Motorized and not
I used to wonder if it was possible to learn to ride a motorcycle without first being able to balance on a bicycle.
This morning I got back on my bicycle and cycled to work, and found the answer to that question.
With the amount of wobbling i did in the first couple of minutes, i'd say it's undoubtedly a "yes". How many people would take that route, i don't know. What i do know is, my body was hell surprised to get on the bicycle and discover, among other things, that the only weight it had to balance, was its own - my body didn't quite know what to do initially, perched on the bicycle without actually feeling it very much. Quite a different ball game to the comforting weight of my mighty mango beast resting on its 2 rubber hoops.
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I don't have that mirror problem. I still find it so much easier to turn my head to look behind me on a bicycle... there's just no helmet in the way. Then again i've been lucky enough to have the luxury of always having a bike path nearby. The only road cycling i did was in the residential areas.
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