Hello!

I haven’t had a bike since I was 7-10. I am now 28 and I was given a free bike from a thrift store. It’s a yellow huffy beach cruiser bike (see picture).

I live in a city so I can def get to places fast on it. But whenever I bike with others I am terribly slow. They all have bike with multiple gears. I am also putting in a lot more effort especially on small hills. I do work out regularly and ik starting to wonder if it is me or the bike.. so feeling a bit defeated.

It’s a bike with only 1 gear I believe and I have to push back to stop.

I do enjoy biking and I want to continue. But I’m thinking I don’t have the right bike for what I want to do.

I weight lift on the side and I want to pick up biking to get to places in the city.. but also for biking long distance and up and down hills.

I know bike can get expensive so I’ve been keeping an eye out on Facebook marketplace place. But I’m not really sure what type of bike I should be looking for.

Any advice would be great!