I had a great opportunity to play hookie yesterday afternoon - in the morning I had to drive to the county seat, opposite from the office, to be fingerprinted for my engineering license renewal. Weekday traffic is too scary to ride close to home, so I loaded up my go-fast. I hadn't been on that bike in a month, and hauled it to a 13-mi one-way paved creek path that connects a series of parks. It's crazy crowded on the weekends, so this was a rare opportunity for me. I pushed myself, and my improving strength was noteworthy to me - but no empirical measurements for my 26 miles. While the air was delightfully cool, the sun pushed us into the 80s, making moving more pleasant than water stops. It was exercise, but it was all play. The only sounds, other than my Crane mini-bell to warn the scattered pedestrians, was the whoosh of the wind and the quiet ping of my tires on the concrete joints. My aesthetic tires made me giggle.- Evo in front (all that fits) and Parigi in back. Chatted with some nice folks at water stops. Recommended Brooks saddles to a couple on new upright bikes complaining to each other about the effects of their nasty plastic-padded-pan saddles. Tried to explain steel bikes and big tires to a gent on an equally vintage Trek alloy road bike who seemed a bit hung up on weight, but has recently enjoyed a lifestyle change moving from Houston to San Antonio. And thanks for the comic - it was fun.
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:21:59 AM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Yesterdays sunshine and warmer temps (hi=27) brought out more cyclist. > Interestingly quite a few of them were wearing the same wardrobe, one with > a black stipe up their backs. Why do they all want to look like that? > > Michael > Westford, Vt > > On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:20:29 PM UTC-4, dougP wrote: >> >> Ain't it the truth? "...sounds worse than a job...." A wise sage one >> time said "Ride when you feel like riding, not because of some schedule", >> or words to that effect. >> >> dougP >> >> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:13:15 PM UTC-7, DS wrote: >>> >>> Hopefully this hasn't been posted before, found it on another cycling >>> site and thought it rather fitting, hopefully we're all here on this thread >>> so we don't fit this bill: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/33769898@N04/8483985476/lightbox/ >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
