Hi

I spent yesterday afternoon reading through various threads to help me work out how to fix the brakes on one of my bikes.

I've been cycling for over 20 years since I was a teenager. For the last 13 years all my cycling has been with my husband and I've done very little in terms of maintenance. However, he left me in July. It's taken me a while to get back on the bike. My friends have been encouraging me and today I went out for a 30 mile ride on my road bike and it was wonderful.

I came home via the bike shop. I bought new brake blocks and my own toolkit (he left with the bike tools...) and fixed one of my bikes.

I'm feeling so good this evening and I just wanted to share this with all of you. As I cycled up to my house there was a rainnbow in the sky above my house and life felt good again.

Here's to many more miles cycling... I'm back into it again