Biker Chick

Hubby and I befriended a couple we met when we all went scuba diving years ago. Whenever we made plans with them either they would cancel last minute or we would end up in some God forsaken hole in the wall on his recommendation.

He, Mike, planned a scuba trip. Not having learned our lesson we joined up and ended up traveling on a junker sitting on oil cans to get to Turneffe Island. The accomodations were stilt huts and half way through our stay there was a fire under our hut. This is an island in the middle of nowhere, no Fire department, no nothing. Hubby, a volunteer fireman, managed to find a hose and he and the kitchen staff got the fire out. We had no hot water the rest of the trip. The dive guides hated us, the weather was terrible, the water was murky. 

Very slow learners we all took up bicycling together, Mike was an avid cyclist.. We live in an incredibly hilly town for starters. We all went to a Bike shop Mike's friend owned and tried out bikes. Despite the fact that I could barely walk after sitting on, tryingout, many many bikes I bought a bike. We all bought bikes, helmets, shoes and I got padded(gel) bike pants and a gel seat. Don't you think I would have figured out if I needed all that this wasn't going to be the sport for me? Nope. I just kept following the crowd.

I joined the wives in a "first ride" before trying to go out with the whole gang. I had no idea how to work the gears, when we stopped my feet were trapped in the toe clips, these bikes have you bent over so I had a crick in my neck and the gel pants just weren't doing their job. Little by little my friends got further and further away. Some guy passed me and yelled , You better peddle faster!"  I won't even go into my mental response.

Then my luck changed. I spotted a telephone booth. I pulled over, managed to untangle my feet and dig for a quarter. I called my best friend. and asked her to please rescue me. She showed up in her convertable. We threw the bike in the back, I could barely unbuckle my helmet, I plopped my gelled butt in her comfy car and off we went.

I sold the bike.