Quote Originally Posted by Julie View Post
Hi Guys, I'm almost a totally new biker (38 years old and only been on a bike 4 times!)and wonder if I'll ever stop being petrified of my bike. I'm getting out about once a week for a 50k ride with my partner who has many years of experience and really have to force myself to go. The strange thing is I totally enjoy the last part of my ride home, it's such fun accelerating out of the corners. I just wish I could feel like I do at the end of a ride when I first set out. Any encouragement at all would be greatly appreciated.
They way I learnt to ride was as follows: I went out onto the roads at like 3am on a Monday night when no one in their right mind would be out and sped around the roads to get comfortable.

Since then, all my learning to ride has simply been forcing myself to grin and bare no matter what the obstacle. I suppose in a way I have a goal though, as I use my bike for going to work everyday and refuse to pay the $$ my car guzzles - so its either ride or waste $$ I can spend elsewhere. So rain, shine, wind, and erections on a cold day excluded, it's all just been go do it even if I was nervous.. and now I'm more comfortable then I used to be.