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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
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    I'm a little scared

    Okay, I'm all ready to take off on my first trip out of the neighborhood on my new bike and I must say I'm a little nervous. I only have to go about 1/3 mile on a busy street until I get onto a safe bike path but my nerves are shot!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    portland, or
    Posts
    190
    You'll do great!!! Have a fun ride

  3. #3
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    Feb 2008
    Location
    Maine
    Posts
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    Good luck and have fun! Let us know how it goes.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Posts
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    You successfully do it once, and it'll be easy in the future.
    Do you have a friend that can go with you?
    If not, you can still do it, dive in and go!
    My photoblog
    http://dragons-fly-peacefully.blogspot.com/
    Bacchetta Giro (recumbent commuter)
    Bacchetta Corsa (recumbent "fast" bike)
    Greespeed X3 (recumbent "just for fun" trike)
    Strada Velomobile
    I will never buy another bike!

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Posts
    10,889
    I certainly understand this, but just dive in and have fun! It is certainly easier the second time around - I speak from my protracted experience of TWO rides on the road

    Please let us know how it went!

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Posts
    3

    Talking

    Quote Originally Posted by TsPoet View Post
    You successfully do it once, and it'll be easy in the future.
    Do you have a friend that can go with you?
    If not, you can still do it, dive in and go!
    Friends? Me? I'm really not that likable! LOL! Anyhoo...I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT! I really was a wreck in the traffic but once I got over to the other side it was smooth sailing and a gorgeous day. I'm not sure how far I went because I haven't figured out the computer yet, but it took me an hour at a pretty decent clip. I even crossed a small bridge over the intercoastal waterway into Wrightsville Beach (NC). I'm feeling pretty darn cocky right now. That CANNOT be a good thing.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Posts
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    Quote Originally Posted by ohmeohmy View Post
    Friends? Me? I'm really not that likable! LOL! Anyhoo...I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT! I really was a wreck in the traffic but once I got over to the other side it was smooth sailing and a gorgeous day. I'm not sure how far I went because I haven't figured out the computer yet, but it took me an hour at a pretty decent clip. I even crossed a small bridge over the intercoastal waterway into Wrightsville Beach (NC). I'm feeling pretty darn cocky right now. That CANNOT be a good thing.
    Who needs friends anyway!
    Actually, I sort of laughed at that suggestion myself. I think its a good one, but I don't have anyone I could call to do that either!
    Easy-peasy.
    My photoblog
    http://dragons-fly-peacefully.blogspot.com/
    Bacchetta Giro (recumbent commuter)
    Bacchetta Corsa (recumbent "fast" bike)
    Greespeed X3 (recumbent "just for fun" trike)
    Strada Velomobile
    I will never buy another bike!

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    492
    Another NC rider! Hi, I live in Wake Forest now, but grew up in your neck of the woods! Have a great time riding.


    Grits

    2010 Trek 5.2 Madone WSD, SI Diva Gel Flow
    2002 Terry Classic, Terry Liberator

 

 

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