Hi all,

I first found this forum last summer and everyone who posts on it is so supportive and nurturing and inspiring that it really motivated me to get back out on my road Trek, which I did, and for some reason my cycling was so much better and efficient than when I rode a few years ago and I couldn't figger it out! And then I did! It's about my caboose!

When I rode before, I was afraid of my largish butt completely hiding the Terry saddle on my bike, as in enveloping it; it just seemed so pathetic! So my answer to that was to semi-support myself on the pedals to raise my butt off the saddle a bit while I rode. As if anyone passing me on my rural country roads would care!!!

Then I read something that one of the veterans on this forum wrote, about wearing what makes you feel comfortable and not worrying about what other people think (wish I could remember who it was, because I'd send a big thank you hug to her!), so I put on one of my husband's t-shirts and quit worrying about the south end and I really sat on that saddle and WHAT A DIFFERENCE to use my legs to actually pedal the bike sted of pedal and hold me up at the same time!!!

Anyway, it's a goofy little story that I wanted to share.

And I saw this today:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

--Mark Twain