Bicycling fun can be had by kids and adults, from 3 to 93 years of age. My father in law is 82 and is still riding his bike 3 miles into town to get his shopping and back, visit his friends and generally do all the things that we do in our cars; except of course he no longer performs wheelies or stands on the crossbar when freewheeling downhill.

Hands up all of you reading this whose bicycling fun has (or still does) include standing on the crossbar, freewheeling down hills with your legs splayed out to the side, laughing and giggling with your friends.

If you haven’t had that sort of bicycling fun then that is as good a reason as any buy a bicycle today and get out there and have some bicycling fun on us.

Cycling is much more fun than walking, you can cover longer distance in the same amount of time, AND you can do wheelies and skids on gravel on country roads; wheelies are not so easy to do when you have no wheels below you.

Other bicycling fun to be had as a kid (or adult if you want) is to place a heavy duty piece of cardboard onto the rear wheel support, secured by a clothes peg or bulldog clip; and there you have it, one turbo charged bike when the card is rested against the spokes of the moving rear wheel.

To the ears of a child a super charged engine, better that any ‘go faster stripe’ or American muscle car; more cycling fun than you can shake a stick at.

And talking of stripes, kids have immense fun with multi colored adhesive tape made out in patterns on their bikes; custom paint jobs on cars are no competition to a kid with a stripy bike.

But the ‘piece de resistance’ or the granddaddy of any cycling fun to be had for kids (or adults, just let the imagination wander a little) is a length of wood or an old door propped up at one end on a pile of old bricks; there you have a ramp available to break the world record for jumping over buses or your friends lying very bravely (or foolishly) at the business end of the ramp.

Now is the time to buy a bike, get out in the fresh air and exercise lungs, legs and heart.

Having fun has never been so much fun, and you will get fit into the bargain too.

Filed under: Cycling Today

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