Piggy on wheels?

[Trek420]

mmelindas, welcome to TE. Yep, there are a great group o' gals here. Enjoy your new ride. We look forward to watching your tagline gradualy change to "fast old fart on two wheels"

Oh, whenever you feel up to it surf on over to the "getting to know you" thread so you can meet all of us and we get to meet you and....

the cruiser sounds beeyoooteeeful...you gotta helmet with that baby right?

[Jo-n-NY]

mmelindas, I also want to wish you much luck with your new bike and may you have many happy, enjoyable riding miles beginning very soon

[CorsairMac]

Congrats on your new bike!! I hope the both of you have a long and lasting relationship!! and: like Trek said - cruise on over to the getting to know you thread is you have some time.

[bikerchick68]

hi and welcome from me too!

I have to say... I also used to be a slow old fart... notice the term "used to be"! Enjoy your ride... and I agree... be SURE to wear a helmet!

[mmelindas]

Hey you wonderful friendly people!

Wow such supportive comments, I really appreciate them. Yes, helmet and me are inseparable of course.

I don't need ANOTHER concussion to reduce my peanut brain to peanut butter. (fall was NOT bike related - I tried to make a left turn in Denver traffic where there was NO left turn and got creamed by a land rover and a minivan head on. Don't even remember it, but am fine now, that was 2001.)

Hubby transferred my cushy "elephant butt seat" over to the new Lajolla cruiser and it has the new quick release basket in front for me to haul all my stuff (bee antivenom, water bottle, pump, munchies, etc) and we can't get the handgrips off, so are working on switching them out for the cushy foam ones on the old 18 speed. But....I haven't even taken my first ride!

The weather here is a bit cold, unusual snowy weather for this time of year, so my beloved and brand spanking new, metal flake blue LaJolla stays under the tarp still.

I can't wait to try to ride it. Am not used to the one speeds and foot brake so I have to retrain my brain not to look for the now-nonexistant hand brakes and to use the foot one ---EEEK!! I loved to ride bikes as a youngster and did ride my 18speed a little the year we got it, but then hubby went into trucking and I was on the road with him, so no biking then.

Now, he's out of trucking and available to ride with me or jog beside me, is the way he plans it. My son comes home on March 30th from a two year mission in Brazil and he will probably use my hubby's bike and join me on rides.

I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT! There's another whole person inside this fat body trying to get out - a desperate athletic me! I know riding will help strengthen my legs so I can walk more and help me to lose weight, so that's what I'm trying to do. Keep cheering me on!!

Love to all you biker gals out there, Melinda

[bikerchick68]

melinda... I'm cheering you on!!! several people here have lost substantial weight thru cycling... mary is one... she is just doing amazing... my brother also lost 1/2 (yes half) his body weight thru changing his diet and cycling...

I'm a lifetime weight watcher too... 11 yrs ago I was about 70lbs heavier... have kept it off all these years and can't believe I can now say I'm an athlete!

you go!!! I know you can do it... I'm excited to hear about your first ride...

[trailrunnner]

Hi there!
I say get two bikes---
road bike for sweet weather
mountain bike for any weather. Double your fun