Jim,

I really enjoyed your hospitality and ride this weekend. You did a great job. The 118 miles just flew by. Please share my many thanks with Lane, the state troopers, the food lady, and others who pitched in. Hope to participate next year.

Michael Constantin

Hi Jim,

Wanted to share these pictures of my husband enjoying his new bike. We purchased it a few weeks ago and he has ridden it everyday. LOVES IT!!!

Thanks for sharing your expertise with me and having patience as I made this purchase.

Teresa Armstrong

Hello Jim,

Hope you had a good Sat. bread ride.

Rachel and I continue to enjoy the screaming green trikes, rode at Pensacola Beach today. We made a great choice, thanks for your help.

We may be coming north in July and wonder if you have the bread ride every Sat, especially July 17 and July 24. What is the round-trip mileage on a bread ride ?

Jake Commer

Jim,

I know these times don’t make a great showing for some riders. However, when one competes with oneself I find it significant when a person can gain on themselves.

My park time for my touring bike was usually the best at 1hr 40 minutes. Then I started timing my Trek… this bike really climbs. I did 1hr 32 min then the next try 1 hr 30 min. The final try came out 1 hr 26 min. I thought that is probably the best I can do. My first ride on my Corsa SS came out 1 hr 24 min. That got my attention because I was just learning to shift and get the feel in the curves on this bike. My next run came out 1 hr 22 min. So today I tried again and got 1 hr 18 min !!!! I have a feeling I am going to bond with this bike really well. It is fun. Thanks!

Don

Although it’s only been a year and 6 months since I first walked into RideSouth, I don’t recall what life was like before I found myself addicted to recumbent speed! I’ve always been somewhat athletic, but I was always the slowest guy on the team. They said it had to do with “slow twitch” muscle fibers. Apparently, I was overly blessed with these slow twitch fibers, and shorted on the “fast twitch” ones. By chance, I found an activity that keeps me in great shape, and is a perfect match for all those slow moving muscle fibers.

From the first Saturday I struggled to hang on to Jim on his bread ride, to my speedy finish on the MS 150, and the thousands of miles in between and since, Jim Snider and RideSouth were always with me at least in spirit, and in many cases, literally.

Jim and Lane, you two are much more than bike shop owners. You offer encouragement and inspiration to myself and others, and I consider you very good friends. You can buy a bike from anyone, but what Jim and Lane offer isn’t for sale, it’ free, and it’s from the heart. You can’t go wrong with RideSouth!

P.S.- Maybe one day I’ll take a break from the bike long enough to try one of them fancy canoes!
Doug Morgan

Jim,

Just a note to tell you how happy I am about my purchase. Right after I spoke to you Tuesday about the computer I got a call from Cycle Genius in Houston. He was trying to find me a dealer close to me. I laughed and told him I was sitting on my Falcon I got from you. Also, today was another test. Claudia and I came home in the RV with the Jeep in tow and the Falcon on the back. I will probably replace my home made rack soon but it did the trick.

Safe riding and thanks again,
Dave

My wife Beth and I have been cyclist for quiet a while now. Beth has always been a natural at cycling. I have enjoyed cycling since I got my first Western Flyer tricycle at age four.

We’ve had many cycling adventures together but over the past couple of years riding has became a bit of a challenge because of “getting older pains” and being more and more uncomfortable in certain areas that I won’t mention.

We were determined not to give up cycling and decided to ride through the pain if you will. After getting more and more discouraged though and riding a lot less it started to look gloomy for us to continue.

One day last summer while riding though our home town on our motorcycles we saw a lady on a recumbent bike riding along and looking as if she were enjoying her self very much. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Why haven’t I thought of that before? Where would I even find where they sell them?

I looked on the internet to find a dealer and was surprised to learn that we have recumbent dealer very close by.

After a short drive to Ride South just to look and get a feel on prices, I was greeted by our soon to be good friend Jim Snider. I told him what kind of cycling Beth and I do and the next thing I knew he had me riding around the shop area on a Tour Easy. After wobbling around for a little while I started to get the hang of it and knew this was it. The purchase was made and cycling once again became a great enjoyment. I wasn’t just more comfortable, I was totally comfortable. Mr. Jim told me that’s how it would be, I just didn’t realize how true that would be.

After a few weeks riding along side me and seeing the difference the recumbent made, Beth made the switch from her road bike to a Rans Stratus.

It’s hard to explain how happy we have been now that we can go out again on what we call afternoon and weekend adventures. Our kids are grown and gone and it’s just us. ( Sometimes they think we are not right but we assure them that we are doing our best to spend their inheritance)

This is something we truly love doing together and it is so enjoyable for us now. We can’t imagine not having our recumbents, and wish we had discovered them years ago.

Our Best
Johnny and Beth Rawls

Jim,
Got the Stratus on the Trace for the first time. Wow. It just eats up the miles.
The family was in the Mt. Olive July 4 parade. WDAM covered it and showed footage that night of Gillian (my daughter) on the Zoomer and me on the Stratus with my RideSouth shirt proudly displayed.

Ridin’ On,
J. Jinkins

Jim,

I can still tell you that after 400 miles I would make the same purchase decision again. No doubt there is a better touring trike out there but for all around riding, the X-3 has to be one of the best. The small turning radius is probably my favorite thing about the trike, second only to comfort. I have also learned that 27 gears are plenty for me. 81 would be great for full blown touring but I’m busy enough with 27.

Since the tires are slicks, give me a hint as to anticipated mileage.

Alive and well in Fairhope,
Dennis