I have joined you bikers!

"Mary M - Ohio" wrote in message
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"Beverly" wrote in message
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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

"jmk" wrote in message
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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

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

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

"Beverly" wrote in message
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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