SFGATE's Drew Magary explains how to rediscover the joys of cycling in middle age.
I used to know how to ride a bike properly. When I was growing up in Minnesota, I had a Schwinn Mesa Runner my parents bought me. This was a mountain bike in its most suburban incarnation. I never actually biked up and down mountains with my Mesa Runner. I wasn’t in shape for that, and also the state of Minnesota isn’t exactly heralded for its mountain ranges. I never ran any mesas, either.
Then I grew up and stopped biking. For decades. I never biked in college. I never biked as a young professional. After my wife and I started our family, I taught my kids how to bike but never actually rode alongside them. I have no excuse for any of this. I went to a college in Maine that did indeed have mountains nearby. I’d lived in cities with no shortage of bikeable paths. I always could have used the exercise, and I had enough free time on hand to saddle up on a regular basis. I didn’t.
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