It was started back in August 2017 when I bought my beloved Giant MTB. It was such an easy and comfortable ride.
We found WWF in February 2018 and also the joy of group rides. Since then, we had been riding weekly with them. While they are a fantastic bunch with the "no one gets left behind" motto, we huff and puff while trying to chase them on our MTBs. I still remember our 1st half RI with them. By the time we arrived at Seletar Airport for the water break, I no longer have strength left in my jelly legs. I can't remember how I made it home. Painfully definitely.
Until one day, I refused to chase like mad no more. Tadah! That is when my Langma came about in August 2018, one year after the MTB and 6 months after trying to keep up with the WWFs.
It had been 2 years and I still enjoyed my Langma very much, just like how I used to enjoy my Giant MTB. While the bike remained the same, there had been upgrades. Biking is an expensive sports and upgrades are expensive. I conveniently get upgraded when Daddy Lim upgraded his bike. 1st, it was the aero Hunt wheels with the noisy hub in February 2020. It isn't too bad considering that the 1st upgrade only come after 1.5 years since I got the bike. I probably would have just faithfully rode it as it is if it wasn't for Daddy Lim who wanted to get aero-wheels for himself. Haha.
Pro-cyclists are on cleat shoes. I want to at least look pro too. Haha. My next upgrade was to move on to cleat shoes. My chio chio pair was a farewell gift that I received in Dec 19 but I was too scardy cat to wear them. It wasnt until June 2020 that I finally summoned the courage to don them for rides. In the past 2 months, I had done multiple rides in my cleat shoes, including 2 RIs. Hehehe. While there were 2 occasions of near misses, I haven't fall down so far. On one of the occasions, I was trying to Uturn and forgotten that I was clipped in. I was falling and everything was suddenly in slow motion. I was already preparing to fall and was falling towards my left, which is the foot that I learnt how to unclip. By God's grace, the falling motion helped me to unclip at the very last moment. Heng ah!
The latest "upgrade" was a bike fit. After a few of the usual gang went for a bike fit and swore by it, Daddy Lim was very tempted and encouraging that I should attempt to do a bike fit too so as to resolve my right elbow pain, a pain that started since I started road biking. Ok lor. With that, he also got himself a bike fit. Haha.
Ooo... I looked good in the picture. Haha.
After the expert observed how I cycle on the trainer and a series of questions (butt position ok? Hand pressure ok?) there were really hard to answer, I was told that my position is largely ok. Chey. I eventually have one chair ring removed and that bloody cost me $220! Did I feel different after the bike fit? Bo leh. My right elbow continued to hurt on long or stressful rides.
What I did heed is the need for me to start wearing bib (padded) shorts. I have been relying on a gel padded seat cover since I started MTB. I do have these shorts but they are super tight and I hate how the cycling shorts stick to the body. Daddy Lim would say that it is aero dynamic. Moreover, they are thigh length and the tan lines in the sun!!!
I also though that I look so musculine in them unlike the other pro lady cyclists that I see. Why like that? I need to get a new pair of comfortable padded shorts, one that is much shorter so that it wouldn't give me horrible tan lines. Boohoo!
Mummy Lim
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