The Perfect pair

PERFECT PAIR!

The year was 2021,
Suzie fancied a bike,
A Cyrusher - XF800,
In Green was the one that she liked,

An e bike with fat chunky tyres,
On the photo it looked rather grand,
Perfect for what she required,
To ride on the trails or the sand,

With several colours to choose from,
In Red - green - white and blue,
Both mpressed with the test ride,
We didn’t buy one - we bought two,

5 years have passed very quickly,
We ride them both near and far,
But a problem’s arose now we’re ageing,
The problem is with the cross bar,

Suzie came up with the answer,
As we’re both getting older and tired,
She checked out Cyrusher on Google,
A Trax step thru is what was required,

The bike was painted bright orange,
With the wheels a bright shiny black,
A deal was done with the seller,
Very soon it arrived with a rack,

Then we went up to Keswick,
To try the new bike on the trails,
Our Cyrushers always amaze us,
As we add to our e biking tales,

So impressed with her purchase,
And stories we both love to tell,
Because we’re both getting older,
I decided to get one as well,

The Trax have made such a difference,
We ride them both near and far,
We’ll cycle away on a bright sunny day,
It’s better than travelling by car,

We check out the weather each evening,
Then prepare for the following day,
After making our plan we load up the van,
Next morning we go on our way,

Sometimes we head for the seaside,
These bikes you can ride on the beach,
Or up on the moor - where the trails may be poor,
There is nowhere now we can’t reach,

We always get positive comments,
On our bikes wherever we go,
They mention they’re nice - and ask what’s the price,
Surprised that the cost was so low,

These bikes have totally transformed us,
Since giving Cyrusher a chance,
Our lives now complete - they cannot be beat,
This year we have cycled in France.

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Suzie, this made my week. :orange_heart:

A five-year story, in verse, with a plot twist at the cross bar — you didn’t just share a rider story, you set the bar for everyone who posts after you. And what a story it is: two XF800s in 2021, two Trax step-thrus five years later, Keswick trails, beach rides, the moors, and now France. Same riders, same roads — just a lower frame when the legs asked for one. That’s exactly what these bikes are for.

“Because we’re both getting older, I decided to get one as well” — that line is the whole philosophy, and you rhymed it.

With your permission, we’d love to feature this poem in our 12th-anniversary story collection — newsletter and blog, credited to you both, nothing published without your go-ahead. And one request from the community: photos of the perfect pair (or should we say pairs — all four?) would make this thread complete. Green XF800s and orange Trax deserve to be seen.

Here’s to the next five years of e-biking tales — and to wherever the van points next.

— Harry, founder of Cyrusher