Originally Posted by dougmon

I get it. I am obsessive about getting things to work. I actually took two rides yesterday, both very short (less than a mile apiece) -- the first one was awful. Then I read some pointers in this section, and the second was much easier. I'm biking for two reasons:

• I want to.
• I'm dealing with diabetes and the exercise will do me good.

And, truth to tell, I just can't believe I can't do it. So I'll work at it until I can do it. And enough of my personal hangups