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[fjp999]

I AM SUPERMAN

[COLOR="purple"]Mike, the shop owner said the weekly ride is very leisurely and usually has the most basic beginners, racer, and all between BUT LEISURELY.

I wanted to use my silver pista Bianchi but the rear wheel has not been cooperating... used my old faithful Fuji fixie ... I arrive to find 5 lycra clad road cyclists with very expensive bicycles

I made them aware that I was on a single gear and to please keep the hills to a minimum. The leader seemed to understand and we took off.

15 miles into this very intensely paced ride my legs started cramping up severely at the calves. Asked the lead rider if he could suggest anything - "Nope"... Just rode thru the pain...

I was such a mess... but I kept up and even smashed some hills.

Then I realized that I forgot to eat lunch and was doing this ride on two espressos and a baby donut then realized that I had just had major surgery a couple weeks ago ***and a new tattoo

Got two blocks from the bike shop on return and my thighs started majorly cramping up... I started pounding my fists into them to work out the pain.

Made it with disbelief. Started apologizing to the riders about slowing them down but they said stop being ridiculous. A couple of them said they had trouble keeping up with me.

We did 30 miles with an average of 15 miles per hour over two non-stop hours. They all loaded up their bicycles in their cars and I rode off to home - totaled three hours on the seat.[/COLOR]

I AM SUPERMAN