No-longer-newbie update

"Debbie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message n

Quoted message said:

And I lost a couple of stone as well, though the extra exercise isn't
the only reason.

Thanks to everyone here who kept me going when I was saddle sore and
knackered!

Well done - that's brilliant. I know all about Sheffield's hills because
when I used to go there a lot, it the one place where I found out my car's
handbrake didn't work very well.

--
Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Debbie said:

After all the encouragement and support I received here, I thought I
owed you an update.

I'm now fit enough and confident enough to be able to use my bike as
an alternative to the bus for travel all over Sheffield. The trick
on the very steep bits seems to be to know when to admit you're
beaten, get off and walk, and then there's enough energy left for the
rest :-) I'll never be a sport or distance cyclist, but it's nice
not to be dependent on buses or car parking, and I enjoy what cycling
I do. I'm intending to take the bike with real gears to the lbc to
get it checked over, so I will finally be able to lay the one with the
SA hub to rest.

And I lost a couple of stone as well, though the extra exercise isn't
the only reason.

Thanks to everyone here who kept me going when I was saddle sore and
knackered!

Debbie

Hi Debbie,

Glad you persevered and gained the confidence to show the cagers how it
should be done. Don't worry about getting fitter and faster, just keep
cycling and it will happen all by itself. :-)

When you get the one with real gears going, you should find the hills a
bit easier as you should then have a suitable gear available more of the
time, if you see what I mean?

Terry Duckmanton

--
It's not my bike that stops them overtaking, it's all the cars coming
the other way