OY! Mothers!! (Yes this IS cycling related)...

[farrellcollie]

I know you might not want to hear this - but my 70 yr old father is happy as a clam on the target bike he bought a couple of years ago. He rides a few times a week for about an hour in regular clothes in a relatively hilly area - he only rides on paved trails - not the road. He has never changed the saddle and I have found we are both happier if I don't tell him how to do it. Actually - he would ignore me if I tried to get him to change - so I guess it just saves me the stress. I doubt if he has ever shifted the gears since he got it - it is just in some middle gear - I don't know what would happen if he tried to shift.