Cool morning ride!

It was 65F.  We started riding bicycle about 8:15 am this morning.  The air was quite chilly, and it reminded me to order full bicycle gloves. The tips of my fingers were cold for a while.

Well, the air was clean and fresh.  I really enjoyed the morning ride.  

My right foot toes were getting cramped at the end, but I came back OK.  A comfortable 20 miles ride!

Quick start no worry

Finally I got it.  Just start and stop, but it's not easy to get right.  I'm still not perfect sometimes, but I'm comfortable now.

10 miles ride; I'm getting used to it.  But 5 minutes before the end, I got toe cramps on my left, oh, gosh!  I forgot to cool down today.  We were on a tight schedule.  agrrr...

Distance, average speed, max speed and time.

We watched the movie " Quicksilver,"  a story about bike messengers like " 2 seconds."   The job is so dangerous, but not appreciated and paid unfairly low.  The dangerous-ness attracting people to watch made me very uncomfortable.  I felt a silent message like riding bicycle is only for unusual people.  I don't think so!

I'd like to watch movies of which bicycles got into the life of people.  Is there any?  Maybe Europeans might have made some, if it's so, I really would like to watch those movies.

Gravel road, uneven surface...

I wondered if it's possible for me to ride in the future?  So far I only have ridden basically flat paved road, because I had no confidence any other way.

Suddenly I noticed that we have a path with gravels in our backyard garden.  So I tried riding my bicycle there.  Oh, my God! There was no way I can do it at beginning, then a little bit, and hopeless....

Then I moved some big tiles in the garden to make some uneven brown grassy area for riding.  Gosh, it was too hard.  It's narrow not like trails or roads, so my attention scattered all over the place, and I just couldn't ride long enough, then I got exhausted.

Well, I didn't want to try my first mountain bike try out in public place.  So I thought that I could practice this way a little bit.

Well, I fell sideways once today, but wasn't injured at all.  Maybe I will try another time. It 's nice to have a garden we made by ourselves,  not so much loss even if I damage it.  But my balance sense is quite hopeless.

We rode familiar roads late in the afternoon with heavy wind to try another 15 miles.  I did but I got toes cramping again.  And my left toes are still numbish. I need to find some exercise for my feet.

Distance, Average Speed, Max Speed, and Time.