I remember fondly my first bike… it was metallic purple. growing up I remember riding my bike everywhere, to school each day, to the grocery, to the dentist, to work, pretty much everywhere. Since then I have had a number of different bikes all with the same result. I get rid of them when I realize that I really don’t use them as much as I should, or I could. The last one was a mountain bike with big tires and a whole bunch of gears, it has been probably 15 years since I donated that one away. I just realized that where I live, there really is very little bike friendly places. So I would have to transport my bike to a trail, or park… riding it there was either too far, or too dangerous. Indianapolis is becoming more ‘Bike Friendly, but most of that is downtown, out in the burbs we’re still out of luck for the most part. We have a lot of nice roads leading to nowhere, but you can take your life in your own hands riding on them. I’ve gotten the itch to get a bike again, this time I’m thinking of a folding one, that fits in my MINI, so I wouldn’t need a bike rack… maybe someday, but not real soon.
