Hi Kim,

Congratulations on biking AND nursing school. I was a nurse in my "first life"; then I decided to go go law school. Talk about stress!! I've been practicing law now for almost 25 years (I'm 60 years old!!) and I can truly say that biking has been the best stress-reliever I have had. One of the other women attorneys in my office also goes biking and we have set our goals together. We just started biking this past February. Right now, we are "training" for the "Rosarita to Ensenada" ride in September. It's 50 miles and is supposed to be a "rolling party". This is their 25th year doing the ride. Ten thousand people participate!! So far, the farthest we've ridden in one day is 30 miles. This weekend, we'll try for 40.

I had my husband watching the Tour de France on OLN also. He's talking about getting a bike. We'll see. Sounds like you and your hubby have really nice bikes. I have a Bianachi Alfana. It's very light with straight bars. I put a Fizik Vitesse saddle on it and, so far, it's great.

Hang in there with your biking AND nursing!!

Nina