My PIL (Partner in Life) had never been on a motorcycle until she met me. Then I started taking her for short rides on my Ducati. It went so well that she and I threw some money together and bought a Triumph Sprint RS and did some trips out of CT to VT and ME and even to a BMW National Rally in Ohio. She no longer rides because we spend so much time cycling. My moto adventures are limited to around town and once or twice a year a 3-day weekend in New England or upstate NY. And, at 76 I sold my last Ducati (there have been 6 over the past 26 yrs) and bought a new Triumph Street Triple. She and I have been cycling together since we met which is about 20 yrs. It's a great partnership.

Redmond, WA

Retirement in the Seattle area? Interesting thought. My wife and I met in Seattle, back in the late 1980s. At the time, I probably would have considered no better place to live than some of our favorite Seattle neighborhoods - Green Lake, for example. But Seattle has changed.

My SO and I met skiing, and that and hiking are the physical activities we share. Long ago, she rode bikes with me ... even went for a short tour or two. But the cycling bug didn't bite her the way it bit me.

I would say that she "tolerates" my bike obsession, but it is more than that. I used to feel guilty when I would leave for an entire Saturday to ride with my friends, leaving her at home. But no more. On the rare weekend Saturday I am not riding and staying home, I think I am more in the way than anything else. She needs her alone time in the home too, and that is what she uses Saturdays for. And it is nice to have a weekend day only with friends.

Honestly, it's all OK with me. It is one of those things that long term couples do ... adapt to one another.

And so has Redmond, once the "Bicycle Capital of the Northwest." Now it's also the tech capital.
https://patch.com/washington/redmond...ital-northwest
I have about 150 road cycling routes all originating in a particular parking lot in downtown Redmond. Redmond Cycling Club puts on the famous RAMROD, 154 miles at 9000', which I've ridden many times. It's worth a visit. The other big attraction of course is the Cascade Mountains. My wife and I hiked our legs off up there today and rode our tandem in a group ride yesterday of which I'm the organizer, even though I live in Everett. We drive down to Redmond and sometimes ride back up to within a couple miles of our house, then ride back down, have a beer, and drive home. Because Redmond really is a great place to ride out of.

Bring your checkbook if you want to retire here. Mucho dinero required.

My wife doesn’t go with me on longer rides, but she does go on shorter rides with me and our daughter. She’s a career woman with a rather serious position in finance, and is quite busy. My work is not so demanding, and my schedule is flexible enough to be able to fit it around my riding, and not vice versa. Our daughter (who is 9) is becoming an excellent cyclist, and we hope to do some longer rides in the summer.

Married 34 years, and I’ve been cycling for ten, trying to get my wife on a bike more than twice a year. Well, we finally got her an e-assist bike three weeks ago, and she’s starting to join me on solo and group rides. She’ll do part of the rides, BUT SHE’S ON A BIKE WITH ME!!! It’s a miracle, and I love it.

My wife and I have been married for 20 years and have cycled together for a majority of that time, except after her knee replacement, which kept her from cycling for a few years due to complications. At first we rode racing style bikes then purchased a racing style tandem. We took the tandem to Italy and toured the greater Sienna area. We also have done a century on it - probably 15 years ago and rode many thousand of miles where her competitive side reared its ugly head - and we had to overtake just about anyone and everyone. Today she riders her upright e-bike due to severe R.A.while I ride an endurance style bike and a racing bike and….. We currently have our bikes with us on vacation, while the house is being looked after by our pet sitter. We plan to ride the roads bordering Puget Sound/Salish sea out on the peninsula for a few days. She still likes overtaking people. What a gal.

I met my wife in High School and we got married right after we both graduated from college in 1990, so we’ll be celebrating 34 years married this October.

Around 2008, we were both somewhat overweight and wanted to get back into shape. I returned to cycling (which I’ve always enjoyed but had fallen away from over the years) and my wife took up running. Since then, she’s completed eight marathons!

We do occasionally ride together, and recently bought her a nice Trek FX2, but cycling is unlikely to ever be “her sport.”

I also run with her (however, my longest run is 8.5mi.), but it’s not “my sport.”