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Katie from St. Charles on 1/29/2008 12:39:48 PM:

My husband and I are considering a ride from Greens Bottom to Defiance or Augusta. We are in our late twenties, work out regularly, but are novices to biking. Is it possible to bike to Defiance or Augusta (13 or 20 miles respectively one way), have some time to check out the town and bike back in one day? Or are we trying to do too much?

Trek on 1/29/2008 1:49:59 PM:

There is a directly proportional relationship between the distance you can travel and how well adapted your hind side is to your bike saddle. Saddle time is key when preparing for a bike trip. Thirty to forty miles in a day is very doable though. If you only rode 5 mph you could ride 30 miles in 6 hours....plenty of time in the day to check out the trail. As long as your rear end holds up, you should be able to ride faster than 5 mph and cover more ground.

Katie from St. Charles on 1/30/2008 10:27:04 AM:

Thanks for the info. Hopefully we'll have some time to "acclimate" our rears to the the bike. Incidentally, we are thinking about purchasing a bike for regular excercise on the trail. Is a hybrid bike the best way to go?

Trek on 1/30/2008 10:40:47 AM:

In my opinion......yes. Ms. Trek would agree hands down too. She once rode a comfort model on rails trails and was amazed at how better suited the hybrid is now that she traded. Now we each ride a hybrid single on the rail trails and a Santana tandem on the street. Each is best suited for the riding conditions they encounter.

jp from St. Louis on 1/30/2008 4:47:45 PM:

Good points made here trek. Saddle type is critical for comfort and proper skeletal support. Also on the hybrid suggestion; some folks do not know how that category of bicycle has evolved. Some hybrids are really roadbikes with a flat handlebar, that really move in comfort on the Katy. After a serious lumbar disc injury, I purchased a JAMIS CODA COMP which is a reynolds 520 steel framed flat bar bike, with a carbon fiber fork and a carbon fiber seatpost which I put on to replace the suspension seatpost. I put in 4,000 miles last year-in comfort. I bought the same bike(newer model year) for my wife who does not ride a lot, and we knocked down fifty on the Katy, and she could have gone farther that day. Make sure you use good, puncture-resistant rubber; also. I like the Panaracer t-serv messenger. Have fun.

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