Lets see you on your bike!

[Trek420]

Bad JuJu "That's so cool that you can get together for rides with other folks on the forum! Nice to see you all together, too."

True there are a flock of us here, or I should say a peloton. What's really great is they are all such really cool great gals.

I forget where you are, the Seattle gals are starting to do get togethers, Oregon has done a ride or a few .... or move here

[Fredwina]

here's mine. This is from Ride around the Bear as well:

[Lise]

Hey, Fredwina, great to see your picture (and everybody else's!), and so sorry to hear about your broken arm. Heal quickly and thoroughly! L.

[Bad JuJu]

I forget where you are, the Seattle gals are starting to do get togethers, Oregon has done a ride or a few .... or move here

Thanks for the invite, Trek420! Probably sticking around here in NW FL though. But I've recently found a club with a bunch of women in it--one even rides almost as slowly as I do.

[FreshNewbie]

Pictures were taking this sunday: Cooling down at the parking lot after 23 miles hill repeats ride.

[oxysback]

Ok...I finally got enough gumption to actually sit down and get my picture off the camera! Here I am

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Cool Schwinn! I like the cherry red bar tape!

[Thistle]

Is that Canberra I can see in the background. Looks like a nice ride you are doing in the photo.

Trek-trying to get the low down on rides in her next home town - hawk.

Yep that's Canberra. We were riding to Woden and back that day. That photo is taken on the lake ride - about 18kms round Lake Burley Griffin. I thought we had one with the lake in it... but i couldnt find it. It's such a beautiful ride. I may be biased, but i think all rides in Canberra are beautiful. We have 350km of dedicated bike paths that take you anywhere in the city and suburbs! God i love our bikepaths! Trek, you are gunna have a ball

[Trekhawk]

Yep that's Canberra. We were riding to Woden and back that day. That photo is taken on the lake ride - about 18kms round Lake Burley Griffin. I thought we had one with the lake in it... but i couldnt find it. It's such a beautiful ride. I may be biased, but i think all rides in Canberra are beautiful. We have 350km of dedicated bike paths that take you anywhere in the city and suburbs! God i love our bikepaths! Trek, you are gunna have a ball

Hey theav - I have never ridden on a bike path before so it will be a little different. Do others use the bike paths (roller bladers , walkers etc)?
Do many riders just use the road?? This is not illegal in Aust is it?? I know some of the girls here in the USA have mentioned that in their states if there is a bike path you have to use.

[Thistle]

Do others use the bike paths (roller bladers , walkers etc)?
Do many riders just use the road?? This is not illegal in Aust is it?? I know some of the girls here in the USA have mentioned that in their states if there is a bike path you have to use.

Yep, walkers, rollerbladers... lots of people use the bike paths, but it isnt really a problem. They are quite wide with a centre line, and people here are pretty courteous. Only problem i've found is at night, some people wear black and you come up on them pretty quickly. Some reflective strips wouldnt go astray! But during the day i've never had a problem.

Yes, you can ride on the road, and we have great on-road cycling here too. Sound like an ad, dont i? but we do in the last 3 years or so, they have added bike lanes to the majority of major roads, so if you're a roadie, you'll love it. I go on the roads sometimes, but i'm not particularly quick and just find the bike paths as convenient. Some of my more serious cycling buddies stick to the roads. I tell you Canberra is a cycling heaven... apart from the -6 degree mornings in winter ... but even those are bearable, cos they usually develop into beautiful sunny days just like today!

[oxysback]

Cool Schwinn! I like the cherry red bar tape!

I loved the contrasting bar tape, also. Unfortunately, whoever wrapped it did a crappy job. After the first few rides it started to unwind. DH talked me into getting the red and black marbled tape, he thought it would look good, but I like the solid red better. Oh well, handlebar tape is cheap...hehe...next time I'll get red. At least he's a better handlebar-tape-wrapper than whoever did it at Schwinn!

[Trek420]

oxysback, are those shocks on your front fork, on a road bike? How do you like it?

[oxysback]

oxysback, are those shocks on your front fork, on a road bike? How do you like it?

No, it's a carbon fork. I had shocks on my hybrid and hated them! Can't imagine them on a road bike especially for as heavy as I am....they'd be compressed all the time! LOL!

[Trek420]

oooh, and disc brakes? schweet.

[oxysback]

oooh, and disc brakes? schweet.

I luv me some disk brakes. It was the selling point of the bike! DH was jealous because he had to spend $$ to get the same brand to put on his recumb. trike.