Y'know, I like this. When I started riding enthusiastically -- by that I mean riding on major public roads and riding briskly -- back circa 1968, age 13 or so -- my role models were basically Eddy, just getting into his stride. (I used to buy French language cycling journals at the kiosks when we passed through Europe and try to fumble out the meaning) and of course the cycling books in the local (Nairobi!!) library were road-bike oriented.
I have no regrets about the lore and history and even wisdom of the old rouleurs: I'm grateful for it; but my riding style dating back to the end of the '60s has been short and hard rides. As I enter into my 6th decade, this becomes harder and harder to maintain. The point is, that road riding, whether it be a 21 mile out 'n' back or a 16 mile trip to the store and home, tend to be more aggressive than ideal. But -- and this is the interesting point -- with off road riding, I don't feel the same compunction, and that is one reason why I love my "road bike for dirt" that allows me to meander through our acequia trails and blunder through new (usually upscale) neighborhoods -- there's not the impulse to "go fast." As for road riding, I've mellowed a great deal in the last 10 years, but it is very, very strange to me to recognize the staying power of the "gofast" compulsion. Note that this compulsion is something quite different from riding enthusiastically and energetically, on a bike designed to encourage this sort of riding, when one is in the mood and feeling so inclined. Garth: you need to take a remedial course in standard punctuation. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > > My new-to me favorite riding style is simply meandering . There is > no rule of thumb for what it is or what it is not . . . .. maybe in that > you can hold a conversation without puffing . You can meander in any > terrain of course . . . . .up hill or down . . . . . big or small . . > .. wind no wind . . . long or short . . .straight lines or wavy lines > . . . . . racing bike...city bike...touring bike...no > kinda-bike-just-a-bike . . . . it's aall good . . . . cuz it really > doesn't matter and that's why it does. .. and this is the wondrous Life > :-) > > -- > 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. > -- 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 ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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.
