a report from LLB

[bikerz]

Hey way to go LLB!!! Congrats!!

[Trekhawk]

Mate Im so pleased for you. I wish you were closer so we could ride together, what a blast we would have.

Sounds like a great group to ride with and congratulations on riding your new bike clipped in.

I will have a celebration drink for you.

Leslie

[Lise]

LLB, you rock! Congratulations!

I didn't know that anybody else did what I call the "Snoopy Dance of Joy"! I join you! I am dancing like a fool!

Thanks for letting us know how it went. Looking forward to more ride reports. Good, good work. Lise

[Grog]

Wonderful, LLB! Way to go, you'll go further next time.

[bluedress]

AWESOME JOB! I love your FABULOUS ATTITUDE! You are doing great things!

~Marca

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill

[allabouteva]

That's fantastic LLB!

That's a lot of progress and you're definitely on your way. There's a lot of firsts there:

1) First club bike ride
2) First club bike ride with new bike
3) First club bike ride with new bike clipped in
4) First club bike ride with new bike clipped in doin' 25 miles!!!

How great is that!!! Good onya matey!

eva

[Nanci]

Wow, so that was your longest ride ever? Aren't club rides fun?

I love the group I ride with- 13 mph average, and we stop and look at stuff. We were out in the country, and I was watching in my mirror, and saw _something_ approaching, something weird, not a car, and finally identified it as a pack of riders. The A riders. Think any of them waved as they passed, even though we had the VP and the former (first!) pres of the club with us? Yeah, right. To make matters worse for them, our strongest rider, a woman who is somewhat overweight, maybe (I hate to guess and go over, as I did with someone's age a few weeks ago- but I have to guess weights all the time at work so I don't get someone over my table limit on there, _and_ I see a lot of gastric bypass patients, a surgery I would _highly_ discourage!!!!!) 230-250? jumped on the back of the pack and stuck with them at 25-30 mph for several miles. The only reason she dropped off was because we had agreed to stop at an upcoming bridge and look at the river.

You can't judge a rider by their weight- you have no idea what sort of fitness level they have...

Just think what you're going to accomplish now this summer, now that you can get outside! When's your Century ride?

Amazing! Congratulations!

Nanci

[jobob]

Ah, this is just the beginning. Someday soon you'll look back at this ride fondly and marvel at how far you've gone since.

I didn't know that anybody else did what I call the "Snoopy Dance of Joy"!

You kidding?!? Cue the Linus & Lucy theme ....

[Bad JuJu]

Oh that's so inspiring! Good for you! I'm dancin' up a storm here.

[bikerchick68]

LLB... I am SO happy for you! I can hear your joy in this post... way to go! It's great to know you have such supportive cycling groups in your community too... proud of you for doing a group ride! I was scared to death on my first one too! Big Congrats to you!!!