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| ReimTime said: I quite like riding my bike too. My preference is Mountain Biking, although where I'm from there aren't any mountains for about 1000 km XD. I grew up in the countryside so I would just ride my bike to friends' houses, or to the river to fish, or to the forest to go for walks. It was fun. Now I'm in the city and I don't have the time to ride my bike anywhere, unfortunately. It's back in my University city anyhow. Hoping to get back into cycling. As for the knee problem, I am not very well versed on kinesiology, so I am not sure what to suggest. Perhaps a spandex knee brace would help? Not too sure. |
I've got a great mountain bike trail along the river nearby, hilly terrain, good shade. I got lucky moving to Ontario, awesome trails here all around me.
http://www.brantford.ca/Parks%20and%20Trails%20%20Documents/The%20Hub%20of%20Ontario%20Trails.pdf
2 great lakes, follow the river to the north or head west through rolling fields to a smaller lake. I usually check the wind direction and pick a route that has the wind behind me on the way back. From running into all kinds of wildlife to experiencing the seasons up close, to getting caught in some epic thunder storms, it's always different.
I grew up in the Netherlands so I've always cycled to school. I went to university in Amsterdam, fastest way to get around is on a bicyle. No hills there though, too much rain and way too busy for my liking. Since I've moved to Canada it feels like I'm on a permanent holiday :)
It's great excercise, it's too bad cities in NA don't do more to promote cycling. It would solve a lot of traffic problems as well. 20 minutes cycling to and from school and you practically have your daily excercise accounted for. Here I've got to put my kids on the schoolbus as it's just not safe.
