this is my first post. where to start?
in the present moment>with a little history
First of all , my husband-JB- bought this wonderful bike for me. Wes Williams custom built it for me and named it the Road Queen years ago. We (my husband and i )couldn't find a bike to fit me properly and had 700 wheels. i love the bike and it makes riding fun ! Having a good fit makes all the difference. Having had a bike with 650 wheels and not fit me i knew it had to be better than that. With the Road Queen, educational rides with JB, john legg, and many others of the Violet Crown bike club i began to WANT to ride more.
The only other bike experience i had to compare with was my mtn bike, a baracuda.- what a great bike!!!! I felt comfortable on it and it was alot more fun - of course catching air on top of a beautiful mtn in moab-poison spider,slick rock,and porcupine ridge...- was a big part of that fun! that was my 10th mtn bike ride . my introduction to mtn biking was on grand mother mountain north carolina. Now THAT was FUN !-even all the spills!
Road rides has a different flavor of fun yet satisfying fulfilling.... After riding in France with Bike Style and a Vilolet Crown trip to Italy, i decided i had to ride across the US. There were a lot of other factors - may be discussed later.
I have to begin with a BIG thanks to JB for helping me take this adventure.
I am in training to be ready for my coast to coast ride in june 2010. I will be joining an organized / supported group although my first instinct was to do it by myself and organizing my own support. With the logic from JB and a few moments of getting the bigger picture of what that would take, i decided to let someone who has done this before be my support. Next time - if there is a next time - I hope to organize the support myself. Right now I have enough to organize- getting fit enough to climb for hours day after day, ride an average of 80 miles daily and camp out. Yes, i was assured we got hot showers every night. I am going to keep my eye out for a hotel on those really long days. FOOD - the other essential for this trip- was a concern. Having food allergies and wanting good healthy food , i am sure I will have to be creative and prepare. We are able to mail a box of goodies to locations along the way. I just thought of the wonder filled boxes my mom sent me in college. Yes , I will send myself a CARE PKG> full of gluten free goodies and ?
I have been doing long rides 60-80 mi. on the weekends and shorter rides during the week . Yesterday I rode through Bastrop St. Park- good hill training- then out on to the rolling hills around Smithville,Tx. I took some pics to share. --will see if my classes at the Apple store on learning how to blog are working. thanks Richard !
