This is one person’s essay on why she enjoys biking, and more in particular, mountain biking.
When I got my first mountain bike about four years ago, it wasn’t to ride down mountains at all. I simply liked the idea of fat tires and being able to go up and down curbs or other road impedimenta with impunity. So, of course, I didn’t get a top of the line bike, but one that cost about $300 – and that included a padded gel seat, a kick stand, and a biking computer.
And frankly I love that bike. For all that I’m thinking of getting a new one…
I have lived in a bike-friendly city for most of my life – over 20 years. It’s a major city – over 100,000 people, but it was designed with plenty of bike trails around and through the many parks and lakes. And even the streets are for the most part wide, with shoulders on which cyclists can ride. This is because it’s a major city in the midwest, where there was plenty of room to build and spread out, unlike the New England states where space was at a premium.
Anyway, I bike everywhere that I can- to the library, to my local grocery store (if I’m only...