I first got the bug to get an adult bike in about 1993-1994. With my usual obsessiveness I spent more than a year researching bicycles and bicycling. I bought a book in 1995 that was written by an Englishman who I believe was editor of Bicycling at the time and it was full of stories about people who literally got their lives back by riding a bicycle. At the time, I was struggling with my weight and that book convinced me to buy my first bike, a Trek. I lost a ton of weight and was the healthiest I've ever been, as long as I rode my bike almost every day.
If anyone here knows who Duff McKagan is (bass player for Guns N' Roses), he has an autobiography called "It's So Easy" and he came as close to drinking himself to death as is possible. When he got out of the hospital and continued his detox process, he found an old mountain bike in his garage and began riding it every day, all day long. He went on to add literature and martial arts to his life but he credits that old mountain bike with making it possible for him to begin to live again. If anyone is interested in the Rock & Roll lifestyle and redemption, I highly recommend Duff's book. On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2:29:50 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > > Yep here > <http://velocipeedemusings.com/2015/11/21/a-black-cream-fall-ride-and-the-healing-powers-of-the-bicycle/> > > it is. > > Tail Winds, > > ~Hugh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
