One thing I did in my learning curve with pedals is I fell several times! I was complaining to Kevin about how hard it was to get unclipped. Well he told me to loosen the clip pressure. Well! I did that and WOW!! What a difference it made. No more problems so far... Good luck!!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 1:51 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Cole Perry Subject: [COWs] Re: group bike riding thoughts.....?? Hang in there Cole. Everyone falls sonner or later. Clipless pedals can be a challenge at times, espcially when you are tired. It sound like you are making real progress. We are looking for you on a ride soon. ---- Cole Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I rode 45+ miles today solo. My longest ride prior was just under 30 > miles. I hit Macclesfield, Pinetops, Town Creek, Elm City, and back > through Silver Lake/New Hope. Here is the route approximately: > http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/nc/wilson/129125451910329548 > > I'm not sure if I'll be doing that again too soon, by the end i was > definitely hurting, but what choice did I have but to keep going then? > The ride total with stopping at 2 convenient stores (gatorade) in > Pinetops and Elm City took me 3 hours and 36 minutes. I also had my > first fall today with my fairly new SPD pedals. (rode 3 times) I was > trying to get onto 58 near the end of my ride and was really tired. > I'm honestly not sure what happened, but I fell. I had on a long > sleeve jersey which didn't tear and I didn't really end up with road > rash. It did hurt, but was mostly just embarrassing. > > I hope to make one of the group rides soon, but wont be able to make > it tomorrow. > > > On Oct 2, 12:16 am, ssp <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > > > experienced cattail hill and gnats > > out in full force at dusk. brianG had > > a great finish in the dark from elm city > > to tilghman & deerfield. ~34m > > great place to ride, SE of elm city > > lots of empty roads to snake through > > and good hills for practice. Thanks to > > davidC and brianG for the motivation. > > > > On Oct 1, 3:16 pm, "Gibson, Brian" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Does anyone want to do a 1:30 - 1:45 ride tonight starting around 5:30 > > > or 6ish? 18+ pace > > > > > Brian Gibson > > > BB&T BankCard Services Financial Reporting > > > Financial Reporting Analyst > > > 2713A Forest Hills Road, Wilson, NC 27893 > > > Ph: 252-296-7139 | Fax: 252-296-7095 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
