Jude 2

Seriously considering one of these:

costs more than the check was for, but would be something I think we would use. (1/2 - 3/4 of the year anyway - We live in Iowa, not Hawaii!)

You are kidding right?

MacUser wrote:You are kidding right?

nope.
my wife and I bought bikes a few years back, but didn't really ride them much because of a couple things. 1 - she wasn't comfortable riding on the streets of our city (town); which leads to 2 - we have to pack them up in the truck and take them to the bike trail - we wanted to ride, but just never could make the time because of the inconvenience. (not even mentioning that when on separate bikes, we can't really talk to each other, let alone a conversation)

We do, however take frequent walks of a couple to a few miles several times a week. With an HPV (human powered vehicle), she has expressed that she would ride with me in the streets, and there is no inconvenience of having to go to the trails (though we could ride there). this would essentially replace our shared exercise/walks, and we would be more likely to do it more often, since we can now take local trips to stores etc.

this is not really about saving gas money; more about sharing our exercising and having more conversation time together. (BTW - our town has bike lanes, too.)

RamboPreacher wrote:Seriously considering one of these:

costs more than the check was for, but would be something I think we would use. (1/2 - 3/4 of the year anyway - We live in Iowa, not Hawaii!)

COOL!!

Ilovebigcats wrote:...
COOL!!

or in your case - you might consider this:

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RamboPreacher wrote:

Ilovebigcats wrote:...
COOL!!

or in your case - you might consider this:

hehehehehehee

That was good Rambo...

I should get the first one you posted though...

RamboPreacher wrote:Seriously considering one of these:

costs more than the check was for, but would be something I think we would use. (1/2 - 3/4 of the year anyway - We live in Iowa, not Hawaii!)

I showed this to my husband and we believe this would be perfect for us. I have to remember he may not do his share of paddling. We were at the beach and rented something similar. I was having to struggle with my paddling, looked over and he was having a free ride...not paddling a bit, just enjoying the scenery. I have to watch that man of mine, he can be sneaky.

JanB wrote:...
I showed this to my husband and we believe this would be perfect for us. I have to remember he may not do his share of paddling. We were at the beach and rented something similar. I was having to struggle with my paddling, looked over and he was having a free ride...not paddling a bit, just enjoying the scenery. I have to watch that man of mine, he can be sneaky.

There are different models of these, and some have separate gearing for each side as well. I have done a bunch of research on them, since they aren't cheep. (including much thought on how we would realistically use it) There are some that are kits too and, much less expensive. but after the struggles I had with putting together the recumbent's we currently have - I am avoiding non-assembled and kits! give me a computer to troubleshoot and put together over a bike any day.

JanB wrote:I showed this to my husband and we believe this would be perfect for us. I have to remember he may not do his share of paddling. We were at the beach and rented something similar. I was having to struggle with my paddling, looked over and he was having a free ride...not paddling a bit, just enjoying the scenery. I have to watch that man of mine, he can be sneaky.

JanB, don't you mean pedaling, not paddling?


TW

TW wrote:

JanB wrote:I showed this to my husband and we believe this would be perfect for us. I have to remember he may not do his share of paddling. We were at the beach and rented something similar. I was having to struggle with my paddling, looked over and he was having a free ride...not paddling a bit, just enjoying the scenery. I have to watch that man of mine, he can be sneaky.

JanB, don't you mean pedaling, not paddling?


TW

Oh My, I often spell the way I talk. Sometimes it catches up with me. In the South, we do paddle instead of pedal. We true Southerners are indeed a rare breed. It's too late to educate me differently.

RamboPreacher wrote:she wasn't comfortable riding on the streets of our city (town);

This is my point - egggzackly. Extremely unsafe on ANY road or city street. It's to large to be on the sidewalk and way to small unsafe to be on any street or public road.

This is where common sense should kick in my friend! In theory great concept.. but completely illogical for serious road use.

He did mention that their town has bike lanes. Thus making it a much more logical choice.

biblemanryan wrote:He did mention that their town has bike lanes. Thus making it a much more logical choice.

not only that, but it is a small town. we go for walks in the evenings for an hour or more and not see but one or two cars on the road the whole way; let alone any kind of traffic on the side streets.

RamboPreacher wrote:

Ilovebigcats wrote:...
COOL!!

or in your case - you might consider this:

hehehehehehee

I NEED one of these....Me, the wife, 7 kids....we'd all fit...just put the babies in the middle seats and make the older ones peddle.

I love it, the grandkids and I can take this all around our neighborhood here, take a picnic supper to the park. We don't have any sidewalks in this area but we also don't have a lot of car traffic on the back streets. Every late afternoon/early evening you see families walking or biking around the neighborhood or down to the park. This is perfect for Florida weather almost year round.