Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven View Post
Eros/Kristen - you said in another thread that you do enduro riding and carry a 2 litre camel back...

So what bike to you have/ride on?

You must've been on some kind've bike whilst doing these distances... I don't see why you would need a different bike for a tour if you have been 100mile rides already... and I can't conceive of anyone regularly borrowing a bike for the training required to regularly ride these distances...

You also talk of your experience riding in heat and in snow... so what were you riding if you and hubby don't bikes? And what helmet have you used? And clothes? And shoes/gloves etc?

RoadRaven,

Look you think you know everything and you don't. You want some sort of reaction out of me. Fine.

Lets see here if you really want to know. in 2005 exactly 2 months before my 19th birthday and the same day that my husband turned 20 my father died from lung cancer. After exactly 1 month to the day of finding out he had cancer. He died at home with me and my husband by his side alongwith a few other family members. After he died I was left with his exspenses. I couldn't pay them and my ignorant brothers wouldnt help me. I had to leave everything I owned behind and take only what I needed back to my mothers house in Northern Michigan. I left it all. My bikes, my tools everything. I had no choice. Everything was stolen. I have nothing left. All my stuff is gone.

Are you happy now? Is that what you wanted to hear? My father died and my family left me alone to deal with it all and when I couldn't even pay the electric bill I had to leave. Now I have nothing. Its all gone. I couldn't even get back down there to get what was left. So why don't you go mess with someone else besides me. You don't know my story and you don't know where I come from. I lost my father. I watched him die and now I have nothing left. I hope your happy for making me think of all of this again. I try to move on then there are people like you who have to bring things such as this back up and hurt me all over again.


Thank you everyone else who has posted. You have given me some great advice about this. Thank you!

I haven't ever really had real riding clothes or shoes or a helmet. I never saw a need for them neither did my father. We rode our normal clothes and that seemed to work just fine but now I think its time to get something that would work better! lol. When I was in FL my father brought down my bike for me to use. I loved every second of it. The heat never bothered me but then again I had just been on a military base for 5 1/2 months doing PT outside at 5:30 in the morning and the heat was already up to 80 on a 1 mile run. Not fun. After all that was done I now live in Sports bras. So Now all I can ever think about wearing is one of those while riding or doing any other sports. I've never had a problem with heat rash. A lot of the other girls at the accadamy did but not me. I was a lucky one! My sun alergys tho those are a problem. So I have to wear spf 50 on my arms and ears. i look funny in the summer cuz i have bumps everywhere on my arms and ears.

I just recently found out about the womens frame bike. I didn't know that! thats so awsome!

As far as helmets I never used one really. Unless I was on the BMX track. Trail riding I would wear one sometimes depending on what part of the trail I was on. Which was so cool cuz It was just down the road from my house.

My socks are just the very thin ankle socks you buy at walmart. they are the micro kind. Shoes I jsut wear my reg tennishoes or sandels. But I want to invest in some good shoes for bikeing. just not too much money. The biggest problem i have is that my pinky toe over laps the toe next to it on both feet. and all of my toes except my big toe and the one next to it on both feet are curved. I'm flat footed and have wide feet. lol. So i end up having to wear a shoe that is too big to accomendate my toes and width of my foot.

Anyways. Thanks everyone. I am off to look at other things and try to find a local bike shop in the area that isnt too far away! lol. anyways bye!

-Kristen-