Glad to hear that you enjoyed your first "real" ride! Six miles is nothing to sneeze at if you're new to this stuff! We gotta start somewhere, right?

I love your jacket -- I have a vest in a similar color! Those shorts look familiar too!

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I will say that I was pretty scared. My boyfriend came along on his bike for moral support and kept commenting on how horribly slow we were going. But it felt blazing fast to me ! I was mainly scared of the cars, people, and descents. On the stretches with little traffic I felt much better and started to have some fun. Obviously I have a lot of learning to do!
I understand your trepidation on the descents, and in traffic! I find that I'm a whole lot more cautious on curvy descents, where I can't see what's coming up, but enjoy the heck out of a good, straight shot! (took a while, but..) And traffic -- especially where there's no bike lane or shoulder? YIKES! As RIJ73 said, it does get better.

But, can you do something for me, please? If he came along for moral support, then grumbled about speed, or lack of it, well, he deserves at least a small whack upside the head with your new bike shoe! (hopefully, he'll get better too!)

Karen in Boise