Quote Originally Posted by Craicgirl
Thanks everyone for the very warm welcomes. I am really excited about becoming more serious about cycling and really getting into it more.
It starts as a wondering... a vague wish... as you see a cyclist pass your window you wonder what the air is like and think it would be nice to be out there...

...slowly it builds until... arrrgh... you're addicted... obsessed...

all you can do is talk about deraileurs, cogs, shifters, sit bones and quads... every time someone mentions the number 100, you want to know is that a century.... is it a metric? is it a double? you begin, at a glance to be able to tell the difference between a giant, an emc, a trek and an avanti... you know that de rosa has nothing to do with flower gardens and that scott is not the cute boy down the road...

... then, when you look out the window and see that cyclist slogging through the rain into a head wind you are suddenly incredibly envious and begin considering resigning from your warm air-con job because you just want to be on a bike...

Adding my welcome to the other voices here, Craic

And a warning... there is no turning back now!