BIKE RIDE TO SANIBEL

Getting ready for our first ride of the season to Sanibel Island on bikes we bought this summer.

One of things we like most is the 3 mile ride over the causeway beach.  From the bridge, we see the beautiful white sand of this small island beach.

One of the many great views from the bridge behind Walter.  Once we are across the bridge, then we ride on a
bike that goes the length of the island.

 We are now on our way back, and you can see the top of the highest point on the causeway bridge.  You need a good deal of pedal power to get over that bridge.  Here we are rounding the curve of the bridge as we ride our way back across the causeway on our way home.  Today we rode 24 miles round trip.

FAREWELL RECUMBENT BIKES

Hello new semi-recumbent bikes.  These bikes, by Giant, are light and easy to ride.  They have a comfortable upright seating position and handlebars that meet you halfway.

Below is a good view of the back basket, and I also have a nice front basket.  Where we live in the winter in Florida is ideal for biking.  I bike to the library, grocery store, doctors, rides to Sanibel Island and Ft. Myers Beach, and much more.  It is great exercise and fun to be outside.

These are the recumbent bikes we enjoyed for so long.  Bikes that never caused any pain anywhere.  It was a hard decision to change, but we opted for a compromise between such a long wheel based bike and one that would be easier to transport.  In Michigan where this picture was taken, there are wonderful bike paths, but we need to truck our bikes to these paths where in Florida, we take off  from our home for the majority of our rides.  

Thanks to E-Bay, this was another one of our sales where we posted the bikes before going to bed and when we got up in the morning, they were already sold.  How nice!