Here is a style for men:
I seen people ranting on reddit that step-through bicycles should not be considered women's bicycles.
Posted on 05/07/2018 12:06:36 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Riding a bike can help you lose weight, recover from injury, and even get smarter—and that's just for starters
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Saturday I was waiting outside a mall with the puppy, alternately standing in the sun and shadow. An elderly somewhat overweight woman walking with a cane and limp was headed towards me. So I smile and nodded hello because the elderly can’t resist stopping to say hello to the puppy.
She gave me a blank look, folded up her cane, put it in her basket of the bicycle standing next to me, got on and rode off.
Riding a bike is great until you get hit by a car.
Head injuries, and causes erectile dysfunction. Other than that it’s cool.
Bicycling is great. I wish I could work as one of those Bike Courier guys like big cities have. I guess Columbus, GA is not big enough.
I recently purchased my second pair of inline skates and they are Powerslide Swell Triskates with 110mm wheels so I’m about six foot - nine inches tall with those on. The benefit is in improving my balance and coordination via fun low-impact workouts. The downside is it becomes a high-impact sport when Mister 6’9” falls and smashes his shoulder.
You can do indoor cycling too.
Love the skates!!! Great pick!!
Or riding along a row of parked cars, and someone opens a door into you. Lovely. (still got a bump on my ribs from that one)
Any activity involves risk, I guess.
“Bike impotence” is still a controversial, unproven, and much-discussed subject in Europe and various biking hotspots.
I ride a step-through town type bicycle instead of the common men’s racer type bicycle. Plus I wear a helmet.
Yes technically it’s a woman’s bicycle but at 53 years old and loving it I couldn’t care less.
I rode a bike regularly until I got out of college. Then one day I decided it was too dangerous. Top 3 scenarios:
1. Someone opens their door as you’re riding by.
2. Someone pulls in front of you and then stops. You get to fly over the car and land on the hood. (That one nearly happened to me.)
3. You get sideswiped by someone who just decides to push you off the road. (That has happened to me.)
A friend of mine actually had a drunk passenger in a passing car hit him with a beer bottle as they passed, which shattered. That was nasty, he had a lot of stitches in his shoulder. He stopped riding after that as well.
Yes, urban cycling has its risks, and it’s slower, but there’s also rewards -
easy parking, not stuck in traffic, exercise, fresh air & sunshine, don’t have to buy gas, etc.
Many large cities now have dedicated bike paths, which obviously reduce bike-vehicle interaction, and many more and going this way. I still do some biking everyday, it makes a nice complement to driving.
I mountain bike. It’s safer to deal with the woodland creatures than encountering motorists.
Here is a style for men:
I seen people ranting on reddit that step-through bicycles should not be considered women's bicycles.
Amen. It is the truth. Cycling is great exercise.
As Berlin_freeper can attest, we have bicycle paths here in Europe. Separate from sidewalks and from motorised vehicle traffic lanes
I once worked with a guy who was into cycling and frugal living. He rode his bicycle to work every day and often spoke of his plan to retire at 50. Unfortunately, a car splattered him all over the road.
I get to ride the cycle trail in the Cuyahoga Valley Park. Mucho fun.
I rode over 4,000 miles on my bike last year and at almost 60 years old it’s helped to keep me in shape. I just road 50 miles on Saturday at a charity event - plan to ride gain after work tonight. it helps me reduce stress. True - It can be danegerous but I’m pretty much hooked. Only a racing bike now but see myself tooling around the city on a commuter when I retire.
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