Calling All Cycling Enthusiasts...

[retiredtraveler]

I enjoy riding, but will only ride on trails. Luckily for me, the Katy trail is close by. It's an old railroad line that became a state park. If you have the desire you could ride for hundreds of miles.

Love that trail. We do a couple of 2-week bike trips each year and when we base in St. Louis, we drive out to various points on the Katy and ride up and back. We have lots of trails in Chicago 'burbs, but not as scenic and rural as the Katy.

 

[retiredtraveler]

Long time cyclist here.

I'm envious you're in Ohio. We bike for a couple of weeks every few years out there. You have so many interesting trails, rural and city. We really like the Amish areas and get a kick out of biking past the horse drawn buggies.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

When I was widowed, I took up cycling. I really like to tool along deserted streets or trails at my own pace, stopping to rest when I wanted.

So, when I started dating again, I thought I'd like to meet a guy who likes easy, recreational biking on the weekends. I put that in my dating bio and started "talking" to a guy who professed to like to ride.

I explained thoroughly that I was a slow, amateur rider with an older 10-speed bike and that I rode in shorts, t-shirt and a ball cap. He said that was fine and we arranged to meet at a local trail to ride early in the morning and then have brunch in the town at the trailhead.

When I got to the parking lot, he pulled up beside me. He had one of those $6000 carbon-fiber bikes that wouldn't have looked out of place in the Tour de France AND he was dressed head-to-toe accordingly. Spandex with all the product names on it, clip-on shoes, and a helmet that made his head look like that of an alien invader.

OK, no problem, he had been warned. We started out and I could tell right away he was annoyed at my style....or lack of. I told him that it would be OK with me if he wanted to go ahead and ride to the end of the trail and then double back and meet me wherever I had reached, then we'd ride back to town for brunch. He agreed and headed off.

After a while, I was getting tired and turned around to head back. I got all the way back to the parking lot, wondering where the heck he was as he should have been heading back by then. Lo and behold, his car was gone. He had doubled back on another route, packed up and slinked off like the skunk he was. All he had to do was act like a gentleman and tell me that we didn't have compatible styles. We would have shaken hands and gone our separate ways.

I kept on cycling but did it solo from then on.

Now, I don't ride. I'm pretty sure I'd fall off and break a hip. I'm pretty interested in getting an adult trike, though. I think I could have some fun again. I was looking at a recumbent bike, but I'm not sure I'd be able to get up once I got myself down into it...LOL.

What a scumbag!
I also would be very interested in a tricycle. I tried riding an electric bike last year but fell off it 3 times so came to the same conclusion as you. The 2 wheel bicycle is a bit too much for me. I might be ok on a regular 2 wheel bicycle. I think I’ll try that before getting the tricycle.