A friend, far better read than me, has explained to me that there is a whole literary movement concerned with such unusual pursuits. I shan't even attempt to explain but for anyone, like me, who had never heard of it previously, I attach a link which helps but this really is not essential bedtime reading!
A Void - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indalo
ps I forgot to mention that the above was born from this:
Oulipo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But the really important bit is that it's a little-known fact that Monsieur Queneau, one of the founders of what has become known as Oulipo was absolutely fanatical about electric bikes and may have owned one even before Flecc. Not a lot of people know that......to be fair, not a lot of people care!