Operation: Bike
- Thread starter Laurelin
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My husband bought me a bike this year after 36 years of being bikeless. I tried... you know what they say, "just like riding a bike" and all. Let me tell you, I don't remember biking being so painful when I was a teenager. Not only that but I live in the same area I grew up in. Where the heck did all these hills come from? Flying down a hill is great fun, until you have to get up the same damned thing to go home, LOL.
Keep at it, it gets better. Maybe a decent stationary bike for the wintertime so you don't get out of practice. We have one of those things you attach your bike to that converts a regular bike to a stationary bike.
Keep at it, it gets better. Maybe a decent stationary bike for the wintertime so you don't get out of practice. We have one of those things you attach your bike to that converts a regular bike to a stationary bike.
Walkers are far worse than cars. They stop, turn, and reverse instantly.
Helmets are good. They can help prevent you from cracking your skull when you slip on wet leaves or grass, ice, streetcar tracks, and flexis.
They are not designed to mitigate a head hitting the windshield of a high speed car. (their design speed is something like 10mph- ie the speed your head will be at when you fall). They might however be useful if that car sideswipes you, and you hit your head on the ground.
Helmets are good. They can help prevent you from cracking your skull when you slip on wet leaves or grass, ice, streetcar tracks, and flexis.
They are not designed to mitigate a head hitting the windshield of a high speed car. (their design speed is something like 10mph- ie the speed your head will be at when you fall). They might however be useful if that car sideswipes you, and you hit your head on the ground.
