Yesterday I hopped on the princess' mtb to head up to the food store. (We put my old rack on her bike when I switched to road cycling so I could have a beater bike for exactly this purpose. I use the Trek grocery bags that attach to the sides of the rack)

ANYWAY - so yesterday I head out to do exactly this and I haven't sat on a bike up right or w/out cleats in a year. I nearly crashed about 6 times on my way to the store!! LOL.. I was laughing and weaving around like a drunken sailor.

Finally I stopped and raised her seat even more and that made the bike manageable but barely!! I felt like I'd never ridden a day in my life. This new plan of using her bike to get groceries will work but any thoughts I had of taking long leisurely rides on a MTB every now and then are definately OUT!

Funny how quickly we get used to being clipped in and suddenly NOT wearing cleats is what feels so freaky!! LOL

T.