Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
Wow, that's a beaut! But, a leetle out of my price range!

Actually, I'm not doing any road riding at all right now (I posted about that in this thread). So I am not tempted by road bikes at the moment. I've definitely found a new love in mountain biking, though! Neat that we both have a Swift and now a Racer-X. We must have been separated at birth!

Enjoy your Serotta!!!!

Emily
Ironically, I'm road riding, but not mtn biking. There's too much risk of falling and tearing my ACL graft (surgery Feb. 28th) so the Titus is hanging in the garage.

All this talk here about the Racer X has me itching to ride it so I'm going to do an easy gravel trail called Waterton Canyon on Thursday.

Sounds like its been a rough year for both of us, I lost my mother in Aug. and tore my ACL in Jan. It was such an awesome ski season too!

As far as getting back on the road bike, take it slow but do it. Go someplace peaceful. Acknowledge your fear but don't let it overcome you. Take it in baby steps.

I broke my wrist mtn biking (maybe I shouldn't tell you that) and it was a good 16 weeks before I could ride. I was so scared, I felt wobbly and thought sure I would fall and break my wrist again. Slowly, I gained confidence and was back on both bikes.

When I went back to riding after my ACL surgery, I did little loops around the neighborhood until I felt confident enough to go farther. I was very unsure of crossing streets, stopping at stop signs, other riders, etc. Yesterday, I did my 1st group ride and it went very well. I had to ride with platform pedals in case I fell but my ortho let me go back to clipless pedals 2 weeks ago. I still unclip whenever I feel uncomfortable, much more than I did before my injury.

Anyway, enjoy your Titus, it's an awesome little bike!