Quite an accomplishment for someone who took up cycling in her 60s and for someone who has a titanium disk in her back that is a constant source of worry and discomfort.
Because of the limitations of her back, she needs a bike where she can step through it to mount instead of step over it. Those used to be called "girls" bicycles because girls, being such dainty and frail creatures, looked clumsy and too "manly" lifting their legs over their bikes, especially since they were always wearing skirts. (Can you believe that people used to think in this way?).
So it's no carbon fiber bike in her future--just the best step-through we could get. And she ROCKS on it. She loves her "girls" bike, and wouldn't trade it for anything.
It also is pleasing to her that for these 10,000 miles we have done them all together, so the 10,000 mile mark was also a mark for us.
Here she is crossing that 10,000 mile mark.
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