Finally back on the bike!

[Stujoe]

I had been on a business trip for the last 3 or so weeks and hadn't been able to ride. It was really bad since I was in Madison and Milwaukee, WI for part of it and it seemed that everyone was on a bike! Madison was the worst...I swear there were more bikes than people! lol

I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!

[(51)]

Welcome back, Stujoe. Don't get too excited and pull something ;)

[Stujoe]

I stayed in exercise mode the entire trip...man those hotel exercise rooms are pretty vacant no matter the time of day or night! So, I am still pretty limbered up. No substitute for cranking the bike, though.

Next week starts the commute to work which should add about 60 miles a week to my mileage.

[Tom Stormcrowe]

Good to have ya back in the saddle!

[Stujoe]

Thanks Tom. I didn't realize how much not riding would affect me. I think the 2 folks I was with had to listen to me whine about not having my bike entirely too much. :D

[Tom Stormcrowe]

Think about this for those times you have to travel.....http://www.downtube.com/ss-index.html

Owner of the company is a BF member, by the way.

[Stujoe]

That is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.

We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.

[Tom Stormcrowe]

Next time, rather than doing that and leaving it unchained by the trail, do that and donate it to Goodwill!:DThat is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.

We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.

[Stujoe]

That is a good idea too!

[The Historian]

Next time, rather than doing that and leaving it unchained by the trail, do that and donate it to Goodwill!:D

If the local Goodwill accepts bicycles. The four Goodwill locations within driving distance of my home don't accept or sell bikes because of liability issues.

[The Historian]

That is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.

We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.

Did you investigate bike rental? I rented a bike while in Cleveland in May. It was wonderful. I even met a BF poster, "half-bent."

[The Historian]

I had been on a business trip for the last 3 or so weeks and hadn't been able to ride. It was really bad since I was in Madison and Milwaukee, WI for part of it and it seemed that everyone was on a bike! Madison was the worst...I swear there were more bikes than people! lol

I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!

Good to have you back!

[Stujoe]

Thanks! I found a bike rental place the last day we were there. It was $10 an hour for their MT/Comfort bikes but they only had some of the Surrey bikes and some kids bikes left when I stumbled across them..

That is interesting about the Goodwill, BTW. Crazy society we live in sometimes.