Cycling Tips & Stories

"We walk about three or four times a day, in different areas each time . . ." said Bobby Gehlert. . . .

[Her husband, Milt] said their love of hoofing is very economical. "I have a car that is 14 years old, and it has 51,000 miles on it," he said. . . .

"If you wanted to go somewhere, you walked or rode your bike," Bobby said . . .

Milt said he and his buddies in University City would ride their bikes regularly to a hobby shop at Compton and Shenandoah avenues in south St. Louis.

"What's that, about 10 miles? We thought nothing of riding down there back then."

Bobby added, "One of my favorite trips was when some of my girlfriends and I would ride our bikes up to the airport and watch the airplanes.