What have I gotten myself into?!

[tjf9]

Another 34 year old mom of two here. (mine are twin boys) I just started biking again about a month and a half ago as a healthier way to get to work. After a couple of weeks, I was having so much fun, I bought a bike trailer so I could take the kids with me on the weekends. Now I find every excuse I can to take the bike.

My other problem is that I'm finding every excuse to buy *stuff* for the bike - and maybe even a new bike! I think that's a good problem to have.

[East Hill]

I was the ringleader on HeatherErin and Mimitabby's ride, and I am used to hills. But I can tell you that when I first started I had a hard time with them . However, since in order to get anywhere on my bike I have to go up and down hills, I learned to deal with them. It actually gets to a point where you LIKE hills, because you have such a sense of accomplishment when you get to the top. Plus, you get to go downhill . Sometimes learning how to enjoy going downhill fast is harder than learning how to get up the hill!

Being in the correct gear is the first step. There's one hill we took this past Sunday which is a bear, because you've just gone downhill (so you are in those big gears) and then immediately start going back up a very steep incline (so you need to switch to granny gears)--those are tough!

East Hill