Last year I moved to the top of a really big hill. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I'm not the strong rider I was 10 years ago (a long story involving less riding as I sank deeper into alcoholism..I'm 10 months sober and slowly getting stronger again), and I was talking myself out of a lot of rides because I didn't want that climb home.
I recently picked up a used electric bike to see how I liked it, and it has increased my time on the bike quite a bit. I still have my Bleriot and several other human-power-only bicycles which I still ride, but now I have the assisted-pedaling power when I want it. Maybe you could get something like that for the 20 mile store rides. Joe "sometimes a little help is helpful" Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:05:08 PM UTC-8, LeahFoy wrote: > We moved from beautiful Valencia, CA this summer to > less-but-still-beautiful NV. There were paseos that connected everything I > loved in Valencia, and I spent many happy miles on my Betty Foy frequenting > parks, favorite shopping districts and church. I even had another at-home > mom and her 2 kiddos to accompany me. My new home is up on a mountain, and > boasts no paseos. There is nothing but homes for miles and miles. It takes > 20min to get to the store by car. I'm able to bike to school with my boys, > but it is only 0.5 mile one way. Church is on school property, so I can > bike that same route 6 days per week, but it isn't enough. I miss bike > commuting because I love doing useful things on my bike - I don't like to > cruise with no place or plan in mind. I miss having another mom on my > adventures. I'm the only mother who bikes with her kids to school. There > are almost 1,000 students at school and there is one dad (mountain bike > with disc brakes) I see bike with his son most days. One mom I see on her > cruiser bike once every blue moon. It's lonely. And I don't think we'll be > moving again for several years. I have a beautiful Betty Foy that > practically begs to be ridden and I just don't get her out enough. I'm > grateful for the school commute, I just gotta figure out where else I can > go... I would guess some of you guys had times in your life where you had > to live in a less-than-bikey community. How did you deal? > > Thanks, Leah -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
