Posts Tagged ‘Cruiser’

Here we go!

Written on March 9, 2010 at 4:25 pm, by packhams 1 Comment

Category Amanda Packham | Tags: Amanda Packham,Cruiser,Training

So like I said before, I don’t have much real biking experience. Nothing more than a short ride around the neighborhood with the kids. Now that I’ve put it out there that I’m going to do this ride, it’s time to get serious (because it might be a little embarrassing to back out!). I’ve had a list of excuses for a while to not go on a ride and one that I’ve been hanging on to was that I didn’t have a helmet. So I finally got around to getting a helmet and of course the great kid at Infinite Cycles set me up with a cute white and pink helmet- not too speedy looking. I also got a new part to help attach my bike trailer to my cruiser-style bike. No more excuses, other than the fact that it is still winter outside. It finally warmed up a bit the other day and I blocked out some time to go for a ride. I just wanted to do a short manageable distance, you know-ease in slowly. I ended up doing about three miles and it wasn’t too bad. Keep in mind I don’t have a real road bike, just a cruiser style bike that sits me up pretty straight and that made for some fun wind resistance riding into an uphill headwind. Well I’ve got my first ride under my belt and I’m ready for more, I think. I felt a little sore in some new places but it felt good. Now I need to figure out a time when I can get my super busy 5th grader to go with me.