Quote Originally Posted by Kathi View Post
Seriously though, I totally understand because I lived in Cincinnati all my life until I moved to the Denver area 6 years ago. Here we ride out of our garage and only transport bikes if we're riding in the mtns. We have 700 miles of bike trails and bike lanes. Tonight we are riding to a free neighborhood concert, 5 miles away and all bike lane and bike path.

When I tried to ride in my little community near Cinti I would get yelled at by motorists to get off the street, it was too dangerous. This was a small community with little traffic. It was 1 mile by 1 mile so riding around the neighborhood got boring. However, it was very good for hill repeats as I lived on the side of a rather steep hill.

I often rode by myself so I put my bike in my car and went to the Loveland "Little Miami" bike trail. If it was a workday I took my bike with me, changed at work and drove to the bike trail. At one time I worked on the west side of town so I drove to the bike trail at Miami Whitewater forest. I also roller bladed these trails. The frustrating thing about the drive was I-71, it was always backed up in the evenings and there was no good alternate route.

The Cincinnati Cycle Club has some very good rides, west and east of town. Most rides are in the evenings at 6pm with beginner groups. I rode with them for several years and I had some riding partners and learned some really good routes.

I honestly can't think of any place where you can live and ride out your door unless you are on the fringes of the east or west side. I agree most communities I wouldn't ride by myself even if they had a bike lane.

Thanks for making me glad I moved to Denver!
I envy you! I am hoping to move away from here soon but with a sick mother, grandparents I dont want to be far from, and my twin sisters I cant imagine moving. Everyone I care about is here. The thing I dont understand is that there is alot of low income families around here who ride the bus. I think it would be really beneficial to put in a bike lane. People here also tend to ride bikes because they have to, not because they want to. But it would be nice to make it easier for them! Jeeze the little Miami trail seems pretty far from me, Ive never been there but Ive heard of it! Thank you for the Cincinnati Cycle Club tip. I'll deffiantly look it up! I hate pretty much all forms of exercises. I do squats and things like that but cardio feels like death to me lol. I hope I can really eventually love cycling and do it regularly for years to come! I biked for 30 or so minutes today with my resistance on high. I thought I was gunna die LOL hopefully it will get easier. (I am hoping to loose around 10 pounds)