Quote Originally Posted by Jen Jen
I just got my road bike a little over 2 months ago. I've just got around 300 miles in. I was a little disappointed to realize that 5 years of riding my hybrid didn't prepare me for my road bike like I would have thought. But I'm getting better, little by little. I look forward to being able to manage longer rides (so far, my best is 25 miles. I will be excited to break the 30 miles I had ridden in previous years on the hybrid.)
Jen Jen, I'm curious! What were you hoping for, and what did you find in making the change in bike types? A little over two months ago -- that's about how long I've had my bike, and that was just a couple of weeks after ski season ended, which means that for much of the country roads were just getting civilized and warmth was beginning to return -- were you coming off a winter hiatus maybe and having to build strength again because of that?

Seems to me that Nanci recently wrote about riding in Florida? If so, she's got an "eternal summer" advantage over some of us (unless she traveled there to do that ride!) Not saying that 5000 miles is easy to find time for, but it's probably easier to log that many miles if you can ride year round!

Karen in Boise