Colby -- no falling today, anyway! anticipate those stops was my mantra...

Terpin -- I'm kind of expecting sooner or later, it's gonna happen. I have to admit, I'm hoping it's relatively painless!

Emjae -- I was a bit surprised, I felt stronger and more in control, though I think I had the lack of control thing in the back of my mind too -- so much easier to just wup that foot off the pedal when needed than to think a moment before doing!

I had talked with "my" bike guy a few days ago about the pedals, said I was going to wait a few days since we had a challenging ride this weekend, and I didn't want to make that change until after, when my first few rides could be on easy terrain. He first said, do it, no need to wait, then asked where we were going. THEN he said, no, wait until after. There's stuff there that you don't want to be learning them on! Again, he could have sold 'em to me then and there, without worrying about what mischief I could do myself, but that's service for you!

Karen in Boise