I SOOOO need a jumpstart!

[jlnc]

the closest bike shop is about an hour away. Luckily, we have quite a few cyclists in our little town, but they are vastly male and into adventure races and such. Heck, a professional road cyclist lives just up the street from me.

LOL!

[Biciclista]

well, hey all you gals, WELCOME to TE!
and Fatchickbikes, YOU HAVE started. just get on that bike again. and again and again.

[Geonz]

What they said -- especially about avoiding any comparison to What You Should BE and/or What You Once Were. Practice, with a vengeance, enjoying THIS pedal stroke. If you can get out for ten minutes, that's ten minutes more than staying on your backside. If, like me, you let your mind go all over the place when riding, make up a lovely soap opera story for how bravely you are getting back on the bike after, oh, any made up story you want. Suddenly 5 more minutes have gone by and another chunk of terrain! If it's 10 mph, it takes 6 minutes to go a mile (oh, I also do math while riding...) Program your brain to Think Positive Thoughts and Do that Little Bit -- and then come back and brag that you GOT OUT THERE! I"m waiting to hear...

[jennyrc]

If you want a good book to read - the Noncyclist's Guide to the Century and other road races (even if you aren't intersted in actually doing a race) is very funny and might be good inspiration.