The joy of a new bike? Sounds nice, but the older ones were a cut above

I’ve been looking at bicycles. Yes, for myself. I need to exercise more, and walking is boring. I can’t get far enough from home before I am too pooped to go farther, so, I don’t walk very far. I figure with a bicycle I will be able to get far enough with my original burst of energy that when I turn and head for home I will get more exercise than walking. Besides, if I can get up the hill to the north of my place, all I have to do on the return is coast down. Unlike walking, bicycling includes a certain amount of coasting. That kind of exercise is my kind of exercise.