Hello everyone! My name is Rose Clark and I have been lurking here on and off for a few months now keenly digesting all the great info you have as I am rather new to cycling! I am not quite 50yrs old (9th Sept) and live in a seaside town 40 mins north of Auckland City.

I started my new passion back in Oct of last year and to say I am well and truly hooked is an understatement I used to cycle a bit as a kid many years ago and remember what fun it used to be back then as well. Over the years I started to gain weight and become very unfit so in June last year I joined our local Curves Gym and promptly lost 22kgs over a 6 month period!

Having all this new found energy led me to take up cycling and I am so glad I did. I have so far entered a Duathlon, 2 x 25km SUB Womens Events (Sarah Ulmer) and placed 3rd and 2nd consecutively. I have also entered the Auckland Cycle Event 25km and came 1st Woman and had an absolute blast along the way!

My next event is in Oct and is a 50km event in south Auckland.

I mostly ride around my home area, 20, 30km rides 3 times a week with longer rides of up to 100kms once a month. I ride a basic Specialized Dolce but my dream is to own one of the new 2010 Specialized Amira's! Or maybe a Pinarello FP3! I am desperate for a lovely light carbon bike!! Where I live is quite hilly so my rides give me great workouts

I look forward to getting to know you all.

Regards,

Kiwi Rose.