I ride my Gomez to work and home every day, and still find it more difficult to swing a leg thru the down tube space than to mount it like all my other bikes by swinging a leg over the seat. I'm 64.
________________________________ From: bwphoto <bwphotograph...@gmail.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Cc: Norman Bone <bone1...@yahoo.com> Sent: Tue, April 2, 2013 2:35:29 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: Get a Betty Foy, old man I'd have to agree that at least in my case it seems to be a flexibility issue. I have RA and had to quit riding for about ten years until things got under control. When I first tried to ride again last year it took the better part of the summer before I could mount my Sam. I've been working regularly on hip and leg flexibility and it is getting easier to swing my leg over the saddle. I am however, starting to consider the possibility that the damage to my joints and muscles from RA may not return to the level of flexibility I used to be able achieve. So I'm looking seriously at mixte frames especially for my Xtracycle. Even tho I'm 66 I don't feel it either physically or mentally so it takes constant and conscious attitudinal adjustment focus on where I am now and see my current limitations as changeable with extra work. Having to switch to a mixte frame won't stop me from riding. On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 12:43:08 PM UTC-5, Norman Bone wrote: Study says old men should ride B. Foys. > >http://www.thelocal.se/47064/ 20130331/#.UVsYP0rDmRJ > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
