Boy you folks are lucky to have men that push you! My husband is actually the one that convinced me to start riding - even decided that getting me my own bike (instead of riding his old hand me down) would help a lot of the pain I was experiencing. Boy did it! I've only had it a few days but the difference is unreal! The LBS did one of those laser body scan things - and did as much "female" customization as they could since it seems all of the WBS styles are on back order.

Anyway - I digress - my husband is so concerned about me hurting something or getting discouraged - I actually feel like he is holding me back. One of my issues that i have riding is balance - I have problems doing multiple things and still stay steady.....getting a drink, going around someone, looking behind me, etc. We have about a 1 mile stretch we have to ride on a fairly high traffic road - so we usually ride single file. I HATE it when he ends up in front of me because he rides slow to try to make sure I can keep up, but I feel like I can be going so much faster than the pace he is setting, but because of my balance issues and the traffic on the road - I can't get around him. Grrrr. I know he could blow me away if he really let loose, but there has to be some kind of happy medium! I know he does it out of love - but it is so frustrating!