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How painful and stupid... :mad:
On the other hand, I got my latest copy of "The Maine Cyclist",( the voice piece of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine), and on the front cover is the headline,...

Weellll, I'm gonna plunge into this discussion with some trepidation since I'm such a new rider. However, one of the people I work with asked me in the spring,(when I had just begun riding), if I had...

....and here I was thinkin' we could all get REAL chain tattoos on ourselves to camoflague the grease...um...except for the 'stache that Rose is sporting:eek: :eek: ;)

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:D :) :) :) ; it's been 5 minutes since I read your reply and I'm still laughing...
Of course, I wonder how many posters here know what the heck a 45 or 33 thing is???/;)

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Congrats! There is a road near here which is great to ride on. However it has, when driving;) ;) , an ever so slight incline. There is a meat market half way up this..um incline. I have driven this...

I once fell standing. Yup. I had stopped to wait for a biking buddy who had been hailed by a passing car. So, I waited about 50 feet up the road and chose that moment to fish a butterscotch candy out...

Indi;:o :o , I should have said that I'm probably doing HALF that cadance... maybe only counting the...um...left foot..:D :D :D I'm pretty slow at the moment...(as if you couldn't tell).

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Slightly off topic:D :D :D , but I couldn't resist. I'm a newbie that's been riding on the road since March. It was then I bumped into the topic of cadance. It coincided with me having to take the...

I'm just jumping in late to this but I'm 55 years old and began cycling in March. I haven't been on a bike since 1982.:D :D
I set a goal for myself to be able to to the Trek Across Maine that...

Yup to the more secure comment...but I really,(:o :o), like having the security of letting my left foot clear for anticipated and unanticipated stops. Since I've been leaving my left foot as my...

I've only been cycling since March 23rd and just like Over50Newbie,( and being an over 50 newbie myself;) ), I do exactly as she does. I'm slowly gaining confidence in clipping in on the flats, but...

I stand in front of all of you as a novice, I can see that:o :o . I'm definitely in the right church....grin.
I'm a big gal,(but this cycling thing is slimming me down pretty fast), and I'm still...

It began so very slowly; first a pair of spandex shorts and then the tights and they fit so nicely in the thin little drawer. Then the long underwear and the waterproof jacket. Then another pair of...

I had it about 4 years ago...absolutely hideous. I coughed so much I couldn't catch my breath between bouts. I totally sympathize with what you're going through.
My physician diagnosed me THROUGH...

Tnanks for posting this Celeste; I'm still so very new at cycling. I went for my first 40-miler about a week ago and the ride was hilly. After the first 3 or 4 hills I had to stop just like you did,...

Yup to all your replies..:p Not anorexia nervosa...just lack of hungar.
Yes to my body probably thinkin' ,"What the heck are ya doin' NOW???".
Yes to eating some crackers with peanut butter as...

Thanks everyone,
It seems to be leveling off; today I rode to work for the first time, (7 miles one way), and was hungry after about an hour. I sucked some hard candy on the ride and I think it...

Hi everyone,
I haven't posted in a while, too absorbed by reading all your posts this past winter....grin.
Anyway, starting about 2 weeks ago, I was finally able to get out and ride. Since...

Oooohhh...I never thought about some kind of relaxation ritual...I've got a nice tape,(that I can't find..grin), maybe I'll give it a try... Now as to sex...;) :cool: ;) ;) ...ok... Gotta call that...

Thanks for all your replies; however, I ain't a morning person...and I'm AT WORK AT 6:25 already...so that means that I'm up at 5:15am...I really can't see me getting up at 3:30am to cycle until...

Ok everyone...this is a truly silly question. But, since I've committed to doing the Trek Across Maine, and since I've got to get myself in shape for this, and since I've been on the trainer doing it...

...to all of you and this topic; I've been on the trainer 3-4 times a week and have been using a 20 year old Walkman,:o :D :o , to try to break the boredom. I thought it was ME!!! I thought everyone...

Woozer!!!! It looks like there's gonna be 3 of us doing it for the first time!!! This will be great!!

Jan

Thank you all for replying to my posting; it truly helped. It was good hearing that I'm not chewing off more than I can chew. I did forget to mention that I 'm planning to up my mileage each week,...

Hello everyone,
I'm a very new member who has been posting in the "new rider"forum. I've set myself the goal of biking the Maine Lung Association's "Trek Across Maine" in June,2007. :eek:
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