So - Yesterday I collected my bike from the bike shop....
I called ahead of course and the guys in Ferris Wheel had the bike ready for me by the time I arrived. lights on, water bottle, pump and saddle pouch with spare tube all installed!
I hired up the saddle and away I walked out of the shop! Felling a bit nervous I put the helmet on and through the leg over the cross bar! I was off! I became "one of them" the up until now "other annoying road users"... To be honest I cycled the first km or so through a park to find my feet... but I soon ran out of park and had to face cycling on the big bad road!
Out of the park onto the road! I very quickly learned that nearly everything can hut you on the road and that you had to be reading what was going on well ahead of you and well in advance! Once I got used to this I gained a small bit of confidence and I started to pick up a bit of speed, felt great at times until another person on a bike would blast past me just when I though I was bombing along!
The saddle! do you ever get used to it?? EVER?? about km before I got home I could hardly sit on the damn thing! OK, I know I need padded cycling shorts but WOW I was sore! Still am today!
All in all I enjoyed my first ride home, 8.5km in 25 mins! I've a lot of learning ahead of me, road etiquette, gear selection, how to gracefully avoid large pot holes without veering into cars, that sort of thing. Looking forward to S getting her bike...
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