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Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is working to MAHA\u2014Make America\u00a0Healthy Again. It\u2019s a necessary and noble endeavor as Americans are not only suffering from chronic illnesses but also from obesity. It starts in youth.<\/p>

Read more The 25 declarations in the Declaration of Independence<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m reminded of that whenever I take a ride. My wife and I used to be runners. Trail runs, marathons, all manner of shorter races, we did them all, and parts eventually wore out. We both have titanium knees. These days we ride recumbents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Graphic: TerraTrike GTS. Author.<\/p>\n

Trikes when we ride together, and I ride my 20-year-old Lightning Phantom when I ride alone. Recumbents because of a police work neck injury, which doesn\u2019t let me ride upright road bikes anymore. Recumbents relieve the stress on all those damaged neck discs and are as comfortable as conventional bikes are not.<\/p>\n

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Graphic: Lightning Phantom. Author.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m reminded because all those kids and adults on electric scooters, skateboards and bikes take me back.<\/p>\n

No, we didn\u2019t have electric versions of those things when I was a kid in the 1400s. Until we were old enough to get a learner\u2019s permit, if we wanted to go somewhere, we walked, ran, or rode our bikes. Without really knowing it, we exercised. We largely thought we were just having fun, but we built strong bodies. We took the President\u2019s Physical Fitness Test annually, and if we passed, we got a cool patch.<\/p>\n

Way back when, running was something one did only in sports, and only in the off-season if one was a serious track-and-field athlete. I was, and I ran and rode countless miles, particularly during the summer.<\/p>\n

Now, an official old guy, I ride for aerobic exercise. I can run, but my knees made that impossible years ago, and I want to try to keep my new knees fully functional for the rest of my life. Besides, riding, if you do it right and long enough, is fun, which brings me back to contemporary kids.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m seeing fewer of them on electric bikes and more on electric scooters, a few on electric skateboards, and more on electric mini-motorcycles with no pedals. I suppose they\u2019d get some exercise when their batteries run dry, and they must push those weight stacks on two wheels home, but otherwise? And many of those kids don\u2019t have that lean and hungry look so many of us had way back when.<\/p>\n

We were a hardy lot. Schools wouldn\u2019t close during blizzards until visibility was less than a block or so in town, so we\u2019d bundle up and trudge and crawl over massive snow drifts to get to school. We\u2019d climb ropes to the top of the gym and cavort on playground gear that would send safety Nazis into strokes today. We dodged metal lawn darts, rode in the backs of pickup trucks, got scrapes, bruises, stitches, and broken bones, and loved it all.<\/p>\n

Today, parents buy kids electric bikes, which have apparently taken the place of exercise. Sure, I see some kids on real bikes, probably because their parents don\u2019t want to spend the money on electrics, which can be pricey. Or perhaps because they are also worried about sedentary kids and the future.<\/p>

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Adults aren\u2019t much different. My favorite recumbent shop, actually the only really competent one within reasonable driving distance, Angletech in Colorado Springs, tells me most of their trike sales are electric from the factory or as aftermarket add-ons. Electric drives add at least $2000 to the cost of a trike or two-wheeled recumbent.<\/p>\n

Most trike riders are adults because recumbents must be adjusted for leg length by lengthening or shortening the boom, which also requires lengthening or shortening the chain. It\u2019s not like raising or lowering a seat on a standard bike, and manufacturers don\u2019t make trikes sized for children. They\u2019re relatively expensive, and there\u2019s little market for them because parents don\u2019t want to buy a new machine every year or two.<\/p>\n

At least those adults are getting out there and getting some exercise, but my wife and I need more. We don\u2019t want to be those old folks who strain every muscle just getting out of a chair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, some people might need an electric aid if they\u2019re going to ride at all. But what\u2019s the excuse for kids, or their parents? They get their kids electric bikes because, at nine or ten, they\u2019re already world-class athletes and don\u2019t need the exercise?<\/p>\n

Maybe it gets them out of the house and off the video games. There\u2019s something to be said for that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But maybe, just maybe, we need to think a little farther down the line, where the exercise you got when you were younger continues as you age, determines how long you live, and what sort of life you have as you get there.<\/p>\n

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Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, lifelong athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer, and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is<\/em>\u00a0Stately McDaniel Manor.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>

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