My last teen is off to college and I'm dying to hit the road again. About 30 years ago I was an avid biker around the streets of Paris. I don't have great strength or balance anymore --but I am flexible thanks to yoga. I don't want a bike that puts strain on my arms and hands and which causes me to strain my neck forward as I lean over the handlebars. I'm thinking that a recumbant might be the best but it's so low in traffic--I don't want to get hit. I would use the bike for riding in the burbs and its fringes--not to commute(at least at this point). I don't want a heavy bike, dirt bike, or expensive bike I'm 5'9" and 158lbs.

Does anyone have any suggestions?