New Bike!!

Years ago, at times it seems like eons ago, I purchased a mountain bike at a local discount store and paid less than $100.  There's nothing wrong with that, but the gears never worked right and I was more discouraged about riding my bike than anything else.

Two summers ago, I began riding my bike again.  I was preparing to climb Mount Katahdin and decided that aside from hiking several miles through the potato fields behind my home, riding bike would help get me in shape.  Well, I was mistaken...although I began to enjoy biking, racking in about 12 miles each trip and 20 miles once, I wasn't as prepared as I had hoped.

Although I was biking quite a bit, every other day as a matter of fact, I didn't like how I had so much trouble switching gears to make it up the one hill I had to face.  It got to the point that I just stopped, and last year I didn't ride at all.

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been trying to live a healthier, more active lifestyle. I've been running, doing my workouts and strength training on a regular basis.  It's been showing, and Hubby declared one day that he wanted to reward me with a new road bike.  We've talked in the past about doing a road race to raise money for cancer, but with the mountain bike I had, there was no way I was going to even attempt it.  His bike was better than mine, but it wasn't a road bike.  We went to the nearest bike shop and checked out what they had.  I found a real nice one with neutral colors, nothing flashy...I'm not a flashy kind of gal.  I'll admit, they're kind of pricey, and the most expensive item I've purchased that wasn't a major appliance.

Well, this weekend, we're going to go get our bikes!!  I'm so excited!!!  I'm hoping that I enjoy riding bike so much that I keep it up and can do the road race this fall.  I'll keep you posted on how it all goes...here's a picture of what I'm getting.