conflicted, stressed, and making this too hard!

[Trek420]

That Jamis is one smoooooth ride! Congratulations! Enjoy! I think you have a great plan. Tootle about, feel how smoooth the ride is, the wind in your face, the feeling of speed you control ... then gradually ride longer, and longer. Bike out to a cafe or a park on a Sunday. Make it fun. Then one day, without really noticing, you're stronger ... and you're hooked.

heh heh, evil grin, that's how we get you hooked

[Python]

What none of the ladies have told you is, once you get a bike, you'll add more to your stable. I have a 1980's Raleigh Romana Racer. Lovely bike and I just love her. However, being well and truly bitten by the cycling bug in a few weeks (or less now) I'll be getting my new Specialized Dolce Elite. Hubby asked would I be selling the Raleigh (bought for £18 from the second-hand bike stall at our local market). Sell Allie the Raleigh NO WAY!!!!!

Be warned though, every time you pass a bike shop you'll see something and think "Ooh. That would look good on the bike/be useful/love that jersey" etc. etc. Trust me it's catching isn't it girls???

[SactoGal]

What none of the ladies have told you is, once you get a bike, you'll add more to your stable. I have a 1980's Raleigh Romana Racer. Lovely bike and I just love her. However, being well and truly bitten by the cycling bug in a few weeks (or less now) I'll be getting my new Specialized Dolce Elite. Hubby asked would I be selling the Raleigh (bought for £18 from the second-hand bike stall at our local market). Sell Allie the Raleigh NO WAY!!!!!

Be warned though, every time you pass a bike shop you'll see something and think "Ooh. That would look good on the bike/be useful/love that jersey" etc. etc. Trust me it's catching isn't it girls???

I think that my husband fears all of the above! There's an old Ross bike in the garage that we need to get rid of, but I'm thinking about hanging on to my original Centurion LeMans and fixing it up one of these days, and then a townie looks like fun ... we've got a 3 car garage, but he does have hopes of putting a woodworking shop in there at some point, so I don't think a stable of bikes is what he's envisioning at all!

I told him it was cheaper than drugs, and his retort was "but more expensive than the racewalking". Probably true ..

I went and bought a pump today and an inexpensive bike computer. I think that my HR monitor will be of good use (I've got an older Polar 720i and I never thought I'd use the bicycle functions on it). I've also got a Garmin 305? (it's been awhile since I used it). I think between all those gadgets, I should be able to figure out something!

[Python]

Like get on your bike(s) and have FUN...lots of it

[northstar]

I told him it was cheaper than drugs, and his retort was "but more expensive than the racewalking". Probably true ..

I stole someone else's line from another thread...they said that when people ask how much their bike/s cost, they say "it's cheaper than a heart attack."

I say it's cheaper than therapy. Although maybe my insurance would cover some of that stuff...maybe health insurance should cover bikes??