Hmm, I think "contempletif" describes riding with my wife perfectly.

(no honey, I do not wish to stop to take pictures again, we last did that
about 2 miles ago...)


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:

> On Mar 22, 2014, at 10:08 PM, bo richardson <borus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > three or four of us, so far, ride together on weekends
> > we go from bellingham to edison for lunch and then up
> > colony mountain and sometimes garvelly road and around
> > lake samish and back to bellingham
> >  45 lovely miles
> >
> >
> > we are sort of a club and need a name
> >
> > we are social and not competetive
>
>
>
> Well, the French terms were:
>
> Coureur:  professional racer
> Sportif:  sport/performance rider who competes at times in amateur events
> Contempletif:  a "stop and smell the flowers" rider (it was a somewhat
> derisive term used by sportifs).
>
> So, perhaps the "Colony Mountain Contempletifs" would work.
>
> Although "Colony Mountain Cyclers" might be a more Riv-ish name.
>
>
>
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