I went for my first ride on my "new" giant tcr2 w/ my DH for about 22 miles. The longest ride I've done yet and this bike is twitchier than my last. What's hard is how utterly scared I am of crossing intersections interspersed on the path/trail. On the path we came across police activity with someone shackled to the ground.

All in All I was enjoying myself - looking at the birds and waterfront-but I could see my honey was a little frustrated about how slow we were going. Sometimes it was 11mph. I did get up to 17mph. Also I'd slow down to go through the poles that keep cars from the trail. At home he asked me what my expectations were when he realized I was annoyed with him: geez it's to get used to this bike, get used to riding, enjoy myself, and to get a workout. He's been so supportive with my rocky& slow road to bike riding but I may have to find other people to ride with me who wouldn't mind "babysitting" a little. I'm not up to the "lite" ride of a local bike club yet (29 miles this Sat.) Maybe I'll just start asking different people (patient women) to go out with me and help me out. I feel like such a chicken that I don't want to go out on my own. I have great admiration for the commuters here.

I'm signed up for a classroom and on the road workshop with the Eastbay Bike Coalition so that should help.

On another note I did have a lot of pain in my right neck/shoulder probably from my crash on the trail 2 weeks ago and numbness in my right foot -probably need new shoes. But I did like the feel of my bike. She's so pretty-no hot- too!

Thanks for listening!