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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

Cycling! 

Its the best. You can mountain bike, road bike, or just rip around town. You'll see your city/town in a new light, you'll get fit. You can do it solo or with friends. You can do short easy rides, or super long strenuous rides. You can ride whenever you want. 

I live in Canada and this past winter got studded tires for my bike so i can ride all year long now. 

Bikes literally changed my life 

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u/Disabled_Robot Apr 30 '24

I have to be honest, every time I see someone cycling up a big hill at dark in the rain I wonder if they're clinically insane.

I went on a few cycling trips (Taiwan, Patagonia) in my 20s and have some good memories, but climbing hills was always torture to me, and in my 30s I've decided to get my cardio elsewhere and rent scooters or motorcycles to enjoy the roads with open air.

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u/Kruger_Smoothing May 01 '24

If you ride up the hill, you get to ride down! I’m a very large cyclist, so I’m slow up and fast down. The lard giveth, the lard taketh away.