[QUOTE=Incubus;389620]
Please forgive me cycling deities...it's been sometime since my last cycling thread post.
I confess to having been a little perturbed that some members of the rather too slow group ride I did today hadn't actually ridden on roads before.
HaHa! Watch what you say....karma is crazy you know. My S/O just isn't the athlete that I am but does try to do some of the things that I do so as to avoid the nag (except running, that is a flat out forget it)anyhow...she is so slow on the bicycle, I am always circling back around or loosing my balance and putting my feet down....Not to mention how she gets off and pushes the bicycle up most hills. I even ride the beater bike and let her have the really nice bike. It's been the hottest summer I ever remember, and I do not do very well in these extremely high temperatures. So yesterday, I wanted to go to the farmers market...It's only a mile and a half away, and I insisted we take the bicycles. So at the end of the shopping spree, I was the one with the horrible head ache. Karma.
I wear the lycra shorts, and the long pants,(because i have no ass) I only have a couple of the tops. Gloves are a must. Told you that story.
I'd love to cycle in pairs for safety reasons, and no matter how much I try to convince you and myself that I've slowed down to the speed of life, I still get on that bicycle and get to where I am going. I stopped on my way home from work one day last week, to a blood drive. I had on my bicycle shorts, my messenger bag still over my shoulders and my helmet and gloves still on. I wanted in from the heat. Every single person said to me "Did you ride your bicycle?" WTH? What is so odd about that? Why is that shocking in July? Ok, I'll stop here.....