Hi Elizabeth,
I had almost forgotten how much fun riding the bike can be. After I left the Army, I rode the bike here a lot. I had the 10 speed from my wifes father, and it would be nothing to rip off 50-60km within a couple of hours on a Sunday morning between breakfast and lunch or coffee time.
I would ride my bike every day to work, from Neu-Ulm to Donautal and back. Then I got a better bike, and was even more underway. I actually stopped because I hated winter, and riding the bike at 4:30 in the morning in the dark. After I left that company and started at a company in Senden, where I didnt have to start work until about 8:00, then I started riding it again, in fact I gave the car to my sister-in-law as her first car, and rode the bike again. Only less for fun, just transport.
I didnt get a (second) car again until I started working here in Unter-Elchingen. I said that 15 - 17km is too far for the bike, especially in winter. But now I really want to see how long and often I can ride it to work, and also on the weekend, small trips along the Donau or Iller, maybe towards the Alb and such. Blaubeuren is cool with the bike, and Sonderbuch is extreme.
I think it'll take a few weeks more to really get back into shape, for all considering that I am now 42, and weigh a lot more than back then. But we all remember that famous line "Use the gears Luke", or was that something else?
YO!
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From: Elizabeth
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 12:31 PM
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re your bike ride: gut gemacht!
Biking in southern Germany is really cool: you have all the ups and downs of the Schwäbsiche Alb, the Schwarzwald, the Allgäu Alps, usw.
Just be sure to use the right gear when going up hill and give yourself time to build up your stamina.
And don't forget to have fun!
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