I guess I'm not a noob, anymore.

[colorisnt]

Yay for you! And it's awesome that you are back searching for another bike!

I long for the day when I am no longer a noob, but I will probably always feel a bit noobish. Mainly because I always have something to learn. But maybe in a year or so, I will figure it out.

[zoom-zoom]

I long for the day when I am no longer a noob, but I will probably always feel a bit noobish. Mainly because I always have something to learn. But maybe in a year or so, I will figure it out.

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

[Catrin]

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

+1,000 on this! Before my injury I have learned a great deal on the bike this year - and one of the biggest is just how much I have yet to learn

[gnat23]

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

Try skateboarding! Yow!

-- gnat!

[zoom-zoom]

Try skateboarding! Yow!

-- gnat!

As if I haven't brutalized my left ankle enough this year, heh! My friends keep trying to get me to mountain bike...hells no. I am just too much of a klutz for that!

[GLC1968]

As if I haven't brutalized my left ankle enough this year, heh! My friends keep trying to get me to mountain bike...hells no. I am just too much of a klutz for that!

*snort* something else we have in common. It's why I will not be sucked into 'cross, actually.

Now the real question is, can you swim? Tri is a fun addiction!

And congrats on all the cycling and running accomplishments this year!

[zoom-zoom]

Thanks! Nah, I have little interest in swimming. I'd have to do most of my workouts in a pool, since Winter seems to last about 6 months in these parts. Nearest pool is almost a half hour away and $$ to use (YMCA). We have at least 3 duathlons within an hour of me, so that's what I have my sights set on next year.

Not sure why 'cross doesn't scare me. I think it's because there are fewer trees to plow into.

[Jo-n-NY]

I tell all my runner friends that get discomfort or even worse, injury from running, "many runners turn to cyclists" I know you are both but basically the cycling bug bit and it is great that you are now really enjoying both sports.

Have fun finding your new ride.

[GLC1968]

Not sure why 'cross doesn't scare me. I think it's because there are fewer trees to plow into.

That's probably true - but my fear is that I am so competitive that I'd do something to hurt myself and then ignore it in order to finish and end up very badly injured. I used to play rugby and that happend to me a lot - I'd get blinded by the finish (at least back then, I was younger and healed quickly). I could never race MTB for the same reasons! At least in tri - there isn't really anything to run into or trip over...*knock on wood*