First bike ride of the year!
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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.
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.
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Date: 2010-03-14 10:26 pm (UTC)