So I'm back in the dating world again.....

I joined an online dating service and posted a photo of me and my bike.
Today will be the third time that a "first date" has been a bike ride.

I originally thought "bike dating" was a good low-key way to meet someone without having all the worries about restaurants and make-up. Now I'm getting mixed feelings about it.

The First time I tried it with a new date, we took an easy rail-trail route. He started making jokes after the first two miles about "Are we there yet?" . It was to be only a ten-mile round trip - out to the picnic area for lunch and then back again. I thought he was joking with me - he wasn't. We stopped for him to rest once on the way out -- and then after lunch -- twice on the way back.

I'm not that good - honest. You ladies would drop me in the first 3 miles. He said he had biked alot in the past - apparently it was in the "distant" past.

The Second first date with a new guy went better - he knew how to ride and rode pretty well - but I was still going pretty fast for him. He kept saying "we can take it a little easy if you want" - this was on a different rougher rail- trail, we were on Mtb's and were going about 10 mph. Then, he kept making suggestive comments and staring at my nipples which the sports bra and jersey apparently didn't provide enough camoflage for.

So today will be the Third first date with a new guy on a bike. He also says that he has ridden before, but I guess we'll see.

Maybe this bike dating thing isn't such a hot idea. Guys seem to either get intimidated, or else they inflate their experience so as to seem more athletic than they are or something.

I'm not that good, but maybe I'd better come up with a different idea for a low-key date.