Fat Girl on a Bike

[Cherie]

Thank you so much for sharing your story!! I am 5'8" and 225 lbs and it is nice to see other ladies getting back into riding and sharing some of the same concerns/obstacles.

Keep up the good work!!!
Cherie

[Tri Girl]

I'm so excited for you!!! Congrats on your new bike- woo hoo!! Do you have a picture of it (we all love bike pictures, you know).

I think it's great that you are not only going to CC to get your education, but that you're biking there as well!! I feel kinda dorky at times because I ride my bike to work (I work with elementary and middle school students). The middle schoolers will say things like "nice bike" and laugh. I know they think I'm a dork, but even if I drove a Lamborghini they'd think I was dorky. No matter to me- I LOVE my bike, and it sounds like you love yours, too. Bring it on!!

I can't wait to hear all about your adventures!!!

[marni]

well I didn't start riding until I was 56 and weighed 248.
now in 2010 I have been riding and commuting around the neighborhood for 5 years and keep myself off of the street by working out in the gym when I'm not biking and I am only half the woman I used to be. Hang in there, you can do it and to heck with them all.

marni

[Crankin]

Who cares what people think?
I am 56, like Bleeker, and I am back in school, preparing for a new career. The younger grad students ask meadvice about riding, buying a bike.

Some of my friends really don't understand 1)why I ride my bike and 2) why I am working my azz off in school so i can go back to work, when I could be doing nothing. They are the same ones who complain about how much they "can't do" anymore.