Originally Posted by
Daspydyr
With the health issues and other things being considered, is it possible to ride on paved bike trails? Do you know anyone who is a regular rider who can help you pick up a good used bike? Shifter problems are a distraction. Getting good components is very helpful. A good used bike with better components is my choice, but a LBS is always a good resource to have.
My preference is riding trails because I don't like competing for space with the petro burners. That being said, so far so good. But I did recently surprise myself when I flipped off a driver who cut me off. I haven't done that in 40 years.
LOL, too funny! Yes, all I have ridden to this point are paved trails. We have an amazing amount of them that may go a hundred miles or far more from all I can tell, there are so many that interconnect and just one of them (Neil Smith) keeps going north of a town quite some distance from here and out the west on my trail app on my phone, not sure how far it goes. Like I said, I have only ridden a very small portion but with the app it tells me how far I have gone and exactly where I am which is helpful for me. If I want to ride a section a ways from me then I just put the bike in my pick-up and take it there, don't think riding in motorized vehicle traffic is a great idea for me but I may do some on less busy areas. We are getting ready to move and it is a quiet area so it would be ok there for shorter rides.