Hi all! I've been biking on and off for about 5 years now, but just found this forum last week. I'm thrilled to see so much support and knowledge being passed along!
A bit about me...
I live in Oregon...nice to see so many other PNW's here! Hubby and I started riding about 5 years ago on clunky low-end mountain bikes (nothing against mtb'ers, it's just that we were mainly doing road biking). Some friends of ours do couples bike trips every year, and one year they invited us along to the San Juan Islands in Washington. We had a lovely time, but boy was it hard pedaling up and down the hills on our heavy bikes.
The year after that I upgraded to a hybrid-comfort bike (Nomad GT) and hubby really got the cycling bug and got a recumbent trike (made by ICE in England). He's done the Seattle to Portland for 5 years now.
After this years STP I decided I wanted to start biking more. I got a decent road bike (Schwinn DBX Supersport...love it!) 2 weeks ago and I'm starting to put the miles on. My goal is to do at least the Seattle to Centralia portion of the STP for 2007, and to lose some weight. Ok...a LOT of weight! I must look like a sack of potatoes on my new sexy bike...LOL! BUT I'm riding. I did 21 miles Saturday, and 15 miles yesterday. Hopefully the heat here will stay managable!
Sorry for rambling...just excited to join in!
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07-27-2006, 08:28 AM #1
Pugs, not drugs!
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07-27-2006, 08:36 AM #2
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Welcome to the forum Ellen!!!
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07-27-2006, 08:46 AM #3
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Welcome aboard. There is a thread called "Getting to Know You" which has all kinds of need to know questions in it. Like the fastest you've ever gone. Really critical info . . .
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07-27-2006, 08:53 AM #4
Pugs, not drugs!
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Thanks for the welcome, Brandy!
Sadiekate...I'll head over to that thread right now
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07-27-2006, 08:58 AM #5
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glad you decided to drop by! have fun with the new bike.
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07-27-2006, 09:42 AM #6
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Hi Ellen!
Welcome to TE .
Your mileage is impressive! Don't worry about what you "look like" when you're out on your bike! Have fun & enjoy
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Have a wonderful day.
Denise
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