I think when I started learning, I must have had a huge wipe out and my dad refused to run behind my bike and hold the seat like most good parents until I figured out balance. He actually apologized yesterday for being such a hard ass on me. In any case, I chose roller blades over bikes (this was the early 90's) and northern VA wasn't exactly the most bike friendly place anyway - it's the sort of place still in many cities where you have to drive the bike somewhere, usually a half hour away, before you can find a bike lane, much less a biking park.
I moved to Charlotte and didn't have a place to store a bike for many years. I have my own place now, and it's small, but I have a wall where I can hang a bike. I needed a confidence boost, like I mentioned in my red-dress post, and so I've been running and all that to get healthier and hopefully lose more weight and be more fit. I'm all about 'healthy' ways to find psych boosts these days, instead of falling into old habits. I decided I needed to finally learn how to ride a bike. Much less impact on my knees and ankles, once I stop falling. That way I can finally say I learned to do this thing people always gave me shit about (I never understood why) and also it gives me more freedom.
Charlotte is a wonderful city for bikes. Lots of wide greenways or sidewalks and bike lanes, and most of them between several of our top-rate breweries.
I moved to Charlotte and didn't have a place to store a bike for many years. I have my own place now, and it's small, but I have a wall where I can hang a bike. I needed a confidence boost, like I mentioned in my red-dress post, and so I've been running and all that to get healthier and hopefully lose more weight and be more fit. I'm all about 'healthy' ways to find psych boosts these days, instead of falling into old habits. I decided I needed to finally learn how to ride a bike. Much less impact on my knees and ankles, once I stop falling. That way I can finally say I learned to do this thing people always gave me shit about (I never understood why) and also it gives me more freedom.
Charlotte is a wonderful city for bikes. Lots of wide greenways or sidewalks and bike lanes, and most of them between several of our top-rate breweries.