bicycle

i do bike but i’d like to do it more often

I finally finally finally bought my bike. I haven’t been on one in over 20 years! I got some help from my local bike shop and bought my bike last week. I’ve ridden every day, gradually increasing my mileage each day.

I used to love cycling but due to a vandalism incident and the aquisition of a car, I stopped.
Time to get going again for a fun way to explore places….need to buy a bicycle…

Riding a bicycle in flat zones is one of the few sports that are still good for me :) guess I’ll have to start doing it more!

My father lost 60 pounds by becoming a bicycle fanatic – 40+ miles on a lot of days, no matter the weather. He’s done at least one 100 mile event, as well. Me, I just sort of roll along and haven’t figured out how to get a rhythm. And it’s difficult where I go to school (Philadelphia suburbs) – although I know that there is rural land not far out. So no excuse!

I want to buy it, I have know Idea why I haven’t done it before, but now I know I am going to buy myself one. I will ride safely and enjoy myself.

In east Asia I found myself on an extended stay without an automobile, but my need to work and to buy groceries and generally get around did not change, so I accepted a bicycle as the logical solution.
I outfitted it with racks and panniers so that I could carry anything with which I was able to maintain my balance and I rode everywhere. Somewhere along the line I purchased a little speedometer/odometer so I could keep track of my mileage and I found that on a typical work week I might ride 70 or more Km, then go on to ride about that many running errands on the weekends.
I found it amusing, however, that 70 was all I put on my bike during the week – but that doesn’t account for the efforts involved with scaling one of east Asia’s most prevalent geographical element – the mountains.
If you have never ridden a bike futher than your neighborhood, give it a try. It’s a bit tiring at first, but it is so much fun and excellent exercise.