# I just rode my bicycle into town and back!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771 "2011-07-12T18:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/1 "2011-07-12T18:20:41Z")

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I am now living with friends, 5 km from the small town of Sutton, Ontario. This afternoon, I rode my bike into town and back. My first bike ride in several years! I hope to do mare, and that it gets easier…

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/2 "2011-07-12T18:23:19Z")

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Did you find a nice route?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/3 "2011-07-12T18:26:28Z")

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Yep. Apart from a short segment along Highway 48, where even in a car, one is in constant danger of being flattened by eighteen-wheelers, it was secondary roads with (mostly) enough verge to act as bike lanes. (I walked along the shoulder on Hwy 48; it was not a long way.)

I’d forgotten how good it was to feel the air and sense all the little changes as one passed under trees, over embankments, etc.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/4 "2011-07-12T18:45:40Z")

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Good for you! I ride my bike to work - I did so today, and plan to all this week. I don’t go far, but I do go on major roads, so I always wear a helmet and obey all traffic laws.

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**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/5 "2011-07-12T20:08:28Z")

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Congratulations, **Sunspace!** Keep riding - it’s good for you, it’s good for the environment, it’s good all round!

I’m training to ride the DALMAC - a 5 day bicycle tour in Michigan that starts at the end of August. My route goes 340 miles, so I’m hoping to get at least 650-700 miles of training rides before then. On Sunday, I did 42 miles.

To misquote Dorie, “just keep pedaling, just keep pedaling…”

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rode-my-bicycle-into-town-and-back/588771/6 "2011-07-12T20:15:53Z")

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Having a low-stress route makes all the difference for me. That’s really cool.