The beginnings!!

There have been several cycle trails created around the Nelson/Tasman area over the last year or so. Cycling the trails has become the in thing to do and I had been thinking about getting into it, but had some reservations as I had not ridden a bike for at least 20 years. I am also very unfit, the only exercise I get is walking to and from work during the week, about 40 minutes a day in ten minute spurts.

I spent several weeks looking at mountain bikes on Trade Me, as I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a new bike if I found I couldn't ride a bike anymore, or more importantly didn't enjoy it.

A couple of weekends ago I found a listing for two bikes, and they looked to be a great buy. Three years old and only used a few times. I wasn't sure if my husband wanted to give cycling ago but when I showed him the photos of the bike he seemed to be keen.

We did a bit of research and found the frame sizes would suit us both, so I pressed the buy now button and we
became the proud owners of two  21 speed mountain bikes. 21 speed seemed a bit of an overkill, and I had no idea how to use gears but would have to learn. My last bike was the one I had when I was at school many many years ago, it had no gears!!