Yesterday I began my riding with familiar roads I’ve driven on many times. It was a decent ride of 13km’s to start me off. I’m still getting used to the bike and the damage the seat does to my bum. Need to harden up a bit. See a map of my ride here.

Today I was feeling a little bit more adventurous so I threw the bike in the car and drove down to Tarren Point for a longer ride around Captain Cook Drive. It’s mostly flat with safe shoulders and low on traffic. I was able to get into the swing of things very quickly and before I knew it I finished my 25km route in 1:07. That’s an average of 22km/h which is ok for a newbie who’s rather unfit if I’m being honest. At one stage a roadie was following me for about 2km’s. I was rather proud of myself leading the way when he flew past me like I was standing still. His legs were pumping away and instead of a deflated ego I just watched him disappear and promised myself I’d be that guy one day. Map of the ride here.