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"wafflycat" <waffles*A*T*v21net*D*O*T*co*D*O*T*uk> wrote in
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> "Maggie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > What about people who have families and their family members do not
>> ride bikes. Yes, it is a matter of priorities......and riding a
>> bicycle is not always the appropriate priority. People who do the
>> family rides and bike together, probably cannot understand why riding
>> a bike may be way down on the list of an individuals priorities.
> I do most of my rides alone. Yes, my husband & son cycle too, but our
> schedules mean that the vast bulk of our cycling is *not* done as a
> family. It certainly is a matter of priorities, and sadly, too many
> view the car as a priority.
I'm Maggie's age and have been cycling most of my adult life. Virtually
all my rides are alone.
My husband won't ride with me because he thinks I go too fast. My
younger son, age 11, rides occasionally when he can wake up early enough
(he'll have to learn to do this eventually; he claims he wants to ride in
the Tour de France). My older son (13) has no interest in riding.
I schedule my 14-mile rides between 6-7am. During the school year this
gets me back home in time to walk the boys to their school bus.
Occasionally when I have more time I'll do 21 miles (the basic route is
urban Los Angeles and the early hour helps me beat automobile traffic---
things are reasonably calm at that hour).
I've considered commuting to work, about a 16-mile RT, but there's no
shoulder on the main route to my office and cars are competitive, not to
mention dangerous. I admire commuter cyclists very much but even after
working out alternate routes I can't find one that's safe enough for me.
But the 6-7am timeframe seems a good solution for now.
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> "Maggie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
> > What about people who have families and their family members do not
>> ride bikes. Yes, it is a matter of priorities......and riding a
>> bicycle is not always the appropriate priority. People who do the
>> family rides and bike together, probably cannot understand why riding
>> a bike may be way down on the list of an individuals priorities.
> I do most of my rides alone. Yes, my husband & son cycle too, but our
> schedules mean that the vast bulk of our cycling is *not* done as a
> family. It certainly is a matter of priorities, and sadly, too many
> view the car as a priority.
I'm Maggie's age and have been cycling most of my adult life. Virtually
all my rides are alone.
My husband won't ride with me because he thinks I go too fast. My
younger son, age 11, rides occasionally when he can wake up early enough
(he'll have to learn to do this eventually; he claims he wants to ride in
the Tour de France). My older son (13) has no interest in riding.
I schedule my 14-mile rides between 6-7am. During the school year this
gets me back home in time to walk the boys to their school bus.
Occasionally when I have more time I'll do 21 miles (the basic route is
urban Los Angeles and the early hour helps me beat automobile traffic---
things are reasonably calm at that hour).
I've considered commuting to work, about a 16-mile RT, but there's no
shoulder on the main route to my office and cars are competitive, not to
mention dangerous. I admire commuter cyclists very much but even after
working out alternate routes I can't find one that's safe enough for me.
But the 6-7am timeframe seems a good solution for now.
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