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My Bike Saga
The long story of one woman's cycling adventures and heroic achievements.
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Why I ride
To cheer, “YAY, ME!” at the top of every climb. To travel, by my own power, over trails I wouldn’t see from a faster car, train, or plane. To share stories from these travels. To be strong and healthy.
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Yeparoo! One thing I'll add to the list: Start out riding a set time period instead of aiming for mileage goal. Ride for, say, 30 minutes. Then gradually ride for longer durations -- 1 hour, 1:30 hours, 2 hours, and longer if you want to. As we get more fit, we're able to cover more distance in that time frame. Ride for time, the miles will come.
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Rolling neighborhood route in Maplewood and South Orange, New Jersey. Looking forward to getting my clipless pedals on the new bike. Platform pedals are harder to ride than I remember!
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The naming of a bike
“Beastie” - yeah, that’s it!
“Beastie bike” :-)
#beastiebike
“BB”
“BeBe” + #beastiebike
:-)
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No ride for the weary...
Not much rest last night. Likely would fall asleep on the bike today. Heading over to #HilltopBikes for Tim’s TT bike to get a minor tweak. Want to look at water bottle cages for #Beastie bike while I’m there :-)
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April 2015: Return to Sandy Hook TT - this time to cheer for Tim’s race. Go, Tim!
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(flashback) May 2014: Not all workouts are sunny days w/blue skies. This one wrapped up w/pouring rain and lightening. Cleared up finally to load bikes back on the car.
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(flashback) March 2014: First ever bike race and I earned a podium spot with a medal. Windy, cold day at the Jersey shore. Oh, yeah! Sandy Hook Time Trial 2014.
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August 2015: First weekend w/my new new Fuze. Gorgeous riding in Connecticut.
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August 2015: Meet my new bike :-) Out for a Sunday ride in Connecticut.
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March 10, 2013: Picked a route. Rode the route!
Top photo was before setting out on my ride this afternoon (I put my helmet on after the pic). Bottom photo shows my 11-mile round-trip, out-and-back route from the parking lot of the Meyersville Inn parking lot in Gillette, NJ to Basking Ridge, NJ. I picked a route with a section of dirt/gravel road that I knew had washed-out potholes. The sooner I work on bike handling skills the better :) Temps were in the mid 40sF with only a bit of wind on the return ride.
My fingers stayed warm in windstopper full-finger gloves. I wore running capri pants over my cycling shorts. Wool socks kept my feet warm (no shoe covers today). Yay! warm knees and feet! For core warmth, I wore my softshell cycling jacket over one layer of long-sleeve polypro shirt (zipped off the jacket arms and carried them in back pocket of now-vest).
Best part of the day: Talking out loud during the ride pretending to be a color-commentator for the ride. Something along the lines of: "She sees ragged pavement ahead! Oh, yeah! Let's go get some of that! Just like cobblestones in Roubaix!"
p.s. my hand-me-down sunglasses are not so great. I'm starting to look for a better pair tomorrow.
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Hello, pretty bike with your spiffy, bright-yellow handlebar tape :-)
This is my bike. I love my bike. I love how I feel when I'm out riding my bike. I'm training now so I can enter my first cyclocross race this fall/winter (here's what the racing looks likehttp://youtu.be/6UIMK426E-g)
Oh, yeah! (gulp!)
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