…..Got my girl by my side.  Even though 38 Special didn’t have bicycling in mind when singing these lyrics, I don’t mind using them while out on a ride with my wife.  In seasons past, bicycling around my house was more like uni-cycling; me, by myself, going out for training rides or meeting the group at the trail head.  This most recent summer has sure changed that and I’m sure glad I don’t have to pay royalties for each time I’ve sung 38 Special’s melody.  It started off innocently enough – a cruise out to the end of the Poudre Trail, a ride out around the Budweiser Event Center… then “Hey! how about we do the Elephant Rock Centuries?”  “Sure, that would be a great goal for the summer”, I said. Goal? Heck! Since that weekend, I had better set aside 4-5 hours for a “little” ride on the weekend with the girl by my side or I’m in trouble!

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Leisure biking is riding a bike simply for the joy of it and not to get from point A to point B—a ride on a sunny weekend, a trip to the mountains or heading to the mecca of biking in India, Ladakh. Cruiser: Lounge Review, Bike, Royal Enfield, Classic, Desert Storm, Classic Chrome. In fact RE, India’s original cruiser manufacturer, has been cashing in on a growing interest in leisure biking, and indeed fuelling it to quite an extent. Its bikes are now technically better, easier to use, more attractive to look at and better finished than in the past. The bike was introduced in India in two avatars, the 350cc and 500cc models, a couple of years ago. Bike enthusiasts revel in the feeling of being one with their machines and letting the wind take over. No longer just the Bullet, the Classic also has RE’s most advanced engine family yet.

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