Cycling 101

We survived the 20 mile ride on Saturday!! It was great! It was a challenge of course, but we really enjoyed it. Brad did great and stayed with the main group of riders for the majority of the ride. I on the other-hand fell behind early. Those hills just kill me! But the up-side of being the hill-flunky was that I got tons of 1 on 1 advice.

Apparently I have a ways to go in proper riding form. First off I let me knees fall to the sides, a big no-no. Next my seat was way too low. Also my saddle (aka seat for you non-cyclists) was totally wrong for me. I sit too far forward and thus put too much pressure on my hands (hence the sore hands and neck).

So now I am carefully monitoring my form when riding. I am the proud owner of a new ladies saddle. They even measured the width of my sit-bones to make sure I got the rite size seat. I went out on it tonight and what a difference!! So much better!!

So we are for sure joining the group ride again this Saturday. It is every Saturday morning at the AF Trek store. If anyone else wants to join in feel free, anyone is welcome.

"Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny."~Carl Schurz