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As I've mentioned, I live just a few blocks from Galveston Bay. Now there is not a lot of beach in this area, but as I travel just a few miles south, especially to Galveston Island proper, that situation remedies itself quite nicely. Indeed, I like to go down there every now and again and wiggle my toes in the sand.

Now when I was young, I lived in San Diego. We used to go to the beach quite regularly, and take our bicycles with us. It was great fun riding them along the sand, especially where it was packed firm enough to get really good traction, right down near the waterline. Years later, when we lived near the shore of Lake Michigan, I tried to do the same on my trusty 10-speed and discovered it didn't work as well. Why not? Thinner tires and issues in shifting gears as I rode. It was times like that I wished for a simple one-speed bike -- a beach bike.

Guess what? Those bikes are back. There is an internet start-up company that you can find at XYZbikes.com that sells cruiser bicycles that are designed for the beach! No more need to buy a racing bike that has more gears than you will ever use -- just a simple bike with one gear and coaster brakes (Lord! Doesn't that take you back?). You can ride it anywhere that your average person would want to go, including on the beach! And they look good -- so good that my favorite bike, the men's black, is on back order. But they do look good, seem to ride good, and the price is right. What more can you ask for?

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