I want to ride my bicycle,

[dancerjodi]

I want to ride my bike! Damn songs getting stuck in my head! :)

In all seriousness though, I'm pondering if I want to do a charity bike ride in May for brain tumor research. A couple of 501st members went last year to cheer on the returning riders, and it seems like there is larger interest in the group this year (it will be easier, because it won't be post the ROTS madness).

They have a short 10 mile ride route, and I'm thinking I may want to do it in partial armor (or at least, exercise clothes of a Star Wars bent, a costumeish outfit). I'm a pretty active person but haven't been biking in YEARS! I have a good, tuned up bicycle in my garage that I just need to get out riding. So for my biker friends, do you think given some training it will be a breeze for a relatively already healthy/active person? 10 miles biking doesn't seem like *that* much. I think it could be a neat challenge.

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[ggirl.livejournal.com]

I'm a physically active person but not a biker by any means. I have a cheap silly little mountain bike that I got a few years back. I had never ridden a bike before the age of about 24 seriously..I worked up to the point a couple of summers ago of being able to do about a 22 mile bike ride without too much discomfort. It didn't take much. I only rode my bike about once a week in the warmer months on weekends on a nice stretch of paved trail here (I'll never be able to bike where there are cars) amd by the end of that summer I was doing a 10-13 mile stretch on the trail and then turning around to come home. I will admit that my butt was VERY sore and unhappy during the last 5 or so miles, but it can be done. So just work up to it..i'm sure even training on an exercise bike in bad weather at the gym will help too.