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shadon
02-05-2006, 09:42 PM
I conquered my own hills today! Rode from the Golden Gate Bridge to Fairfax, and back. This involes the signifigant (for a newbie) El Camino Alto Hill out and back, and the signifigant climb out of Sausalito up to the bridge.

I DID it! Slowly, and with a bit of walking...but IT'S DONE...I can do this!

Go ME! I just might be a cyclist someday.
cindysue
02-05-2006, 09:45 PM
nice ride! And congratulations! I like that little town of Fairfax, and San Anselmo next door....
SadieKate
02-05-2006, 09:52 PM
Go you!! Good job.

You liking the new bike?
bikerz
02-06-2006, 08:19 AM
Well done!!! And next time will be even better, and the next , and the next! Way to go!

(I think you can say you're a cyclist now!)
Melody
02-06-2006, 10:22 AM
*\o/* CHEERS FOR SHADON! *\o/* :)

Mel
alpinerabbit
02-06-2006, 12:14 PM
aww yes, I have done Sausalito to the bridge. Unlike the other tourists who took the ferry back (AND bought the t-shirt) - it's nasty.
tattiefritter
02-06-2006, 12:35 PM
I did that climb last July after "Biking the Bridge". I'll always remember it as we hired a tandem and it had the worst saddle I have ever had the misfortune to sit on, ever. It had the cheek (pardon the pun) to be called a comfort saddle. It had so much padding on it that by the end of the ride I thought it was trying to split my bum apart (sorry TMI, but it really really hurt). Once we had come back from the bridge we then cycled up Lombard Street (that was hard work) then joined the queue of traffic down the switchback side, which was fun. We couldn't believe the amount of cars going down it, especially as we had walked down it at about 9am and there was not a soul around.

I'm quite jealous of all the fantastic hills you can ride in the San Francisco area, we don't tend to have any really long climbs round here, just very steep ones.
shadon
02-06-2006, 01:31 PM
Go you!! Good job.

You liking the new bike?

It really is perfect for me. and I can't rave enough about Chain Reaction in Redwood City. So friendly and attentive. Took it down saturday to have shims put in the brake levers, which they did for no charge.

at the moment, my quads hurt and I'm tired!
Bike Goddess
02-06-2006, 03:07 PM
Shadon- do some quad stretches- that will help! I always do some after my rides.

Good going. Sounds like you are getting ready to do "Day on the Ride"- Keep doin' those hills girl- that's what will make you strong!

Congrats on your new bike too! Now....be sure to keep it nice and clean, AND be sure to clean your chain. (Mother Goddess speaking here....)
slinkedog
02-06-2006, 03:33 PM
Good for you, Shadon! *sigh* Another Cinderella rider who'll say to me, "On your left." ;)
Nanci
02-06-2006, 04:20 PM
http://www.thestick.net/

This thing is like heaven for sore quads!

Nan
Duck on Wheels
02-06-2006, 04:50 PM
I've known CARS to break down doing that hill, or the Waldo Grade on the highway beside it. I think two just in my own family's history. Way to go you!
tattiefritter
02-07-2006, 03:45 AM
I'll second "The Stick", I've been using it a lot lately, especially after running it really loosens the leg muscles up and the lower back.
CorsairMac
02-07-2006, 01:31 PM
congrats Shadon! conquering hills gives one such a feeling of accomplishment!! - not the mention the reward of the wicked awesome descent on the other side! ;)
shadon
02-07-2006, 08:10 PM
congrats Shadon! conquering hills gives one such a feeling of accomplishment!! - not the mention the reward of the wicked awesome descent on the other side! ;)

Um...decents still scare me...though that other side of El Camiono Alto was easier this time than it was two weeks ago. I just hate those fast, cury decents!
shadon
02-07-2006, 08:11 PM
congrats Shadon! conquering hills gives one such a feeling of accomplishment!! - not the mention the reward of the wicked awesome descent on the other side! ;)

Um...decents still scare me...though that other side of El Camiono Alto was easier this time than it was two weeks ago. I just hate those fast, cury decents!
CorsairMac
02-08-2006, 11:15 AM
Um...decents still scare me...though that other side of El Camiono Alto was easier this time than it was two weeks ago. I just hate those fast, cury decents!

The sweet thing about descents - you don't have to even pedal iffen ya don't want to! After working so hard on the climb you can just sit and coast (might be Really hard on your muscles but there is something to be said for just coasting!). Descents don't have to be fast to be a reward for your hard work! :)