Hey everyone.. this is my first post.
I love reading about others' experiences on this forum. I've just recently bought a hybrid. It's a Rigdeback Tempest. I didn't opt for a race bike because I thought that I might want to ride along tracks and stuff so wanted something that would handle that. Now I'm finding that I pretty much just stick to the roads. Although it's a hybrid, I'm impressed with this bike, I can get some decent speed on it at times.
My commute to work is 12 miles in each direction, and I've been doing it a month so far, working up to do it doing a full 5 day week, which I might manage next week, hopefully! I haven't got a computer yet, but my times for that distance range between 40 minutes and an hour - 12 to 18mph average - usually 45 to 50 mins though. I estimated it would take me an hour before trying it, so I'm pleasantly surprised. There are quite a few sets of lights though, which can take a painfully long time to sequence. And there have been some very vicious headwinds (15mph or so). Considering I've done minimal exercise over the last 2 years though, I'm quite pleased with myself. I find I start the journey wondering why I'm doing this (why didn't I take the car today), and as I progress I get more agressive, and loving it.
I feel that soon I will probably want to progress to a road bike. I'll probably keep the hybrid as well though, as long as I can find somewhere to store them both. I just wonder how much faster it will be? I think the riding position would certainly help with the head winds.
