Bike Riding-Do you love or hate it? (Or can you even do it?)

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This is so sad.......I used to love cycling until the bike I'd had for decades finally conked out. The new one is a slightly different shape, and even after many months of using it, I just can't get used to it and I feel like I'm always about to fall off it. It's too heavy and the steering feels all wrong, and the gear ratios aren't the same. I was practically a part of that old bike. They don't make them that shape any more. Perhaps in time I'll get used to the change, or find something a little closer to the original.

I still can't ride a bike I don't really have any wish to learn to ride. I enjoy walking.

I can't ride a bike.

Thanks for caring......the old bike is way beyond repair, and is awaiting a suitable funeral. Unfortunately the front fork snapped off the steering column on my last ride on that bike, so I'm somewhat wary of getting anything too similar....kind of a post-traumatic stress disorder....the accident was quite a shock and I could easily have been killed. There probably is a reasonable solution out there - I should probably document the dimensions etc. of the old bike in the hope of finding something safe but comparable. Tiny changes in bike shape can have quite an impact on the whole experience.

I can't turn in a tight radius while riding the current one, the steering goes completely wobble. What would cause that?

Wow. Glad you're okay. I sometimes worry my old Schwinn will fall apart one day while I'm on it. Those old Schwinns are fairly bullet-proof, but who's to say when a weld will fail after many decades and tens of thousands of miles?

I don't know what to recommend. Maybe take the remains of your old bike into the bike shop and ask the people there about modern bikes with similar geometry? Or ask the people at the bike shop why your new bike doesn't turn as tightly?

Well, I'll think of something. I still ride.....just not so often and without that feeling of being part of the machine that I used to get. I probably need to try a few different types out, and get some idea what the differences are. But it's hard to know which differences are annoying because of the Aspie aversion to change, and which are annoying because the shape of the bike is intrinsically wrong for my bodily parameters. Sounds like a matter for study.......I'm sure I can't be the first person to wonder what the important dimensions are for a bike....the various angles and lengths. I'm sure I once read that the angle of the front fork is critical, and normally would have a different value for a touring bike than for a racing bike or for a stunt bike.

I'm surprised how many people here like riding a bike. I just never really got into it. Cars scare me I guess, when there are no cars, a dog ends up chasing me or something.

I enjoy bike riding.

I'm one of those rare people that actually forgot how to ride my bike. I had to re-learn about four years ago from scratch. My dad thought I was gonna get myself killed in the process, but I survived!

I now bike occasionally for fun, though sometimes it's hard because my knees aren't always up to the task.

I hardly ever ride a bike. But not because I don't like doing it though.

For the past four months I have not been able to ride due to pain in my right leg when I tried to lift it high enough to get onto my bicycle. However, I saw an orthopedic doctor today. He prescribed better anti-inflammatory drugs and advised me to ride anyway even if it hurts because I need the exercise but mainly because, as he says, "That's who you are."

So I rode and played to the drugstore today to pick up the new pills. I had to get off and walk the last bit home (up a hill), because I am out of shape and was out of breath. However, I plan to ride and play much more now that I know I can without further injuring my leg. As usual, when riding and playing, I received cheers from onlookers in passing cars. I am also praised and encouraged by some of the people in the neighborhood.

I've never made a dime from my music yet. Most of my songs have never been recorded. I hope to remedy that this summer, and also be filmed more. Please help spread the word about "The Bicycling Guitarist." I've been doing this thirty years, many tens of thousands of miles, hundreds of original songs, but aside from people in the towns I have lived and some online forums such as WrongPlanet, I have not yet been "discovered." Thanks.

There has to be a TV slot just waiting for a guy who cycles and plays the axe at the same time! I mean I'm almost completely uninterested in anything outside my own daft little world of special interests and relationship problems, but even I find it hard not to take notice of such an unusual skill.

I like it. I don't do long rides, but I think it's cool to reach the neighbour town in just a few minutes at no cost.