I've always been a casual rider. Never into the spandex nor pretending I was in the Tour De France.
Sadly I moved out to the suburbs where the mentality is "the more gas the better". Not the greatest place for bicycling. However this hasn't stopped me from using my bike for all my errands. My kids are also on two wheels. They ride to the video store and the grocery store with me. My youngest son just started BMX dirt track racing. He has the most expensive bike in the family.
I ride a 15 y/o Fugi Mountain bike. My wife rides an old rock hopper. My daughter has the sweetest ride of all, I picked her up an old 70's huffy banna seat bike. 9 bucks!!!! then the 60 to get street worthy, still worth it.
i spend hours on craigslist looking for old bikes. I wish I had expendable cash cause I would fill my garage up with bikes and try and get everyone in my nieghborhood on two wheels.
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