My boss, Kris, has some interest in bicycling, but has shown reluctance to ride in traffic. He has a bike, but it doesn’t fit him properly. It does work for tooling around the neighborhood with his children.
I convinced him to meet me a short distance from work, and we would ride about a 3.5 mile round-trip for our first bicycle commute. The route would take him across the Second Street Bridge, and down Main Street.
He rode Nermal, I rode Oria. It was a beautiful day, and there were plenty of other bicyclists out. There were no major incidents with traffic, but he got a taste of what it’s like. I think he is less intimidated by the bridge now. I’ll talk to him about doing this more, from a little further out. I think he could handle the 7-mile round-trip parking location without an issue.
David,
Glad you got to ride Oria again!
Who knows? You may have hooked another rider!
Let him know about the LBC classes, too.
The more I see LWB and CLWB bents the more I want one!
Jerry
Jerry, I have a BikeE CLWB I’ll sell you!