I got me a road bike...

[momof4greatkids]

Heh, thanks

I went out early Sunday morning to go "for a long ride, waay out there", and just managed to get royally lost... I really need to find my way around the roads here.

There is a club I can join that has 3 levels of training rides and a beginners/tour group, and I have a couple of colleagues that ride road bikes and live not far away... but ... I'm not very good at "being a beginner", not in company at least. I'd much prefer to bumble around on my own for a few months until I feel I have the hang of it before I start road biking with other people

So I pack a bus card and a cell phone, and I've warned to expect desperate phone calls from the middle of nowhere...

Do what suits you, I feel like you, as long as I have a cell phone I can not be too desperately lost.

That club you mention sounds like a good group with which to start riding w/others. You will know when you are ready to bike w/others.

I just got off the phone w/my bike shop and they said my frame is expected in Wed and that it should be ready to go before the weekend. GOOD GRIEF I AM SO EXCITED!!!

[michelem]

Oh! What a pretty bike (matches you in that regard)! I really like the red. Hope you have lots of fun with it. I don't know about you, but it was really hard to get excited about riding my old heavy clunker - I'd get kind of a heavy feeling myself whenever I'd catch a glimpse of it. Now, with my new road bike, I get excited whenever I see it and wonder when I can ride it next! Many happy miles to you!

[RoadRaven]

Hey there Mom of 4... congrats - you'll have to start a thread of your own this weekend with pix too!
Can feel your excitement from here!