Noun djebel
(In the Middle East and North Africa) a mountain or hill or range of hills.
This is my hack about bike. I needed something that I could park in my front garden. This involves riding the bike up half a dozen steps as there is no normal vehicle access. I couldn't see any way of manhandling my quarter ton SV1000 over such an obstacle and the bonus is I don't have to clean it after every ride, just cover and forget.
The ownership of this little gem reminded me of my riding from an earlier age. Low power, forgiving nature and endless fun. I can flog this minibeast without the fear of endangering my license. As I said to a fellow biker mate, you would have to work really hard to get into any sort of difficulty with it.
I recently got back after a ride feeling the rear end was a little more lively than usual I gave the rear tyre a kick. The spongy reaction told me all I needed to know, the pressure barely registered on the air gauge.
If I wring every ounce of power from the little single I am rewarded with a max of 90 on the speedo. Now this sounds really impressive until I reveal that the speedo records km/h, this being a European import.
If you feel a little jaded and over stressed with your current biking try buying a cheap runabout and return to the thrill of riding a bike up to it's limitations rather riding one up to your limitations.
