill leading away from my village to some of the best riding around was falling slowly out of use by yours truly, and three other escape routes were threatening to go the same way. That didn't leave much.
