Good morning ...

[OnlyJen]

Well, evening if you don't read this until later ...

I'm Jen, fairly new to cycling anywhere further than the corner shop.

I used to run a lot, until a cardiologist said marathons were no longer good for me, and walk a lot, even climb a lot but cycling, all new until a project came along.

So new to cycling, not new to the great outdoors and being self-propelled, although a confession: My bike is an e-bike

 

[mjr]

Welcome. Don't feel that you need to confess that (unless you start racing!). I can see the benefits of an e-bike, especially if you've been cautioned about overdoing stuff in the past. I hope you enjoy your riding. Maybe you're somewhere near NCN 223 the Downs Link from Shoreham-on-Sea to Chertsey, which I read nice things about.

 

[weareHKR]

Hello &

 

[Cathryn]

Hi and welcome! I'm also a runner with a heart condition (got my check up tomorrow and always nervous I'll be told to stop running). Tell you what though, cycling brings the same amount of joy that running brings (albeit differently) so you're in for a whole new world of fun.

There's no stigma here about e-bikes. Don't think twice about it.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Hi
Running? Does that involve getting off ya bike?

 

[Archie_tect]

... cycling gets you to places you wouldn't normally go to- there's a new world out there to explore!

 

[OnlyJen]

Welcome. Don't feel that you need to confess that (unless you start racing!). I can see the benefits of an e-bike, especially if you've been cautioned about overdoing stuff in the past. I hope you enjoy your riding. Maybe you're somewhere near NCN 223 the Downs Link from Shoreham-on-Sea to Chertsey, which I read nice things about.

Thank you for the welcome.

jo and I are going to definitely do the Downs link. Our other Sister lives in Shoreham so we can park the van and dog there, have a cup of tea, go for a pedal and come back

 

[OnlyJen]

Hi and welcome! I'm also a runner with a heart condition (got my check up tomorrow and always nervous I'll be told to stop running). Tell you what though, cycling brings the same amount of joy that running brings (albeit differently) so you're in for a whole new world of fun.

There's no stigma here about e-bikes. Don't think twice about it.

Thank you Cathryn.

Oh good luck with your check up. So far I've only been stopped from marathons, but I suspect next time around 13.1 might also wave a red flag, but I just love my bike so not feeling as though I'm going to lose out on anything

 

[OnlyJen]

Hi
Running? Does that involve getting off ya bike?

Bloody hard running with it

 

[OnlyJen]

... cycling gets you to places you wouldn't normally go to- there's a new world out there to explore!

Thank you. Certainly finding that out

 

[monkers]

Well, evening if you don't read this until later ...

I'm Jen, fairly new to cycling anywhere further than the corner shop.

I used to run a lot, until a cardiologist said marathons were no longer good for me, and walk a lot, even climb a lot but cycling, all new until a project came along.

So new to cycling, not new to the great outdoors and being self-propelled, although a confession: My bike is an e-bike

 

[Chris S]