My first ride...

..on my new bike, that is! It's been a year since I've been on a road bike, so I wasn't sure how it was going to go. But she is a sweeeeeet ride :) I only went out for about an hour and a half, just to play around and get the feel of it. Did pretty well and felt quite comfortable. I tried to see how long I could pedal for what I guestimated to be 90 rpm (trying to make it feel like when I'm on the stationary- I usually go about 85-90, or faster if I have a really fast techno song to crank to :)) But lots of other factors come into play out on the trails- birds, wooden bridges, stoplights and traffic, other people, kids riding their bike in the wrong lane- seriously, I thought I was gonna hit a kid today- he was flying down towards me and I yelled for him to get in the correct lane, which he did at the last minute. But I did all right. Coming back kind of sucked because it was windy and the headwind just happened to be all on the way back. But I managed, and managed up the hills without having to stand up or die of exhaustion at the top. And I must say, I felt pretty bad-a$$ on the bike :) Going fast is fun! Now to practice those pesky corners...

Now isn't that euphoria better than any drug induced high?

ps way to not injure anyone.

Way to go...congrats on the new bike!!

(What's up with people who ride like nut jobs? I was going down a one-way street the other day, keeping in the right lane, and this tan, shirtless old guy on a cruiser comes tooling from the other direction. swooping and swerving between the lanes. I pointed across to the road that goes the appropriate direction and said you should really be over there, sir...)