Postby Harmony » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:25 am
Thank you for the encouragement, gals. I rode around on the bike a few blocks again last evening. Biking is the one outside activity I don't get so bored with.
My bike is nothing special, a cheap-ey WM one but it has hand brakes and 6 speeds. Yesterday it was windy and when I hit a head wind I could barely pedal it in 2nd gear.
Of course, this morning I had leg cramps as I was trying to get up. Ya think I'm outa shape? So with all the road crew here this morning I stayed inside and got on the eliptical instead, 5 minutes at #4 resistance. More than I've ever done before. My legs are like spaghetti noodles, cooked ones!
We did work on the brakes last night. DH took apart the cables and reattached. I only had one brake working, now I have 2.
Y'all remember, in Florida, people are more outdoorsey. Golfing, tennis, swimming, lots of walking, year-round. It is nothing to see an old person on a bicycle, and as they get too old they get on big huge tricycles, very funny to see. Many of my friends have ATV's or motorbikes or motorcycles. We have the weather for all this, even in the heat of summer early mornings are cool. I need to do this for my health.