Mileage theory

[mimitabby]

Karen, Pooks

when going downhill, scootch your butt as far back as you can. that puts your weight more firmly on the back wheel and gives you more stability if you need to use your brakes.

but, Karen, like you; my hands get sore on some downhills because i am holding the brakes!!!

[pooks]

Karen, Pooks

when going downhill, scootch your butt as far back as you can. that puts your weight more firmly on the back wheel and gives you more stability if you need to use your brakes.

but, Karen, like you; my hands get sore on some downhills because i am holding the brakes!!!

Does this mean I need a banana seat?



Geonz, my husband freaks at the idea of leaving a bike locked outside a business. Even when I'm just in Starbucks, and can see it through the window! (And yes, it's locked.)

Our son had a couple of bikes stolen right out of our yard, one out of the back yard! Sigh.

[Kano]

Mimi, I remember reading scooch back -- and so I did. Perhaps not far enough, but I did scooch! And yes, my hands were a bit sore from holding those brakes, but it was in my forearms, which is where the muscles are, that I REALLY felt it!

It's the curvy hills that have me holding those brakes for dear life -- I flew down the straight shot like the wind as soon as I was away from the curves! (curvy hills are fun to go UP, though, because I can have goals -- get to the next curve, and assess how much farther I can go when I get there) That straight shot gave me more questions to ask somewhere else, when it's not lunch time!


Yes, Pooks, I don't know where it came from, but abs on the climb! And, yes, I think that particular smiley is probably how I looked on the way down that curvy hill!

Karen in Boise