What have i let myself in for!!!!!
#16
How about this? http://www.tourism.net.nz/listings/f...rental-cycles/
Gondola up the hill, and then you just get to do the fun bit ... now, that's my idea of cycling
Gondola up the hill, and then you just get to do the fun bit ... now, that's my idea of cycling

#17
Went for my first bike ride in about 25yrs on saturday!! Must admit after 10 secs in the saddle i thought, what the bloody hell am i doing as i started heading down the hill at god knows what speed!
35 mins later i return home having done just under 7km. I then spent the next 45 mins lying on the living room floor trying to recover...
Must convince myself, it will get easier...
35 mins later i return home having done just under 7km. I then spent the next 45 mins lying on the living room floor trying to recover...
Must convince myself, it will get easier...
#18
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It will, don't forget the padded shorts.
which reminds me, must find allen key.
which reminds me, must find allen key.
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Wait for the fun after a long ride
#22
Went for my first bike ride in about 25yrs on saturday!! Must admit after 10 secs in the saddle i thought, what the bloody hell am i doing as i started heading down the hill at god knows what speed!
35 mins later i return home having done just under 7km. I then spent the next 45 mins lying on the living room floor trying to recover...
Must convince myself, it will get easier...
35 mins later i return home having done just under 7km. I then spent the next 45 mins lying on the living room floor trying to recover...
Must convince myself, it will get easier...



the image in my head is too funny not to laugh!


it will get easier - just stick to flats and down-hills
#23
on the outside they are black - cool., sexy even i hear you think... but on the inside the padded bit is bright red - like pillar box red. I reckon if i wore them inside out i would like a babboon


babboon gone Psycho - thats more than NZ could handle i reckon xx
#24
Oh f#$% it!!!! one week in, three bike rides and now i've put me back out!!! So much for geting fitter!!!!



#25
perhaps you should continue with a static bike for a while? that's what i'm going to do. i also hurt my back carrying the winter and summer wheels from the storage room to the Golf and back. the damn things weigh a ton! perhaps i'm just out of shape or getting old, or both? :0)
#27
I'm feeling better today.. the drugs are starting to kick in...
#28
I'm not gonna give in.. both the doctor and the chiropractor said it's down to muscle tone... so next step is to find a gym close to work that i can actually get to...
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When your ready Si, we'll go for a bike ride down to Pencarrow and onwards




