rij73
06-17-2007, 06:51 AM
Hi ladies... Boy am I an achey mess today! But a PROUD achey mess!
DH really wanted to try a very long ride yesterday, and he got me into the idea. We went from Park Slope, Brooklyn up to Alpine, NJ. It was 53 miles round trip and required going over the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. Also, there were some horrifically steep hills on the Jersey side that almost made me cry. I had to stop to catch my breath a few times, but I never walked the bike.
On the way home in lower Manhattan, I wiped out as I was going up onto the sidewalk at City Hall Plaza. It's the only part we ride on the sidewalk just for one block to avoid some particularly nasty maneuvering in traffic. There was a very low curb, and I didn't take it at a 90 degree angle as you're supposed to do. It was more like 45 degrees so down I went. A couple of bruises and a scrape on my shoulder, but doesn't even qualify as road rash. Also hit the side of my head on the pavement which made me very happy that I was wearing a helmet! Really not too bad for a first fall.
Yesterday really made me want a real road bike even more. I posted on the Bikes category that I am lusting after the Orbea Onix TDE. I think DH is actually considering buying it for me since I'm being such a trooper on my $400 flat-bar bike. I was the only girl going up the worst hill yesterday, and I was the only one on a flat-bar. We saw nothing but super-pricey carbon road bikes on that hill, and it seemed pretty ridiculous for me to be on the bike I was on doing a ride like that.
Anyway, just thought I'd report on my big adventure!
DH really wanted to try a very long ride yesterday, and he got me into the idea. We went from Park Slope, Brooklyn up to Alpine, NJ. It was 53 miles round trip and required going over the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. Also, there were some horrifically steep hills on the Jersey side that almost made me cry. I had to stop to catch my breath a few times, but I never walked the bike.
On the way home in lower Manhattan, I wiped out as I was going up onto the sidewalk at City Hall Plaza. It's the only part we ride on the sidewalk just for one block to avoid some particularly nasty maneuvering in traffic. There was a very low curb, and I didn't take it at a 90 degree angle as you're supposed to do. It was more like 45 degrees so down I went. A couple of bruises and a scrape on my shoulder, but doesn't even qualify as road rash. Also hit the side of my head on the pavement which made me very happy that I was wearing a helmet! Really not too bad for a first fall.
Yesterday really made me want a real road bike even more. I posted on the Bikes category that I am lusting after the Orbea Onix TDE. I think DH is actually considering buying it for me since I'm being such a trooper on my $400 flat-bar bike. I was the only girl going up the worst hill yesterday, and I was the only one on a flat-bar. We saw nothing but super-pricey carbon road bikes on that hill, and it seemed pretty ridiculous for me to be on the bike I was on doing a ride like that.
Anyway, just thought I'd report on my big adventure!