Rode my bike to work this morning!

**Rosie** · 15th February 2006, 07:28

And home from work last night, and around the sleepy little suburb where I live. I was a bit nervous, and having children running onto the road in front of my bike didn't help (they run in front of my pushbike and my car as well, but it still made me a bit jumpy). But otherwise it all went well. I'm having trouble operating my jacket pockets with my gloves on, I need to extract and operate a garage door opener and a security card to get myself to work, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.
Tonight the Mr is coming up from Taupo and we're going for a bit of a ride around some back roads with a friend from work.

**enigma51** · 15th February 2006, 07:36

Originally Posted by Rosie

And home from work last night, and around the sleepy little suburb where I live. I was a bit nervous, and having children running onto the road in front of my bike didn't help (they run in front of my pushbike and my car as well, but it still made me a bit jumpy). But otherwise it all went well. I'm having trouble operating my jacket pockets with my gloves on, I need to extract and operate a garage door opener and a security card to get myself to work, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.
Tonight the Mr is coming up from Taupo and we're going for a bit of a ride around some back roads with a friend from work.

Well done you will soon soon have the confidence to do it on a regular basis

**crashe** · 15th February 2006, 07:42

Well done... the more you practise... the better you will be.....

**Str8 Jacket** · 15th February 2006, 07:42

Good on ya Rosie. Just keep going how your going and you'll be fine. I found the best way to increase my confidence was to ride to and from work everyday, you'll be surprised how much your riding will improve just from doing that. And of course just riding anywhere in general helps too!

**Colapop** · 15th February 2006, 07:48

That's cool girl! As said already just keep riding (carefully) and you'll be fine. you may want to get a key chain mounted door opener and card?

**MSTRS:Me** · 15th February 2006, 07:52

Good on you girl. And a session at a trackday will also boost your ability & confidence

**phoenixgtr** · 15th February 2006, 08:07

You're doing well. Keep it up

**Fishy** · 15th February 2006, 08:22

Goon on ya Rosie, glad to hear you are enjoying being on 2 wheels!.

**Rosie** · 15th February 2006, 09:07

Originally Posted by Colapop

That's cool girl! As said already just keep riding (carefully) and you'll be fine.

Ha ha, I do everything carefully - thus the new-and-improved 'timid little mouse' avatar. I've been riding a pushbike long enough to know that everyone on the road is likely to kill me.

**SDU** · 15th February 2006, 09:10

Good one, each day you ride will give you more skill and confidence, and hopefully you'll love it more.

Have you thought of doing a little bit off dirt riding to help increase your skills-it is awesome fun also.
cheers
SDU

**WRT** · 15th February 2006, 09:25

Good on ya! FWIW, I leave my door opener in my pocket with the button facing outwards and then just mash it with my glove still on to open the garage door. Would also advise against having the card on your key chain unless your ignition is nowhere near your steering - you dont want it to jam in around your triple clamps or steering damper (if you have one).

**Sniper** · 15th February 2006, 09:48

Good work

**Rosie** · 15th February 2006, 10:57

Originally Posted by serowdownunder

Have you thought of doing a little bit off dirt riding to help increase your skills-it is awesome fun also.
cheers
SDU

On my bike?

. He-who-knows-everything tells me that Rosie-sized dirt bikes are likely to be a bit heavier than my bike (it's only 120kgs, but I still find it a bit heavy), I'm going to work on handling the bike on the road for a while, and get used to the weight before I go off road (on someone else's bike, of course). I do a lot of mountain biking, and having a bike that would push me up the hills has a lot of appeal.

**JWALKER** · 15th February 2006, 11:32

thats really cool to hear rosie. you will be pulling stunts in no time, lol

**far queue** · 15th February 2006, 11:43

Originally Posted by Rosie

Ha ha, I do everything carefully - thus the new-and-improved 'timid little mouse' avatar. I've been riding a pushbike long enough to know that everyone on the road is likely to kill me.

Good work keep it up

oh, and I noticed the "Beaver" avatar had gone