Craig did a great job picking out his cycling helmet. Blue is definitely his color. We were fortunate to be able to borrow two bikes that had big enough frames for Craig – a trial bike and a road bike like mine for him to try to see if he indeed will enjoy cycling and to get some sense of what kind of bicycle he will feel most comfortable on. He liked aspects of both bikes. While there are many things to still figure out, the bottom line is that he enjoyed cycling in spite of some discomfort from saddle amongst other issues. We road a total of 6 miles on his paved country road. From my perspective there was just the right amount of rolling hills. We went out and back so it is possible that there will be some more challenging hills as we create our loops. We should be able to create 8, 10 and 20 mile rides from here. I think the ride reassured Craig that he will be able “to keep up with me”. I was never concerned about it.
Craig had to figure out how to mount the safety flags on the bike as the mounting device did not fit where it was intended. 3 zip ties did the trick. It is more challenging for me to get on and off the bike with the flag but I will get used to it.
There was more traffic on the road midday than I thought there would be but everyone seemed to be traveling the speed limit and was very courteous. The rural mail delivery person stopped to see if we needed help when we had stopped to make an adjustment.
We will hopefully get the yard work all done early enough today that we can get back out for another ride which was actually Craig’s idea – a good sign.
Tamara Unleashed 