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"Mary M - Ohio" wrote in message ... "Beverly" wrote in message ... Bicycle magazine has some good information on biking. I have their book "New Cyclist Handbook" and it has good advice for new riders. I also have their "Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills". www.bicycling.com has lots of information on biking. You'll have to join but it's free and who says you have to give them accurate informationg You will need to give them a valid email address to complete the registration. Sheldon Brown is another place to obtain great information. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/beginners/index.html Thanks, Beverly! I found Sheldon Brown when searching last week for some info on what to do with all those mysterious gears. :-) (Practice is helping a lot there.) His picture kills me! But great information on his site. I will also check out bicycling.com -- thanks! Also found a pretty good book for beginners, "Cycling for Women" or something like that -- I think Rodale publishes it -- I was browsing through it at Barnes and Noble and then yesterday saw that it's at my local library, where I'm off to in a few minutes. Well I've had my bike for one week today and I have put 111 miles on it -- I just love it and it's been a godsend with the twisted ankle (which is getting much better) -- because I couldn't stand losing all that cardio time. Now we have to figure out the midpoint between us so we can meet up on the road! :-) Mary Sheldon Brown's site is well known to most biking fans. He has tons of information and a great sense of humor. "Cycling for Women" is another book from Bicycling Magazine. I think I might have that one at home, too - I'm a book junkieg That's a lot of miles for the first week - WTG! I wish I could do that many miles each week. I just don't have much time to ride except for the weekends I still think we should plan an ASD bike rally for next summer. We could pick a central point with some nice trails and spend a couple days riding! Beverly |
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"jmk" wrote in message ... On 7/27/2004 2:37 PM, Mary M - Ohio wrote: Trails and roads are too scary for me -- I'm still at the point where I will drive 20 minutes to get to a bike trail where I feel safe. Even so, they sometimes get a little too secluded for my liking (though I love the alone-with-nature aspect) -- I get a little creeped out. Oh, I can understand completely. The more confident that you get and the faster you ride the more you will feel better about expanding your biking options. FWIW, I do always bring a set of tools, a thing of compressed air and a cell phone with me in my under seat wedge. I told DH that the tools are because I'd like to think that I can fix it but the reality is that I'll probably end up calling the "team car." I think mine was around $22 from TeamEstrogen. Looking forward to getting it! Also, thanks to whoever mentioned teamestrogen. I had forgotten about them! -- jmk in NC I just ordered and received a helmet mirror from them. I had one on the bike but the mirror blew out on the road returning from a bike ride. I guess they weren't meant to withstand 70 mph windsg Beverly |
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beeswing wrote:
Beverly wrote: SNIP Sheldon Brown is another place to obtain great information. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/beginners/index.html Thanks for the links Beverly! Thanks from me, too! I'm going to be spending a lot of time perusing the one I quoted above...love the beginners info. I learned something from the site above last night. My saddle was too low! I moved it up some today and it felt better. Tomorrow I'll move it a little more. (I don't know what I was thinking - it's not like my feet reached the ground with it lower anyway.) -- Walking (but biking more!)on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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Beverly wrote:
I still think we should plan an ASD bike rally for next summer. We could pick a central point with some nice trails and spend a couple days riding! yes Yes YES!!! I'm in. Let's have it someplace where we could camp and Dally could have healthy food g -- Walking (and biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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"Beverly" wrote in message
... Sheldon Brown's site is well known to most biking fans. He has tons of information and a great sense of humor. He has already helped me with a good explanation of "getting started" (so I develop the correct habits from the beginning) and a good explanation of what to do with all those mysterious gears :-). "Cycling for Women" is another book from Bicycling Magazine. I think I might have that one at home, too - I'm a book junkieg Me too! I didn't make it to the library yesterday but I am going today to pick that one up! I've had to adopt the habit of borrowing rather than buying every book I want -- or I'd have to have another house just for books, LOL. That's a lot of miles for the first week - WTG! I wish I could do that many miles each week. I just don't have much time to ride except for the weekends I am lucky because of working at home that I can jump on the bike whenever I feel like going out (deadlines notwithstanding) so I've either been going out morning and evening, or a longer ride once a day. The longer rides (at this point I consider anything over 12 miles "long") are still hard for me because at that point even a small incline feels like a great big hill. I still think we should plan an ASD bike rally for next summer. We could pick a central point with some nice trails and spend a couple days riding! I think that would be great! Mary |
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