Hey ladies?

I was wondering if anyone out here is from the Central Oregon area? I need someone to ride with! I've been riding with my insignificant other, but sometimes guys can just suck the fun out of anything! Especially if there's more than one of them.

I got really upset with him the other day when he felt the need to point out how I suck at hills, oh but uh, yeah I'm good on the flats. Great, so is a 4 year old on a trike! I know he means well, but damn it stung. So much so that I ended up crying on our next ride. Mainly because my confidence was so shaken by what he had said, and because it was my first time on an off camber trail, that happened to be rocky, and happened to dump into a part of the river where my friend's olympic swimmer brother drowned! I have a MAJOR fear of falling into water. Eventually I got my confidence back and had a blast, but yeah, not as fun as it should be.

So what I need is a chica who wouldn't mind mentoring a mtn bike girly. I just wanna have fun, and learn as much as I can and stay reasonably safe. I don't mind throwing my bike in the car and exploring, I mean hey it doesn't get much more beautiful than here in the high desert. Anyway, I live in Redmond, so if you're close drop me a line.

Heck, I'd even take you up on a road ride if you have an old road bike laying around I can tool around on. I need to get one soon anyway for training.

love and cookies
-smurf