tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post2824369388901995499..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: Triathlon spendthriftJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-62875003656919572932007-08-14T10:32:00.000-04:002007-08-14T10:32:00.000-04:00My dearest, I do have to say that "lunatic" is the...My dearest, I do have to say that "lunatic" is the word that was coming to my mind...Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-58970398112486808512007-08-10T12:34:00.000-04:002007-08-10T12:34:00.000-04:00Thank you all for encouraging remarks! I really f...Thank you all for encouraging remarks! I really feel like a bicycle lunatic these days...<BR/><BR/>FYI, I basically have decided that I am allowed to be a total coward and come up with ad hoc solutions to individual bike-riding tasks. I rode the undemanding bike on the sidewalk over to Central Park last night for the first bike-run class, and then seriously LABORED to do my 8 miles before we went to the running part of the workout! Everyone else was on a road bike, of course...<BR/><BR/>I felt a lot calmer about biking when I got home, and I realized that I really do want to be on the good bike for this class, and that I will just have no pride and <I>walk</I> it over to the park wearing my sneakers (or I suppose I could ride it on the sidewalk if it was early morning, with sneakers on also, but really this sort of bike does not belong so much on the sidewalk...) & then switch to cycling shoes once I'm ready to start riding the loop. The two things that freak me out are riding on the street PERIOD and then riding on the street in clipless pedals, the pedals themselves are not inherently terrifying (though it's true that the park is full of wayward small children and dogs). A fellow runner from the class I took this summer (she's also a triathlete) has taken pity on me and I am rendezvousing with her early Sunday morning at Engineer's Gate as she gets started on her run, she will give me moral support before we get going on our respective exercise sessions and it will mean I can't cop out if I am overcome with a fit of nerves!<BR/><BR/>So I think things are in decent train...Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-84565332694425393002007-08-10T11:07:00.000-04:002007-08-10T11:07:00.000-04:00First-time commenter here... I think the new bike...First-time commenter here... I think the new bike sounds like a good idea, too. There are days when I would really like to have a bike for running errands or riding short-biking-but-long-walking distances that didn't involve dealing with all the gear.<BR/><BR/>As it is, I use mountain bike pedals with a lot of float. Not what one would want to use to race, but good for riding a bike in a place with hills and traffic.withneedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910245650867769509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-60829371327715168082007-08-09T10:04:00.000-04:002007-08-09T10:04:00.000-04:00It's not just the gear, it's the space for the gea...It's not just the gear, it's the space for the gear!<BR/><BR/>Bike handling in traffic is much more demanding than bike handling in non-draft-legal tris. I used to rent cars to drive my bike out of downtown Toronto for long rides.<BR/><BR/>I think "straggling through" has strongly personal definitions. One person's "getting along" is another's "straggling".Brent Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754659334435107746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-61021898575607927302007-08-09T08:47:00.000-04:002007-08-09T08:47:00.000-04:00The new bike makes sense to me. I've found myself...The new bike makes sense to me. I've found myself wishing I had a cheaper bike that I could use to ride around town and run errands -- one with toe clips and that I wouldn't mind leaving outside.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com