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Michel Maling
Old Fashioned and Vintage Bicycles were build for comfort then. People used to enjoy riding for pleasure and exercise, and not solely to race. Nowadays when you see adult cyclists, they are normally decked out in high fashion spandex or lycra, colorful helmets and special cycling shoes. Their bodies are normally toned to perfection, but it is no wonder, as these types of cyclists are in it to win and put in hours of training. Believe it or not, you can still cycle for pleasure like yesteryear. Some of us don't enjoy riding on thin seats that make your butts ache, hunched up over strange handle bars looking straight ahead and pedaling for all your are worth. If this sounds like you, go out and find yourself a vintage bike and learn to ride upright again on a comfortable seat at a leisurely pace while enjoying the beautiful scenery around you. In this way you can still get your exercise, but at a more enjoyable pace. By riding on a vintage bicycle, you will also enjoy riding in clothes of your choosing, and getting away with it too. Because vintage bikes all came standard with chain guards, you can even ride in long pants without having to worry about them getting caught in the chains. If you ride a vintage bike in street clothes, you won't get any strange looks. Not so if you ride a modern racing bicycle in street clothes. The other thing that vintage bikes had which we don't see much of today are mudguards. Whatever happened to this nifty invention? When you ride an old fashioned bicycle you can go through as many puddles as you like without getting wet. It is very different with the more modern bicycles. The best thing that I enjoy about riding an old fashioned bike is the springy and comfortable saddle. This is far more preferable to sitting on what feels like a thin hard rod. You also get to sit upright, which enables you to get a far better view of all that is around you. Yes, riding a vintage bike is what leisure cycling should be about. Why don't they make bikes like that to often anymore? It is not about how fast you can get there, but about the small pleasures that you can grasp along the way.
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