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Re: new rider

It is mostly the ability of the rider, not the bike. If you can ride
your bike on a 25 mile route by mid-Spring, you'll be fine.

(That said, a "bike store" bike is EASIER to ride.)

Ken

--- In gobagroup@yahoogroups.com, "marandjoc" <snyder20002001@...> wrote:
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> My daughter and I really debating on doing Goba,but we ride
> sometimes,not alot. And our bikes are not fancy .Will any bike do?
>





Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:01 pm

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My daughter and I really debating on doing Goba,but we ride sometimes,not alot. And our bikes are not fancy .Will any bike do?...
marandjoc
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Mar 1, 2008
12:28 pm

I tried my first GOBA in 2006, when the ride was hilly, and there were some storms. My recumbent bike was new to me, so I struggled, and then quit. I would...
walk_bike
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Mar 1, 2008
12:57 pm

It is mostly the ability of the rider, not the bike. If you can ride your bike on a 25 mile route by mid-Spring, you'll be fine. (That said, a "bike store"...
kenhuffman
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Mar 1, 2008
1:01 pm

Only if it fits properly. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Michael Plakus
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Mar 1, 2008
3:18 pm

In a message dated 3/1/2008 7:57:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, walk_bike@... writes: I tried my first GOBA in 2006, when the ride was hilly, and there...
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milice12000
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Mar 1, 2008
4:44 pm

Also the first day is 60 miles, so you may want to practice a few longer routes. Some of COP's spring routes have "metric century" options, or 62 miles....
Amanda Orr
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Mar 2, 2008
3:32 am

If your bike fits you well and is properly maintained, it should not be much of a problem. I did my first three GOBAs, including the infamous ride of 2001 (If ...
jrivera64
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Mar 10, 2008
11:57 pm

You don't mention how old you or your daughter is but i was 40 on my first GOBA ride and had only begun riding again after a 20 year layoff the previous...
abeardedguy40
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Mar 16, 2008
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