First Ride

Years ago I had a bike. Not the greatest bike, just an inexpensive bike from a department store. I actually went through a couple of those bikes but they helped me get around during college. After several years now of not having I bike I decided I wanted to get back into shape and ride bikes more. Although not prepared to spend a whole lot I did find an affordable — folding — bike at citizenbike.com. The bike arrived today!
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After unfolding and checking the tires I took a quick spin around the streets nearby before heading off to the library. I wanted to check out the new trails nearby. I thought I could do a route sticking to the trails that would loop around to the library. Unfortunately they haven’t actually completed the entire trail connection yet.
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I was already feeling my muscles complain about the unaccustomed activity so I turned around, back-tracked and went a different route. After the quick stop at the library I headed home by the short route. Altogether the first ride ended up being 00:49:58 according to my stopwatch. The whole distance was a little over four miles, I think. I have a bicycle computer ordered so that should give me better figures once it arrives. In the meantime I’ll have to get used to riding a bike again. My muscles and my seat are all feeling the exercise.