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By David Solomon

When I was a little kid, there was nothing more amusing than bike riding. Though I was only allowed to go for a few blocks, it looked like the whole world to me. I could spend hours and hours driving around the block repeatedly, feeling the wind go by as I flew on my bicycle. When I get a little older, my mom let me drive around the whole subdivision. I was joyous. It took very little to keep me happy.

Now that I'm older, however, I see the limits of bike riding. Bicycle riding where I live is a pain. There are cars everyplace, and many of them are very un-responsive to bike riders. I couldn't even count the number of times I have almost been hit by ornery drivers trying to get home from work. This is why bike trails are such a popular thing in the Midwest. Without the Michigan bike trails that I go to on the weekends, I don't know how I'd make it.

My favorite ones are the mountain bike trails. A lot of people are astonished to hear, but there is actually some good mountain biking in Michigan. The elevation changes aren't dramatic, but they make up for it with A lot of quick, steep hills. Bike trail riding is somewhat of a passion among Metro Detroiters. With everything so heavily based around cars in this area, a lot of people need an escape. Without bike paths, I think a lot of us would go crazy.

I actually became involved in the local bike club last year as I was getting so enthusiastic about riding. I had never bought a trail bike, and I didn't really realize that I was missing out on anything by using my old beater, but one of my new friends let me try his out. I was amazed. The bike trails fly by when you are on a nice vehicle. It really changed my perspective on things – I couldn't go back to the hunk of junk that I was using. It was great to belong to a bike club because there were so many people who knew how to set up their own bicycles.

All I had to do was get the bike frame and the bike parts and the rest was history. Soon, I was sitting pretty and doing some of the very best riding of my lifetime.

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