I wonder if it scared DH properly?

He wanted to go to the post office tonight, on the bike rather than in the car. Had a movie to drop off (Netflix). What a piddly ride that is now that we're used to riding! But oh how he whined! First, he's getting over a cold. That in itself, well, it's good for a lot of fussing.

When we go on busy roads, he thinks it's better if he rides behind me, cuz then he's the one who gets hit if anyone gets hit, right? Like I should feel better about that? We could fight over who gets to ride in back, I tell you! (I feel better behind him, cuz he's one of those guys you'd rather follow than wonder what he's going to do next!) So, he makes me ride in front, but then he's whining cuz I'm going too fast or too slow all the time, or I'm out in the lane, or whatever. And he always does something goofy to get me ahead of him, and then complains if I follow him, instead of going the way he meant for us to go! On the other hand, if I don't follow him when he's not trying to loop around behind me...

(Husbands -- gotta love 'em!)

(shall I get to the point now?)

Well, immediately after we turn onto our main road down into town -- where the post office is -- we go down hill. It's a pretty good one, good for about 30mph easy! On the other hand, it's busy, and the bike lane vanishes at the bottom (so do the other three lanes for cars! it goes from five to two lanes with no shoulder in a hurry!) so you want to be a little bit careful, right?

I tried my drops! Now, I haven't had those brake levers shimmed yet, and I still should, but I tried it for the hill, and I liked it! Reaching the brakes isn't good, but once I had hold of the levers, and there's plenty of play there, I also experimented with those on the way down. This was a straight shot. I'll find a really easy curvy one soon, cuz that was fun!

I can't help but wonder if he was cruising along behind me wondering what the he!! is she up to now???? and wishing I'd settle down and ride "civilized."

So thank you ladies! Another thing learned!

And oh yeah: I got back up that hill too! No stopping! Soon, DH will wish I were stopping again -- his excuse to stop too!

(still icky to pedal in the drops -- I think it was Road Raven mentioned that belly issue? That's going to take a while to resolve!)

Karen in Boise