I feel a silly posting this, but please bear with me. It's a little rambling, so I apologize in advance.

I took my new shiny Avail 3 out for my first proper ride today. I'm pretty sure cycling's not supposed to be an upper body workout. I was tense, which made the bike want to go all over the place because it'd respond to every twitch, which made me tenser, which...You know how it goes. I need to not freak out every time I see someone coming the other way--I was on a bike trail. I don't think it helped that I was wearing a borrowed jersey, so it looks like I know what I'm doing. I'm not going to talk about the death grip on the handlebars.

I'm also trying to figure out how to get myself in a better riding position. I'm putting a lot of weight on my arms, it seems, and what's sore is not my sitbones, but that bony spot at the inside of the top of the femur. I know that should be helped by getting myself to sit back a bit more. I have no idea how to get myself to do that, though.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance!