Dual Suspension for Wife

[Bundu Ric]

Yoh, so much good value in this post, will definitely take this all to heart and make sure we do this the right way. 

 

I like the chocolate part. 

 

The biggest and most important thing that I've learned from 26 years of riding. 

 

• The wife/girlfriend dictates the speed, distance, & technicality of the ride. 
• Take chocolate on the ride
• Take her for a saddle fitting
• Buy her the best cycling shorts you can afford 
• Flat pedals
• Zero pressure to do things
• Start on the easiest and flattest possible routes
• She will have her first crash
• Be supportive in every little thing she does
• Congratulate every small achievement
• Don't show her Redbull Rampage
• Watch 
  instead

Once she is comfortable with the basic gravel rides you can book her a skills course. It doesn't matter how much you know, you won't be a good teacher and she won't listen to you. A coach is a stranger and to an extent an authority figure. She is more likely to listen.

[DR ◣◢]

Yoh, so much good value in this post, will definitely take this all to heart and make sure we do this the right way. 

 

I like the chocolate part. 

 

If you get any of the above wrong retreat to a safe distance and throw said chocolate at her 

[ChrisF]

If you get any of the above wrong retreat to a safe distance and throw said chocolate at her

Bwhahaha ....

 

Too true .....

 

 

DR is absolutely spot on with the gear AND the coach.

 

The coach makes a world of difference to her confidence levels.

 

 

And stick to those flat rides in the beginning ....