Originally Posted by Robert Gardner

Thank you DnvrFox for the write up. I am thrilled at the recent interest in bicycling. I ride in the vicinity of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Getting on and off the bike is the most dangerous part of my ride for taking a fall. Though I must admit that my current reason for riding is for my health, however I think it should be for just the joy and freedom that a bike gives you. Everyone I talk to today says they ride for their health through the exercise it gives them. That’s too bad because biking is so much fun. I still feel a bit of the thrill when I start my ride, but at the end of less than an hour my legs say no more.