About a month ago Kelly brought up the idea of biking. I finally got my bike tuned up. (Sorry Karen) Two weeks ago we went for our first ride. It was the first riding I had done on a real bike in almost two years and over a year including exercise bikes. To say I was a little out of condition would be accurate.
Kelly had a true road bike as opposed to my general purpose mountain bike. Mostly this means she can ride a whole lot faster than me. Also she has better conditioning than me. We started this ride with her leading and me attempting to keep up. I was basically riding in my highest gear as fast as I could. Let’s just say this tired me out pretty quick. We rode about 12 miles on this first ride. After wards my sorest part was my butt.
After that ride I decided to get a few things. The first addition was a new bike seat that doesn't hurt nearly so much. Then I added a water bottle holder that mounts on the frame. That way I could drink while riding. The last add-on was a really cool trip meter. It calculates things like MPH, trip time, and distance. It even does some calorie things, however they are guesses at best.
Last Sunday we went on another ride. This time I got to lead so I could set the pace. This seemed to work better, for me at least. Once I found my stride we were keeping a good pace of 13-14 MPH. I was not nearly so tired this time and probably could have rode even farther. We rode about 14 miles. Hopefully we can keep extending our distance.
This coming Sunday we are doing a ride setup by REI. I will get to try out a road bike and see how I like it. However the guy at REI told Kelly that she shouldn't be riding her bike on the trail we ride on. The trail goes up to York, some day we might be able to make it there.
you should have gotten a camelbak.