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[struggle4progress]

Suppose I am an old fart. And suppose I am considering buying a bicycle so I can (say) get more exercise and burn less gas when I go grocery shopping

Grocery store is perhaps a bit over 3 mi away -- pretty flat terrain, might take me 1:15 hr to walk there. I can't afford to spend 1:15 + :30 + 1:15 = 3:00 hr for a walking grocery run when a car run takes me maybe 0:05 + 0:30 + 0:05 = 0:40. But I could probably afford to spend 0:15 + 0:30 + 0:15 = 1:00 or 0:20 + 0:30 + 0:20 = 1:10 for a grocery run, since I'd been getting exercise at the same time

Anybody want to give advice regarding a bike? I haven't biked for years, so it might take a bit of practice, but I could toodle around the neighborhood a bit for a while before I try the highways and byways