To bike or not to bike
Posted by lynnontop on June 6, 2011
I sold my bike on the weekend.
I bought it last spring, and have ridden it exactly twice. Once on the way home from the store, the second time was around 5 months later. During those 5 months I was at home with D during my parental leave. The atrophy of my leg muscles resulting from those 5 months made that late summer ride extra brutal.
We drive everywhere these days. Especially since D started daycare. So I doubt my legs are significantly more sound. It seemed to make the most sense to send the bike off to a good home, in exchange for some cash. I guess I could have given it another ride to reevaluate, but I didn’t care to. Which further reinforced that it made sense to sell. I lost some money, the buyer saved some money, the bike will get ridden and fulfill its greater purpose…
Now the question is: a pedal assist electric bike to make biking easier/fun again – so I can still try to participate in family rides – or pack it in and get no bike at all?
Can biking be fun again, here in Toronto? The assault of heat and humidity, the aggressive traffic, having to lock the bike up 20 different ways just to go into a store to buy some water… vs when I was a kid and we had 2 humid days at most in any given summer, no traffic, and I don’t remember having to lock my bike at all. Ah, my CCM Targa 10 speed. Good times. Too bad I never could work the gears.
