Originally Posted by
BikeWNC
At least in the Netherlands it is part of your culture to ride a bike. Here in the USA, not so much. So I would bet you appear less crazy to your fellow citizens than we do here. Wives however do not follow any conventional line of thought, so good luck with that!

You may be right; still I am regarded somewhat a freak in my neighborhood; people think riding a road bike is more suited for younger people. They will get my point, after another year I guess.