Anyone into bicycling?

barbara · #1 03-23-2016, 06:19 PM

Here's a bike you might want to check out...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/21/tech/s...cle/index.html

Tom Joad · #2 03-23-2016, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by barbara

Here's a bike you might want to check out...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/21/tech/s...cle/index.html

I estimate that I've logged at least 100,000 lifetime miles on a bike, but I'm old school when it comes to all this high tech stuff.

I prefer the durability and reliability of simplicity when it comes to a bike.

Mine is built of parts I either cannibalized from other bikes or bought from various catalogs.

barbara · #3 03-23-2016, 06:43 PM

I've always enjoyed bicycling but since my radiation treatments I seemed to have lost a lot of my balance and took a couple bad falls on my old two wheeler.

Husband got me this bike to keep me from falling....

http://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Schwinn...Green/12016722

Except mine is blue.

barbara · #4 03-23-2016, 06:45 PM

By the way, TJ.... My son did the same as you.... Put together a bike from old pieces and parts.

He uses it all the time.

Pio1980 · #5 03-23-2016, 08:59 PM

My bike is a hand me down Trek 370 from a guy who upgraded to a CF racer he also afaik never rides.

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barbara · #6 03-24-2016, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Pio1980

My bike is a hand me down Trek 370 from a guy who upgraded to a CF racer he also afaik never rides.

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That's cool!

BlueStreak · #7 03-24-2016, 10:46 AM

I have two A Giant "Cypress" I bought about 5 years ago and a Specialized "Epic" road bike I bought in 1993. Last year, I went through the Epic and upgraded the wheels and derailleurs. But, I ride the Giant more because it's a smooth ride and doesn't mess with my arthritis nearly as bad.

I do love the light weight, the nimble handling and speed of that carbon fiber road bike, though.

finnbow · #8 03-24-2016, 06:37 PM

I've been biking pretty steadily for well over 40 years. I've gotten into mountain biking in the past 7-8 years. Great fun, almost as fun as skiing and a lot cheaper and more convenient. Like skiing, I have taken a few painful falls though.

We also bike quite a bit on the C&O Canal, which runs along the Potomac River from DC to Cumberland, MD - a 185 mile long bike path.

nailer · #9 03-24-2016, 07:01 PM

In 67/68 a group of us Boy Scouts pedaled the entire canal, from it's start in Cumberland to it's end in Georgetown. Got a medal and a five part patch. The Paw Paw tunnel was intense. Wonder if they've installed lighting. Back then a few sections of the path were pretty much nonexistent and required some serious bike portage.