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I think we have 13-16 bikes in our two person household. You can see a few in the pic above.
We are bike commuters (work and errands) and also ride for pleasure/recreation and competition (I raced and worked in shops for many years, my SO still races road and mtb). So, we ride every day.
I love solo rides, I love group rides. I adore a tasty section of single track on the mtb, or whizzing downhill on the road bike at 50 mph. On the weekends I pull out the fixie, cruise around town and hit the farmer's market, garage sales, and yes, out local brewpup. It's all good.
I'm a recreational rider - and have been riding regularly - meaning every other day when weather permits - for the past 40 years. I'm now in my 75th year and still ride an hour and a half every other day if it's nice weather, and I live in a mountainous town at the 7,000 ft. elevation.
As a way of celebrating recovery from knee replacement surgery, I bought a new GIANT brand fat-tire bike in the past year and have been amazed at the advances in technology over my other ATB purchased in the early 1980s and still serviceable. I did not buy a top-line model and am thrilled with the quality and performance of this GIANT model. It does have front shocks, and best of all, disc brakes. I had one serious accident on my old ATB when the brake shoes once slipped off the rim and into the spokes causing me to do an "endo." I've been afraid of a repeat accident ever since. The disc brakes eliminate that possibility.
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Bicycle related historic trivia: the oldest dedicated bike path in the United States is right here in Brooklyn, NY. It runs five and a half miles alongside Ocean Parkway, and was inaugurated in 1895.
I'm looking into buying a bicycle soon. A hybrid. Perhaps a Giant, Raleigh, Trek, or whatever I can find used on CL or the Bay. Parking at my college is $180 a semester and I live close enough to bike, but not walk, so figured I'd get exercise.
I have been meaning to buy myself a bike for a few months now. I probably will very shortly now that my youngest can actually ride (with training wheels) and I bought a second hand bike rack for the car.
I did borrow a bike from someone and enjoyed riding around with the kids. It is great exercise.
Vermont's state tourist bureau has long been a leader in providing encouragement to touring bicyclers. Maps, itineraries etc. provided for free - or they were when I last rode in the state.
I am also a recreational rider, from all bicycles I had the best bicycle was made in US.
Ummmm...which part of the bike was made in the USA? I don't know of many bike parts manufacturers that are USA based and the most popular components company today is Shimano. It was a Japanese manufacturer at one time, but even they have their products made elsewhere today. China is now a huge supplier of bike components.
My current bike frame was made in Taiwan, has a saddle made in Italy, shifters made by Shimano, disc brakes by someone else, etc etc.
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