Another thing, use this forum to meet other ladies for bike outings. It is a lot of fun. However, it is normal to not have any biking friends. None of my friends bike at all, except for the friends I made on TE. My spouse doesn't bike because he is an invalid with brain damage due to a massive stroke some years ago; he never biked anyway. That is the wonderful thing about having a bicycle, and that is you can get on it and go. You don't have to be with anyone in order to enjoy yourself thoroughly.

Also, I love the event rides. Go to this url and see how many event rides you can participate in this summer:

http://www.bikeride.com/calendar/events.asp

I like the event rides so much I am going to travel to some, like the Daffodil Ride in La Conner, Washington, in April.

Darcy