Good story, great ride, and all the more so since it was done single speed (or at least, non-handlebar-mount-gear-switcher). Waaay back about 1972, when I used to ride a lot further and faster as a 16-17 year old than I do now as a disappointed 59-year-old, I'd be "overtaken" by the Jesus prayer in time to my cadence -- no kidding.
BTW: Back when (~1999) I commuted 10 miles each way on a mid '60s Bottechia fixie with moustache bars, I found I could get very low and aero; more so, in fact, than with drop bars. (I never could get M bars as comfortable as I desired, though, so I've long since abandoned them.) On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > You're right, George. Hypoxia is a challenge to avoid when exerting one's > self at altitude. Whenever I'm running or biking a steep climb, I pray the > rosary silently in my head. If I lose my place, I know I need to exert > myself less. I back off a wee bit and then the meditation of the rosary > flows smoothly in the background as I ride. > > I hadn't thought through that aspect fully of not having gears, and > needing to back off yet facing a stiff headwind. Next time I'll take the > Hunqapillar, which of course will allow me to shift down to stay > seated/aerodynamic into headwinds. Next time may come sooner than spring -- > the highway (at least lower portions of it) is open year round. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.