I must confess, I'm 39 years old and I never learned how to ride a bike. I tried when I was a child, but I was too scared and nobody had the patience to stick with me until I got it. Other kids seemed to pick up bike-riding easily, but not me. Sorry to say, I missed out on a lot growing up, as a lot of social activities in my rural area required that we could travel by bike to get to our friends' houses, etc.
Now I'm living in a town where bike-riding is very popular and so many things are within riding distance from my house. I'm tired of driving the 1 1/4 miles to the supermarket. I'd walk, but I'm worried that it would be too hard to carry those bags home that far. I'd really like to learn to ride a bike, but I'm afraid that after all this time, I've built it up as something that's hard to do. Also, falling over might hurt.
Basically, I'm trying to psych myself up to just do it.
Has anyone had to learn to ride a bike as an adult?