Bike Writer
09-08-2010, 06:47 PM
Hello All, some great, interesting and inspiring stories here. I've been reading for a couple of days and registered today so I could join in. Some of the stories are of such courage! I am reading about women who never rode a bike before and getting on one and learning as an adult. Just amazing. We women are a resiliant and resouceful group of individuals.
I'm not new to riding because I rode a lot as a kid but have not been riding in many many years. It's true, you never forget how to ride a bike, but that does not mean you can hop back on one after years and immediatly get back up to your old skill level. It's almost but not quite was like learning all over again. Now as an older adult there is a lot more fear of falling and an overall sense of being timid on the bike and a bit unsteady. Within two months much of that confidence has returned and the skill level has improved rapidly. I attribute a lot of that to having been athletic earlier on in life.
So I have read with empathy and sympathy some of the stories of courage here, feels like this will be good company to be in.
I look forward to more reading and hopefully I can contribute a grain or two of knowledge or encouragement at some point.
Oh, about my moniker - I like to write also and have a blog that I started about biking with arthritis and pedaling to health when I started riding a couple of months ago. Here is the link if you choose to read it, http://pedaltohealth.blogspot.com/
:)
I'm not new to riding because I rode a lot as a kid but have not been riding in many many years. It's true, you never forget how to ride a bike, but that does not mean you can hop back on one after years and immediatly get back up to your old skill level. It's almost but not quite was like learning all over again. Now as an older adult there is a lot more fear of falling and an overall sense of being timid on the bike and a bit unsteady. Within two months much of that confidence has returned and the skill level has improved rapidly. I attribute a lot of that to having been athletic earlier on in life.
So I have read with empathy and sympathy some of the stories of courage here, feels like this will be good company to be in.
I look forward to more reading and hopefully I can contribute a grain or two of knowledge or encouragement at some point.
Oh, about my moniker - I like to write also and have a blog that I started about biking with arthritis and pedaling to health when I started riding a couple of months ago. Here is the link if you choose to read it, http://pedaltohealth.blogspot.com/
:)