I *love* riding a bike
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YEEESSSS.NorthCascades wrote: »Riding a bike is fun.
It's also a very freeing form of transportation. (The first bikes gave women unprecedented mobility, earning them the name "freedom machines.") Much less stress than driving, easier to park (in a city), and sometimes you get to talk to people, because you aren't separated from your surroundings. Bikes are one of the few things that were invented for convenience and have the side effect of making people healthier. People who commute by bike report losing weight, saving money, and feeling more energized.
Finally, you can ride a bike indoors in bad weather, but most people ride them outside. Any excuse to go outside and feel the sun and breeze on your face is a good thing, this alone fights depression, and the icing on the cake is that it's exercise too.
I share the love! I love long bike rides, and I often bike the 2-4 miles to my local grocery stores and shopping plazas if I don't plan on buying anything too big. Even though going uphill is always a challenge (I currently live in a hilly area), I enjoy cycling very much.
-That reminds me, I need to plan another trail ride soon before things get too busy.1 -
I love my bike! Cycling is very meditative for me. Right now I'm concentrating on building up my stamina again, so I've been doing mostly flat rides (I have a road bike). In a month or so I'll be tackling the hills.1
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A Bicycle is a curious piece of machinery. It's the only mode of transportation that it's passenger is also it's engine.
Do you consider an aircraft a machine?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Daedalus
humanpoweredflying.propdesigner.co.uk/html/daedalus.html
nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/Daedalus/EC87-0014-8.html
And in regards to the OP, in less than five pounds, when I cross from the obese to overweight BMI, I'll be rewarding myself with my first bike since I was in the single digit ages. Should be interesting after all these decades.3 -
bmxtrackmom wrote: »I started riding my bike at the BMX track with my kids 3 days a week. Love it!
Very cool! On a previous commute I used to pass a BMX track and one day was too tempted and ended up riding it on my commuter bike! Not the best of ideas but I did manage to survive without breaking the bike or myself.2 -
I used to cycle a lot but have just got back into it again recently after a couple of years of running as my main exercise. Particularly enjoyed getting out in the hills with my various mountain bikes - here's a pic from a recent ride in the hills above Edinburgh:
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My husband and I both love cycling ... we met while cycling the Paris-Brest-Paris in 2003, got to know each other cycling other long distance events in Australia and North America, and then included bicycles in our wedding.
On our wedding day (August 24, 2008), we cycled a century (100 miles) and then got married with our bicycles in attendance.
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My husband returned to Australia shortly after our wedding, and I followed 9 months later. This year, I finally got my Australian citizenship at last.
So of course, we celebrated by going for a ride!
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It's an excuse to wear tight shorts; still working on the top. Love the freedom and tranquility. 4.7k miles this year and counting.1
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Yes, I love riding my bike. It's freeing!!1
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Geez, still learning tablet process on these photo uploads... Anyway love mountain biking
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I'm more of a mountain biker than a road cyclist but here's a picture of my wife and I with our road bikes, doing some cycling in Munich a few weeks back.3 -
I love my pink Electra cruiser! I ride all over the city with it, and carry all kinds of stuff in my cute wicker basket, which is particularly nice for farmer's market trips. It's impossible to make it go too fast, so I ride at the same pace as my young children. However....however.....I have my old Marlin, loaded with hand-me down goodies from my husband, languishing on a rack in the garage...its siren song has been getting louder and louder as I look to push myself harder. I used to spend an entire day on that thing, on the roads or back in the woods, on such hills as we have around here or on flat but very technical singletrack, before kids. I think it's probably time for a tune up at the bike shop, and I wonder where my padded shorts, my gloves, and the shoes for my clipless pedals have gone....4
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My husband and I both love cycling ... we met while cycling the Paris-Brest-Paris in 2003, got to know each other cycling other long distance events in Australia and North America, and then included bicycles in our wedding.
On our wedding day (August 24, 2008), we cycled a century (100 miles) and then got married with our bicycles in attendance.
Relationship goals! This is my dream wedding!1 -
I bought what I call an urban commuter bike (Del Sol campus II) mainly to work some different muscles than ones I use for running. On a trip to Switzerland I noticed how many people use them to get to the train and shop. So I outfitted it with expanding pannier bags an a 64 0z. stainless beer growler. I use it to go shop or to grab a craft brew. Also nice when it gets too hot to run. I feel like a kid again when I ride.1
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