Today was my first ride on my shiny, new, blue, road bike and it was the weekly women's-only ride! J.D. wasn't able to make it, but we promised to have the ride without her. We had a good turnout with ten women. Pete did a quick de-brief and the girls rolled out. I felt like I was doing a lot of adjusting trying to get the feel for the bike along the access road.
As we begin to roll through the neighborhood, the girls at the front of the pack stop and check the intersection (as there are a lot of stop signs on this stretch of road) and when it's clear, they holler and we all roll through. However, some woman in a a Texas-sized truck decided she needed to yell at us for not all stopping at every sign. Of course, this happens right as I'm stopping at the sign because I hear a truck approaching behind me. She continues to yell at us and tell us the rules of the road as she rolls through the stop sign (never coming to a complete stop) and turns right in front of us (not using her turn signal.) Just then, my heart monitor goes off telling me my heart rate is too high. I start to try to move through the intersection, but my foot slips on the pedals and I don't get clipped in and the padding of my shorts gets caught on the nose of my saddle. As if I wasn't shaking already on this new bike.
As I pedaled along the long straight-away of Fleetwood, I felt like my feet were not lining up on the pedals correctly. Interesting. I may need to have my cleats adjusted again, but I'll wait until after a longer ride this weekend and see how that goes. I may just have bad form on this bike right now as I get used to the new geometry and feel. I'm used to watching my speed and cadence pretty closely. With the new bike, I'm over the handlebars, so looking at the Garmin to see any of my numbers requires me to look directly under me. That's more than a simple glance off the road. I'm riding too tense and too shaky to look away from the road for that long.
Goals
Today's Miles: 10
Total Miles Achieved: 439.9
Financial Investment: $1781.14
Total Weight Loss: +2.4
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