Are you into going for a walk every day?

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A group of Spandex-clad Americans were on a bike tour in the Netherlands, among thousands of people in normal street clothing. Astounded by the sight, one local lady asked "Where are you people from, the Moon?"
Maybe you need a seat exchange, more bathing, or just a little care to avoid seams under the pressure points. Of course, a recumbent solves all that and much else.

I work at home office and being so I learned how important it is to see the outside at least 2 times a week, and so I started to do these walkings, just to keep myself away from going full crazy.

i'm thankful there are lotsa hills where i live, that makes for great walking exercise

^walking through the sand is great exercise too. There's lots of beautiful sandy coast where I live.

^^you're fortunate to live near the water, i have to drive 2 hours to get to the nearest coast. haven't been there in a few years now. but walking in the sand was firm exercise for my ankles.

I'm so lucky to have both hills and beach. The beaches here have more small rocks than sand, which is too bad because sand feels better. But like sand the rocks give a good workout.

Anytime I don't get myself out the door I feel like I have trashed a day. I'm just so into walking around and looking at stuff.

Bicycling counts too as far as I'm concerned. I would ride a bike instead of walking sometimes, but for me personally I would end up crashing it too much. Even just walking I'm in danger of crashing haha.

you need a nice mild recumbent bike, those are much easier to ride. something like an old Bikee AT like what I have.

I must repeat, for the benefit of all our balance-challenged members, the Bike-E is the hardest-to-ride recumbent that ever got produced in significant numbers. I have another friend with one, an expert skier, and he won't ride it or even make the effort to try a different recumbent, it made such a bad impression. Most bicycles are stable in motion without steering inputs, but not the Bike-E. As well as needing constant adjustment to stay upright, compared to a regular bike, it needs faster, larger steering motions to balance. Aunt Blabby loves his, but not enough to fix a flat and ride it again, which is a normal part of bike use.

I need to walk through sand more often. It's easier on the ankles while at the same time excersiing them. My ankles are super weak. I ended up in the hospital twice in the same month due to sprains

My bike is a beach cruiser style. The seat hurts though. It's too hard.

A bike seat has to be both hard and well-fitted to work well. Fortunately, it is now easy to find a women's seat, and the materials are better. Even though I've ridden thousands of miles on my seat, it takes my own bottom a while to get used to it again in the spring.

The seat I have now makes my public bone sore. I wish I had a bike seat that was hollowed out or some what concave in the crotch portion of the seat.

Yep...sand beats rocks any time! Except when it's hot!

Hot sand is really one of the worst feelings in the world.

My knees are pretty shot---so I can't really speedwalk; though I can walk at a normal, 3.5 mph pace pretty well. However, I did walk fast uphill to the subway today, and No Damage Done, so maybe I could try speedwalking the Brooklyn Bridge tonight.

20 years ago, I used to run marathons.

Ah yes I saw someone cruising around on one of those the other day. They even have ones with three wheels.

I would love to walk around NYC. The closest I've come so far is walking on the fake Brooklyn Bridge in Vegas when I used to live there. Plenty of hot sand in the Mojave desert full of stickers and fire ants.

Ugh! I hate fire ants..., they, the mosquito and the yellow flies, especially the yellow flies...

Ezra, a walk in Manhattan (especially) would be quite the experience. For one not accustomed, though, adjustments have to be made. The sensory aspect is rather extreme in some places--not so much because of the lights, but because of the people bumping into you. If you do walk in Manhattan, I would take someone with you. It's Seattle multiplied at least 10 times.

If you're above 14th Street (15th Street or higher), it's not easy to get lost in Manhattan. Below 14th Street is a different story. If you go below 14th Street and you have nobody with you, stick to the avenues and the big streets.

The Brooklyn Bridge is usually rather crowded on sunny days, even in winter. Mostly filled with tourists.

If you're outside Manhattan--especially in parts of Queens and Staten Island, the walk would remind you of walking in the suburbs of Seattle. Not that much different, really.