I have a new fear. The rickety straight plank bridge near my house. It's the best shortcut to my house but yesterday I got the back wheel stuck between the planks and nearly crashed face first. I think I'll take the longer way around instead of trying to be cool. It's at the bottom of the a hill so it's hard to get the angle right.

I'm thinking of dumping the clipless pedals. I nearly fell into traffic trying to stop yesterday and forgot I had my feet in. I LOVE the shoes and the idea, but the pedals suck, even if you have normal pedals on the side. Can I just take out the cleats on the shoes? Hate to waste the 80 bucks I spent on the pedals though. That would mean a 20 mile trip up to the LBS just for 5 dollar pedals. Ick.

The last is the fear of frustration. DH says I push myself too hard, but it's no fun going out a mile and having to come back so you can make it up the two/three hills to get back home and you've been doing it for weeks. And those are the "gentle" ones.

I'm seriously considering an a) electric bike or b) buying a gas engine kit to put on my mountain bike. My neighbors would just love to have me riding around town sounding like a lawn mower or weedwacker. The guy I met at Taco Bell in Lincoln yesterday has one and loves his. We talked for about 10 minutes about engines and how to put one in your bike until my DH showed up for our lunch date.