Progress!

[CR400]

Good job. Keep it up. Before you know it you will be able to climber bigger and steeper hills.

[julbee]

Hey Newbie Chick!

As a "newbie" myself, I can fully relate to your feeling of excitement and also to the appreciation of the efforts of many forum members as they attempt to assist the "newbies!"

I, too, am glad to have so many biking "mentors!"

Such fun!

Keep on enjoying life!

Julie

[KkAllez]

Hey Shelley, hills are your friend! Wind is your friend! I know how you feel. There are three ways to leave our place and all three of them are uphill, steep and long swooping hills. So, I have to literally start a ride warming up on a hill. It takes me a good ten miles to realize that I am finally warmed up and LIKE riding! We have no flats at all. But what has happened, is that when we ride other places in tours, we outride everyone up the hills. They don't faze us at all.

What I can't figure out, though is why I always have a stiff cross wind or head wind no matter what direction I cycle. I think we must live under a giant wind cyclone. It makes no difference which direction I head out, I turn around thinking I'll have a nice tail wind but the wind changes directions.

I can't complain too much, as that is how Ben makes a living and supports our cycling craze. (wind turbines that generate electricity...if only we could profit from a hill!)

[CorsairMac]

I can't complain too much, as that is how Ben makes a living and supports our cycling craze. (wind turbines that generate electricity...if only we could profit from a hill!)

Talk to Ben about making a wind turbine to propel a bike - then you'll LOVE those headwinds!!!

[KkAllez]

Talk to Ben about making a wind turbine to propel a bike - then you'll LOVE those headwinds!!!

I think that would be called a motorcycle!

[SMcConnell05]

Congrats on your 3rd ride! I am on my 10th ride. I am from Northern Indiana in South Bend. There is much to be desired for the rode conditions and lack of good hills here. But I can't complain. At least I can still ride. But I'll tell ya.. I can ride forever, but can't run over a mile without gasping for breath. Weird

[slinkedog]

Hey Newbie and SMcConnell! My husband is also from Indiana (he grew up about 30 miles south of South Bend in a a little town called Argos) and we go back there quite frequently. He went to Purdue and was on the cycling team there. Actually, I think it's more of a club, but they did do collegiate racing. Anyway, we have friends who went to IU and now live outside of Boonville in Chandler... it certainly is hilly down there by the river! Good for you, Newbie, in your riding accomplishments. I'm kind of in the same boat... only been riding since last year and am just in the last few months really challenging myself. It's been fun to see the progress... keep going!!

[Lynne]

Good job. Keep it up. Before you know it you will be able to climber bigger and steeper hills.

Oh, is THAT the way it's supposed to work??

Hills are evil, but hey, I'm getting more muscle-more muscle means I need more energy to keep going, more energy needs means more pizza and cheesecake....

[SadieKate]

. . . more energy needs means more pizza and cheesecake....

STOP IT NOW! I got up at the crack of stupid to ride early with friends which means my metabolism is way up and hubby isn't home tonight which means I'll probably head for something really healthy like chocolate chip cookie dough (hey, the cocoa bean is a veggie right?). So, just stop right now! Cheesecake . . . cream cheese = dairy and graham crackers = grains . . .