Today marks 12 months of e-road cycling and e-mountain biking for me! and tomorrow will mark 12 months since I got my own eMTB (pictured below).
![Dark grey electric mountain bike propped against a tree in the forest](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6493.jpg)
3011 kilometers, shown in orange on the SportsTracker map!
![Map of the area showing in various shades of orange the area I have covered on my eMTB. It goes as far as Fréjus and Roquebrune in the Var at the West, Mons, Caussols and Gréolières at the North and Saint-Laurent du Var at the East.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6684.jpg)
Most of it was recreational but a lot of it was a substitute to driving for errands and commute, or to meet people.
I think (*) I have driven fewer kilometers than I cycled in the last year, as a result.
I enjoy myself biking way more than anything else. I’m not very good at it but I don’t care. I’m not very bad at it either!
Biking makes me happy and I look happy on a bike. I selected from the last 12 months a few pictures of me (taken mostly by my co-biker, former colleague and friend Daniel) that I like in particular.
(*) estimate of 2700-2900 km driven.
![Photo of smiling me by me as I am on a black electric mountain bike, wearing a blue helmet, sunglasses and a red tank top. There is another e-mtb visible next to me.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2653.jpg)
![Photo of me smiling on my electric mountain bike as I stand on a flat area with gravel.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_3139.jpg)
![Photo of me riding my electric mountain bike and doing a peace sign on a sunny day. The trees around are turning yellow and orange. I'm wearing a red pullover.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6139.jpg)
![Smiling middle-aged woman wearing a bike helmet standing next to a dark grey mountain bike in a steep incline covered in dead leaves](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6641-768x1024.jpg)
![Photo of me riding my electric mountain bike and doing a peace sign on a sunny day. I'm wearing a warm sports coat. The area around is a plateau with rocks and dry grass.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6639.jpg)
![Photo of me smiling as a walk the electric mountain bike on fallen rocks](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_8068.jpg)
![Photo of me smiling on the electric mountain bike as I stand near the edge of a cliff overlooking a valley.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_8177.jpg)
![Photo of me smiling and doing a peace sign as I stand on the electric mountain bike at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Esterel and the sea.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_5742.jpg)
![Photo of me smiling as I sit on the electric mountain bike by the end of a former railway bridge. I'm wearing a black tank top and black and red backpack.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_5806.jpg)
![Photo of me reflected in a fish-eye mirror at sunset.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_6512.jpg)