Intro...

[Wyldmoonwoman]

My name is Lisa and I wanted to say HI!

I am relatively new to cycling on a road bike, I started to ride this spring seriously and decided that charity rides are going to be my passion. I just completed my first big ride (for a fat chick) earlier this month, did 54 miles on a 92 degree day for the Tour De Cure...and I finished! I am doing a metric century next month and hope to be able to finish 100 miles by the end of the summer.

I joined for tips and tricks specific to the road bike because I am much more comfortable getting dirty and jumping over things than I am on my road bike...and there is so much to learn!

I am having a great time buying gear...funny how MTN bikers don't pay as much attention to fashion as the road bikers.

[tulip]

Welcome! Congratulations on your excellent rides so far. Keep hydrated and eat enough, and you'll do fine in the century.

Lots of good info here.

[sundial]

Hi and welcome aboard. :)

[short cut sally]

Hello Lisa and welcome aboard. YOu will find lots of tips here, I seem to spend way too much time here somedays just reading past threads filled with useful information. which Tour de Cure did you do? I did one recently in NY and was just wondering..

[IFjane]

Welcome Lisa - there is so much to learn here & the women here are wonderful. Please tell us more about yourself and your bike!

[Wyldmoonwoman]

Hello Lisa and welcome aboard. YOu will find lots of tips here, I seem to spend way too much time here somedays just reading past threads filled with useful information. which Tour de Cure did you do? I did one recently in NY and was just wondering..

I did the one in Stillwater, NY...it was a hot day, but I had a blast!

[Wyldmoonwoman]

Welcome Lisa - there is so much to learn here & the women here are wonderful. Please tell us more about yourself and your bike!

my bike sucks, lol, it's a GMC Denali, a good starter bike...I am looking at better bikes, but I need to make sure that I stick with this before I invest in something better...I am looking at touring bikes, maybe a Trek 520

[short cut sally]

You were in the same ride that MDHillSlug was in..Gosh you could've met a fellow TE'r and didn't know it! I did the Rochester/Mendon Parks one. It was hot..hot..hot out that day.