Starting Over

[zoom-zoom]

Oh, yes...you guys have some evil hills by you, for sure! I know I'd be a much stronger hill climber if I had to ride some areas near you.

[Kerry1976]

My LBS is able to get Sun recumbents and trikes. I went on Bent Rider Online and they suggest trikes if you have to go up hills. Have some stuff to think about!

[Kerry1976]

Okay, so I have gotten some great feedback at BROL that maybe a trike is the way to go. Does anyone here ride a trike? The Catrike Pocket (or trail) appeals to me and I have an email into an area store (about 2 hours away or so) to see if I can get a test ride at some point. There are others as well that pique my interest.

[tulip]

Okay, so I have gotten some great feedback at BROL that maybe a trike is the way to go. Does anyone here ride a trike? The Catrike Pocket (or trail) appeals to me and I have an email into an area store (about 2 hours away or so) to see if I can get a test ride at some point. There are others as well that pique my interest.

One of my riding buddies rides a trike. He's a very strong rider, his bike is very pricey, but he loves it.

[Kerry1976]

After way too much research, I am going to go cheap, easy and local. I am going to get a Trek Pure, like I had previously. I will figure out how to deal with hills. The sale of my Friday and the purchase of this much cheaper bike will also give me some $$ that I can use towards our upcoming move. Then in the future I can review options again and look at trikes, etc. Right now I just need to get off my fat butt and get moving. The owner of the LBS thinks I should be okay on the hills (particularly the one I would traverse to ride to work) in the lowest gear.

[tulip]

Good decision, just get moving. The good thing about hills is that the more you ride them, the easier they get.

[Kerry1976]

Had my first 5 mile ride today. It was so much fun. I remember why I loved this bike in the first place. I find that because I am more comfortable and secure, I ride more agressively and have much more confidence and fun.

While I am not keen on carrying it up the stairs into our house, which is exactly why I couldn't keep this bike in my former walk up apartment, we move to our new home in the next few weeks and this will become a completely moot issue as there are no stairs to contend with and a garage for storage.


I like the color of this model much better anyway. The former was a cornflower blue. This is more of a standard blue. Quite lovely. And I knew I wanted fenders and a rack so got that on right away. I found my happy place today.

MTA: need to put on my Brooks but will attach a pick as bike is now

[Kerry1976]

Got my Brooks on the bike (needed a little extra muscle from my fiance to do so) and my MKS Lambda pedals on order. Once those are on I will be totally good to go. Now I gotta find the time to get another ride in. Getting ready to move in a week, planning a wedding for late March, and time seems to be slipping away from me!

[emily_in_nc]

So you sold your Bike Friday? I must have missed that. Congrats!

[Kerry1976]

It sold on eBay late last week. Hopefully it was delivered to its new home today. The person had lots of questions about it so I think it went to someone who really wanted the right bike for them.

[emily_in_nc]

It sold on eBay late last week. Hopefully it was delivered to its new home today. The person had lots of questions about it so I think it went to someone who really wanted the right bike for them.

That's great! Glad you found a new home for it and are back on a bike you love!

[lgibster]

Kerry

I have PF and big heel spurs on both feet. Lots of runner's stretches help a lot and a pair of custom (read: expensive) orthotics and it is much better. I ride and average of 15 miles per ride on a pretty regular basis. I have found that keeping a frozen water bottle and then running the sole of your foot back and forth after rides or anytime the PF is bothering you helps quite a bit. My orthopedic said riding a bike was not going to hinder my PF healing. Just keep riding and keep stretching and eventually the PF will get better, mine took about a year and a half to get better. The PF flares up sometimes, but the water bottle trick helps.

[Kerry1976]

I have the prescribed expensive orthotics. I really need to buckle down on the stretching. I hate stretching and seem to avoid it. My podiatrist said that if I don't stretch I have little chance of healing. Ugh. I have had this for over a year now, so I am beyond frustrated and tired with the whole thing. I really miss running. Heck, I miss walking or standing comfortably. I have been moving into a new house the last few days and the level of pain is really crazy bad. But, I got my bike and my trainer moved so if I can't get outside I can get set up to do something pretty easily. And those stretches....I really need to do them.

[Kerry1976]

Well, took my bike out yesterday to see how the totally uphill ride to work would be. It was comical. I made it without stopping, but I sure felt like I was spinning in place, and good Lord was I huffing and puffing. I am sure a bystander would have wondered if I was going to have a coronary. However, I figure it is a fair measure of fitness to see how I do after I do this trek more often.

[OakLeaf]

Glad you're having fun on the bike!

Best thing for PF is trigger point work. Hurts like f@#$, and I can take a LOT of trigger point pain. But totally worth it. Get a spiky roller for your feet and do it whenever you're sitting or standing - or just walk around barefoot on gravel every day.

Hope you get it under control soon. Do make sure you're not plantar flexing when you pedal, because that can be as bad for the lower extremity fascia as anything you can do on foot. DAMHIK.