Back in the saddle
Mar. 20th, 2009 12:30![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI rode Opportunity, my hybrid cruiser, downtown to have lunch today.
I can ride it reasonably well, though I have to pedal with my heel on the right side because the flexibility just isn't quite there yet. Other than that, it's not giving me any trouble. I was a little surprised that I feel just as stable on it as ever, though it's a little weird to be so far off the ground after riding Lunokhov these last few weeks.
I'll start doing relays of Opportunity (which I have the muscles for) and Lunokhov (which makes severe demands on my quad muscles) as soon as I'm sure I can manage 2.5 miles on the recumbent. I'd like to be able to easily ride both. Once I start relay (and later switch to alternating days) I can start taking the train to school. No more long car commute!
I'm also getting into the habit of wearing a helmet. It's that much more important with Lunokhov, since a recumbent gives me so much less visibility to cars, but I figure I should probably learn a lesson from getting dumped off the cruiser in January and take reasonable precautions against such an accident having a more severe outcome. Helmets aren't proof against head injury, but they can help.
I've been contemplating putting a sticker on it: "Better a dork than a vegetable".
Then again, I own a recumbent... I'm not sure that dorkiness is something I'm worried about.
I can ride it reasonably well, though I have to pedal with my heel on the right side because the flexibility just isn't quite there yet. Other than that, it's not giving me any trouble. I was a little surprised that I feel just as stable on it as ever, though it's a little weird to be so far off the ground after riding Lunokhov these last few weeks.
I'll start doing relays of Opportunity (which I have the muscles for) and Lunokhov (which makes severe demands on my quad muscles) as soon as I'm sure I can manage 2.5 miles on the recumbent. I'd like to be able to easily ride both. Once I start relay (and later switch to alternating days) I can start taking the train to school. No more long car commute!
I'm also getting into the habit of wearing a helmet. It's that much more important with Lunokhov, since a recumbent gives me so much less visibility to cars, but I figure I should probably learn a lesson from getting dumped off the cruiser in January and take reasonable precautions against such an accident having a more severe outcome. Helmets aren't proof against head injury, but they can help.
I've been contemplating putting a sticker on it: "Better a dork than a vegetable".
Then again, I own a recumbent... I'm not sure that dorkiness is something I'm worried about.
