Going for a bike ride with my boyfriend tonight. Told him I'd like a headstart to warm up and work off my crankiness. He's very happy to agree with anything that might make me more pleasant to be around So We'll see how that goes.

Bloomer- My boyfriend and your husband need to hook up and go for a ride together. Then we could go for a ride together and tell each other how great we are. That's the kind of encouragement I need too. I'm very good at figuring out for myself all of the things I'm not good at and being self critical, no need for anyone else to do that for me I figure I need to be a little bit less sensitive and needy of approval and encouragement though... But in the mean time if that's what I know I need to do well I might as well set myself up for doing well. Which sometimes mean gagging my boyfriend.

Tulip- Looking forward to slicks. Boyfriend's agreed to be silent in the beginning and give me a headstart to work my crankiness out on my own<G>

KimCT- I know that feeling too of.. he doesn't even need to say anything. Sometimes I just want to tip him over on his bike for being so much better. I try to keep in mind that he doesn't even need to say anything negative, just something I don't want to hear<G> to irritate me. But I'm really hoping to resolve this so we can keep riding together. :/ reading your second post. Yikes, I can see how those hours to yourself would be a god send!

Bikerchick- Your post made me laugh out loud. 15 miles is quite a ways for me to go. rofl. My first ride was 3 weeks ago and I was fairly sure I was going to have a heart attack and die after that 10 mile ride. Looking forward to those longer rides when I get there though!

Kelownagirl- I like that idea of making him ride in his biggest gear. That's some creative problem solving. I'm looking forward to improvement very much..

Pachyderm- <G> I wish I could put it down to me just being more leisurely and sight seeing, though that's some of it.. I slow down to watch baby ducks, puppies, flowers, neat cars, mud puddles... But I'm also just out of shape unfortunately hehe.