Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
I just want to have fun.
LOVE THIS! Thanks for the reminder that it should be at the top of every list.

Quote Originally Posted by luvmyguys View Post
Bike Writer, I love some of your goals - especially the one about riding with a kid under the age of 10!

I haven't been riding long, so mine are modest, but here they are:

  • Conquer the clipless pedals
  • Train for and ride a Team in Training century
  • Get better on hills (I live in Flatsville too)
  • Get dh a bike and ride a lot with him!
  • Up my average speed to over 20 mph, so I can ride with the faster pace groups (and in some cases, ride with a group period)


I've started to tackle the first, and I think I'm going to plan on the Cross Timbers Classic Bike Rally in May for the second. The fourth will be money dependent, and I'll hopefully make good progress on the third and fifth just training for the century.
luvmyguys, I ride with my nephews, nieces often enough to help mentor them along in the sport and just share the love of outdoors but I started thinking of a couple of friends who don't ride and I know their kids ride bikes but don't get the opportunity to go out on a trail in parks and such so I thought it would be a good idea to spread the love of biking outside of my own family.

It's been an interesting read to see what things others want to work on. Mileage comes up often in this discussion and since we don't have crystal balls to see the future it's hard to predict or set a mileage number with any degree of certainty. Heck, last year with injuries, surgery in the fall prime riding season and with campaigning taking up my whole season I rode about a third of the mileage of the previous two years. This year I was lucky to get in a little over 500 miles, the previous two years it was nearly double then triple of that. None the less, I put a number up there to shoot at, we'll see what life brings.