Tremorgrrrl and Jean B., Your posts are great. Tremor, you must kick butt going up hills! I'm so glad to hear of others who have that experience of losing their symptoms when they get on the bike.

Re setting up the cycling program. I put a few ideas on my webpage, accessible through pedalingforparkinsons.org That site also has my personal email address. If you want Jay's research poster and/or paper, please send me an email using your private address as the files are too big to post on this website. I'll be happy to send them to anyone. I am working with a local hospital to set up a cycling program as I believe I have mentioned before. It should be ready to pilot by the end of May. At that time the hospital will have developed a full packet of protocols, patient releases, medical forms and ways of keeping track of patients' progress. They are working with Jay to develop these materials. I expect that we will work through a pilot and make adjustments before making the whole packet readily available. In the meantime, if you read through the short checklist on my website, you can get started identifying significant connections you'll need.

Jean, re rpm. You can get a cheap cateye or other computer at any cycleshop and even ask them to install it for you. It will record distance, time, rpm, mph, avg speed, and maybe a couple of other things depending on your model. It is helpful to know your rpm. You can also get heart rate monitors on line to see if you are staying in the recommended zone of 60-80% of your maximum heart rate.