Comments on: A Whole New Level of Pain

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:05:34 +0000

Ouch! I went ahead and put a bigger seat on my bike. I does make a huge difference.
Good luck!

By: Marly

Marly — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:34:32 +0000

Yes, bigger bike seat…and cushioned. You can even get cushioned pants to wear too. Look at it this way, you must be getting really skinny…that is why you need padding in the seat!

By: Shelli

Shelli — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:57:55 +0000

I haven’t been on my bike in several years. Basically, my dizziness won’t let me. Hubby was talking about getting me one of those 3-wheelers, but it’s just a matter of money (and embarrassment at having to have 3 wheels LOL). The last time I was on my bike, I went ass over elbows over the handle-bars as I was trying to stop. Not a pretty sight! I felt so pathetic, since bike riding was my only way of getting around until I was 16.

I do remember seeing that they have extra padded, extra wide bike seats for sale. I would need one, too, so you’re not alone.

By: Angelia Sims

Angelia Sims — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:01:18 +0000

New comfy seat cushion, padded shorts. And maybe a road???

I love riding my bike. I can’t wait til the time change when I can see at night to ride. I was up to 9 miles (side walk though). Then again that was 20 less pounds . Wonder if they have padded extensions for bike seats? I think I’m gonna need it!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:07:28 +0000

Seriously? By “bark” path, you do NOT mean that the trail was covered in, um…bark?! What you need, girl, is a pretty cruiser (that you can hang streamers from…and put on a little dingy bell) that you can mosey through the neighborhood on. And tell Jer to follow you in the truck because that’s what Matt did for me, my first outing. Those breezy downhills out were not so much fun on the way back.

Biking should not be a pain in the…eh-hem.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:21:51 +0000

I felt your pain at the words “ride the BARK path at the park”. I gave up riding bikes a long time ago because of the “butt pain” it is the worst. Kuddo’s to you for trying, maybe I will get inspired and try it again……or maybe not, haha.

By: SuziCate

SuziCate — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:39:49 +0000

I got a gel cushioned seat and it makes it much better, not that I actually ride my bike, but if I wanted to…….

By: Spot

Spot — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:32:13 +0000

Um…I don’t think barrel racing really burns that many calories. Unless you’re the horse. Which sounds like it would be no fun at all.

I can give no fitness advice because I’m the kind of girl who snacks while watching the biggest loser. All the while askind hubby “omigod! do I look like that?!”. To which he replies “of course not!”. Smart man. But I loved riding as a teenager and rode about 5 miles every day. I was in great shape and tight and toned way back then. =]

♥Spot

By: Mindee@ourfrontdoor

Mindee@ourfrontdoor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:23:27 +0000

A ha ha ha! This one time I exercised and lifted weights and the whole shebang for like a year and I thought I was in great shape. And then I got on the bike. Pure misery. Try a gel seat. It helps.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:55:05 +0000

Two years ago, due to what can only be described a fully psychotic break, I decided to do a triathlon. A little one, I was not, after all, fully institutionalized, but still…

I was worried about the running. I’ve never been able to run, my knees complain and my bosom needs industrial reinforcing.

I was worried about the swim. Although I’m fully comfortable getting knocked out of the boat and bobbing along till someone figures out how to get me back in, that’s not the same as actually moving – in a purposeful way – across some specified distance.

I was NOT worried about the bike. I can bike! I biked all over the place as a kid/teenager. I biked to buy groceries, to get to friends houses…I lived in a rural area. Biking was how I got from A to B.

Until I got ON the bike for the first time in *mumble mumble* years. And I thought – well and truly – that I had broken my butt in 19 places and I would never sit on a hard surface again.

It got better….slowly. But that is a pain like no other. And men don’t get that pain the same way. Just another in a long list of universal unfairnesses.

But major score for you! And I like the salsa dancing idea.