On your bike... with a little surge of help

THERE you are, trundling along on your three-gear, 10-year-old bike, facing a powerful head wind and an uphill challenge when, out of the blue, a fellow cyclist comes whizzing past, breezing up the incline like it didn’t exist.

Was it a bird, was it a plane? No. It was your granny, riding the newest two-wheelers to hit our streets.

Welcome to the wonderful world of electric cycling, the real alternative to gas-guzzling four-wheeled transport.