These are small milestones compared with everyone else on this forum, but small steps first

  • Today I rode 20 miles for the first time
  • Today I made it up a monster hill at a local park and for the first time didn't have to walk it!
  • Today I wound up on some bad pavement, thought I was going to fall, steered for the grass to break my fall and somehow managed to get everything under control and to stop without falling!
  • Today I learned how to take my left hand off of the bar while riding and adjust my mirror, scratch my face, etc!
  • Today I managed to negotiate unusual traffic situations in the Park with cars, packs of cyclists, and runners without falling over or hitting anyone


Monday through Wed of next week I will be hitting the unknown (to me) rail-trail and parks of Yellow Springs, Oh. For the first time I feel ready for them