Originally Posted by
Null66
I'll put in my 2 cents.
You're doing 40 on a townie... You've just caught the biking bug.
THAT IS FANTASTIC!!! You have already achieved wonderful things!
If you keep on, you'll realize you're adding years to your healthy life, so yeah, you're likely to go a step up (or upgrade your townie to an 8 speed and address anything else you wish (like fit issues or faster better wheels, maybe better tires)...
You'll wear out the next bike and hopefully many more!
I hadn't realized that a Townie was intended for maybe a 10 or 15 mile ride. I was so wasted from chemo when I got mine that all I could manage was 3 miles followed by a long nap. With only 3 speeds, I could only function with the middle one. Not strong enough for 3rd, couldn't peddle fast enough to stay afloat in first. It was several months before I could get up to 10 miles and three speeds. Now, three years later, I've apparently pushed the limits of my bike, and apparently haven't found my own physical limits yet. Good. There's a silly little sitcom on tv now called "Last Man on Earth". Good for a few adolescent laughs, but it got me thinking...what would I do if I were the last person on Earth? Not my photography, art, or writing. Those things need an audience, even for a hermit like me.
It would be riding my bicycle.
Because when I do, I'm a kid again, relishing the wind in my face, the sounds and smells of nature around me, and enjoying the closest thing to flying I can manage.