Amethyst
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I want to start cycling, and need ideas on what kind of bike a 65-year-old re-beginning cyclist should buy and how she should train.
Growing up, there were no sidewalks and I somehow never learned to ride a bike until age 20, when I taught myself to ride a cheap single-speed with thick (not fat) tires. I used to ride all the time for exercise, but gave up riding after college.
Many years later, my husband tried to get me to ride a thin-tired 10-speed Fuji road bike, one of a pair from his first marriage. I couldn't get the hang of the 10-speed mechanism or the skinny tires, and finally gave up.
Now I live on a 2-lane road with bike lanes, and hate having to turn down invitations to cycle.
Where do you think I should start? A bike shop?
Thanks,
Amethyst
Growing up, there were no sidewalks and I somehow never learned to ride a bike until age 20, when I taught myself to ride a cheap single-speed with thick (not fat) tires. I used to ride all the time for exercise, but gave up riding after college.
Many years later, my husband tried to get me to ride a thin-tired 10-speed Fuji road bike, one of a pair from his first marriage. I couldn't get the hang of the 10-speed mechanism or the skinny tires, and finally gave up.
Now I live on a 2-lane road with bike lanes, and hate having to turn down invitations to cycle.
Where do you think I should start? A bike shop?
Thanks,
Amethyst