Woman Tours?

[katluvr]

I am doing the Oct. 11 - 17 Moab Trip. I am excited (this is my 3rd Woman Tours and LOVE the "bike vacation"). But nervous...I am a Florida flatlander, I am under trained and a bit over weight! Most days are 40 miles...very do-able. I may be slow...but I can go a long time. And it IS vacation. My other concern is the descents...I did a bike ride in Colorado and I SAGGED DOWN not up! (probably the only person that goes up but nto down!). And in Hawaii I wore out my brakes decending.
Sorry, off topic.
I'll let you know about the Moab trip sometime later in Oct.!

[Crankin]

Ah, I might be another person who sags down and not up!
On my Austria trip, we had a 7 mile switchback descent. The road was wide, but it was a highway, sort of, although very few cars actually passed me. I got to the bottom a full 10 minutes after my DH.

[maryellen]

I'm #3 for wanting to avoid descents more than climbs.

[Tri Girl]

I'll be #4 then.
My DH loves to go riding whenever we visit Colorado. I do, too, but dread the descents for months leading up to it. I can't really practice them around here (no hills), so it's a skill I can't develop. I just ride the brakes and say an extra Hail Mary before I head down.

Oh, and back on topic- I got the newest Woman Tours catalog of rides and drooled over soooo many of them! We've never taken separate vacations, but I would secretly LOVE to go off on a biking tour one summer when I'm off. Tell us how you like it (both of you doing the Moab tour).