No-longer-newbie update

"Debbie" <[email hidden]> wrote
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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.

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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

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