Hi,
I am thinking about buying a bike. I've been thinking about it for a while and now I'm geting more serious.
Let me say that it has been 17 or so years since I've been on a bike. I do ride a stationary recombent type for exercise but that isn't quite the same. I'm 55 years old so the bikes of my childhood had coaster brakes and I didn't even know gears were a possibility.
I found a Felt brand Cafe 7 at a local shop that I like. I guess you'd call it a hybrid; it has 7 gears. The owner told me it would be good on road surfaces and packed gravel like trails.
In theory I think I'd like to ride again. Reality is that if I buy a bike I don't have an excuse not to ride. To be honest I'm a little afraid of falling and getting hurt.
Anyone have any advice or motivational words of wisdom?
I am thinking about buying a bike. I've been thinking about it for a while and now I'm geting more serious.
Let me say that it has been 17 or so years since I've been on a bike. I do ride a stationary recombent type for exercise but that isn't quite the same. I'm 55 years old so the bikes of my childhood had coaster brakes and I didn't even know gears were a possibility.
I found a Felt brand Cafe 7 at a local shop that I like. I guess you'd call it a hybrid; it has 7 gears. The owner told me it would be good on road surfaces and packed gravel like trails.
In theory I think I'd like to ride again. Reality is that if I buy a bike I don't have an excuse not to ride. To be honest I'm a little afraid of falling and getting hurt.
Anyone have any advice or motivational words of wisdom?