First real bike ride of the season!
So I tried to ride my fixie bike a few… months back by now. It was warm back in March-April-ish that one weekend, or it felt like it in the comforts of my car. Terry just got his motorcycle and needed to learn how to ride it and I wanted out on my fixie. I raced him to an area of small neighbourhood side streets (me walking my bike because I’m scared of Scarborough traffic!) Ended up being way too cold and I cramped like crazy after one lap around the block.
This past Sunday I went out again. Planned on a Saturday AND Sunday but Saturday ended up being cooler than I expected and I didn’t want the same result as before.
From the time I walked out my front door, to when I got back into my front door, was about 30 minutes. In that time I also had to haul my bicycle out of my trunk, and fiddle with the tires and pump. Also the last block and a bit I ended up walking because my area is really hilly, this was all uphill, and I don’t really have an easy gear set up… I think. It’s set up I believe as a 48-17. Anyways, I believe I ended up riding around 4.6km according to google maps.
Oh, and I fell off my bike twice. First time trying to make a u-turn when my front foot hit the wheel as I tried to make the sharp-ish turn. Second was trying to just get off the bike before I started walking because I’ve not yet re-learned how to get out of my clips without getting all tangled.
I’m hoping to make this an every-weekend type of situation. I’m going to try to head down to the Lakeshore paths for a lot of this because I would prefer the (hopefully!) smooth pavement, no minimal stops and no cars. I’m not a good enough rider quite yet to be able to handle all of that all at once.
Hopefully in a week or two I’ll be able to get off the bike without falling into a tree!
This is why I ride unicycles. There’s nothing to get tangled up in! 
