A couple of weeks ago my husband and I pulled out our bicycles and took them the to car wash to knock years of accumulated dirt and dust off them. Afterwards he asked me if I remembered how to ride a bike.
I hopped up on it and the promptly fell down without gaining my balance, dragging the bike with me. My knee and elbow were scraped up pretty good and I had a nasty bruise on my elbow, but a few days of acetaminophen and a visit to the chiropractor and I was, perhaps not good as new, but at least willing to try again.
But first the bikes needed a tune up and the seat lowered!
Tonight we picked up our bikes. After dinner we found a nice flat parking lot (next to a hospital). I think I figured it out!
We didn’t ride long. I think this video is less than 60 seconds. I maybe rode for another 3 or 4 minutes. We didn’t want to over do it. This after all the first time in I know 13 years and probably closer to 20 or 25 that we’ve been on bicycles.
The forecast is for rain, so I don’t know if we’ll get out tomorrow or not.
That reminds me that we haven’t gotten out on our bikes yet this year. It’s gotten too hot now, so I guess we’ll wait until fall.
Yeah, no falling this time. Looks like your balance is back.
I remember riding my bike about 20 years ago down to get our mail at the PO and having to walk it back. I thought, is this what it means to go for the ‘burn’? My thighs were burning! Hope your wounds heal. Be careful out there. glad to see you wearing a helmet. I don’t even own one of those!