First bike ride of the year!

[aedifica]

Wheeeeee!

I've been wanting to bike for about the last two weeks, but for the first week I never got my act together and for the next week it was rainy. Today it was sunny, I had a free afternoon, and I had a nearby errand to run. So I pumped up my hybrid's tires a little bit using my old squeaky & inefficient footpump, biked to one of my LBSs where I used one of their pumps to air up my tires the rest of the way (and bought a stand pump I've been eyeing, because I discovered it cost a lot less than I thought it did), and then continued on to my local yarn shop to pick up the umbrella I'd left there on Thursday. It's wonderful weather out--it's been in the 40s F lately, which would be warm enough for a ride, but today it jumped up to 62°! And I was happy to be on my bike.

I reaccustomed myself to my bike seat faster than I expected. Now all that remains is to build my leg strength back up--today's ride was only about 3 miles and I could definitely tell I haven't been riding for a while!


Cross-posted (but modified) from my own journal.

Comments

[sara]

I am totally jealous -- we've been cleaning house, and I've got to do a big grocery-shopping run later. My mudroom looks great but my bike is sad and lonely....;>

[darkemeralds]

Yay for the first spring ride of the year! You remind me that I really need to get my own floor pump, rather than continuing to borrow my sister's.

I ride to and from work every day, but there's something extra-good about taking a long errand-ride on a fine weekend, isn't there?

[uhhuhlex]

The weather here is mild enough that I can cycle to campus except on the really icy days. It is getting much more pleasant though!

I sometimes think I must be real lazy though - I rarely go beyond a 3 mile radius...