I feel I'm on my way
 

Purple text is gay.

Any helpful suggestions on my part could be construed as Aiding and Abetting a Fred, for which I could be subject to Road Nazi Retribution.

Welcome to Road Cycling. Enjoy!

Sounds like you are doling exactly the right things. If your butt continues to get sore, try adjusting the saddle position and height some. But do very small increments

you're doing great....just keep riding and having fun.

Your butt always gets sore when you hop back on the bike after a layoff, its like a guitar players fret fingers, gotta toughen it up. The mileage seems fine, as long as you pace yourself (i'm guessing you aren't in this to race) your body will be fine. You eat and drink. Sounds good to me. Keep enjoying the ride!

I couldn't get past the length and color of the post so I didn't read any of it.

I'll stick with basics - if you said you are riding your bike...good. If something hurts - either it will go away with more mileage or search for the cure using the search function. I'll bet there's a thread or two about it.

Gear - yes you are riding crap. Yes you need to upgrade as soon as possible. If you don't your bike will melt. Just make sure you pick SRAMangnolo Redcord Ace and all will be well.

Welcome and steer clear of the smug a holes that seem to infultrate this place.

I have no comment for the OP other than: For the love of god, why do you live 25 miles from work?

Infiltrate, just sayin'... I couldn't focus on the purple text also.

when you're riding on sore legs, try to spin a high cadence at an easy effort. you'll recover more quickly. my guess is that into the wind you were pushing too big a gear and you fried your guads.

Sounds like a great progression, I doubt your pusing it to much. You were sore because you hadn't spent that much time on the bike yet. Next time you ride 65 miles you will be less sore. Don't worry all that much about eating, just make sure you eat some while riding, its not to hard.

OK I'll stick with just the plain old boring "BLACK" letters.

For those with good advice thanks! This morning my legs are a little sore but not bad at all, I will do a short ride today but focus on just spinning.

When I was riding into the head wind I was in my middle sprocket on the lowest gear so I don't think I was trying to push it to hard. I have read a lot about doing more spinning so I've been working on that.

Like I said I'm new at this biking stuff so I'm trying to learn the right habits instead of the wrong ones then having to relearn the right ones.

I've also been working on my pedaling. Trying to pedal all the way around instead of just pushing down like I did on my hybrid.

As for my arse & shoulders I think it was just because of the longer distance & hopefully that will get better with more time on the saddle.

Again thanks, where I live there are a lot of bikers & it is just fun to be out riding. I have a lot of improvement I can do if I want because I was passed by a lot of riders.

No I don't plan on racing, this is just a hobby to keep me in better shape & maybe lose a few pounds while I'm doing it.

Why do I live 25 miles from work? You have to go where the money is.....

I don't get it. You bought a hybrid and then a road bike because you were getting flats from thorns on your MTB? Mountain bike tires are more durable and less flat prone.

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Just a note on the "arse" thing: I started throwing in a longer ride ever week and even though I was still riding my usual 20 mile rides, the long rides caused my site bones to feel bruised. I finally tried moving my saddle forward a bit and I concentrated on sitting back in the saddle on one ride and this seemed to help. Then I layed off for several days and got back on the bike Friday only to have the discomfort return again. I finally realized that the shorts I was wearing on that day had very little padding. When I road the next day with my thicker shorts the ride was much more comfortable. I'm 50 and I have very little body fat, so I guess I might need the extra padding.

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True, but it's where he was riding that had more thorns & goatheads.

Riding a MTB on the road doesn't make as much sense as a road bike, so since he's wanting to spend more time on the road, he got himself a road bike.

w2brdbkr, I think you're on the right track. Worn-out muscles are no big deal; only worry if you get soreness in your joints, which tends to happen if your fit is off or if you mash in big gears. Keep spinning at a comfortable cadence (for me, it's similar to my running cadence) and you'll be fine.

Thank you, yes I was riding the hybrid on the bike paths which are usually between nice weeded fields, so I started riding more on the road.
I called my buddy this morning & we decided to do a slower easy ride. I was surprised I wasn't that sore on the bike, I did notice the arse being a little sore but nothing I couldn't handle.

We did 25 miles & averaged 14mph so I feel that was a good recovery ride. Everything else seemed to be fine & this afternoon I feel really good.

I just wish the weather would be nice this next week so I could ride during the week, but they are calling for cold, snow, & rain so we will see what next weekend brings.

I'm not any smug ahole. I'm the Head Smug Ahole in Charge around here.

Don't forget it.

I here ya, who wants to live that close to work? I'm no less than 62 mi.

I was actually refering to myself.....:D

I'm about 12.5... tenths of a mile.. :o :p

FWIW - My commute is 50 miles round trip. I do it by bike 2-3 times a week when weather and scheduling is in my favor.

You aren't half the smug Ahole I am and you know it too.

This is my goal this summer as well to be able to ride 1-3 times a week to & from work. Right now the weather is unpredictable so maybe starting next month.