What's a Hon Solo? On Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 9:59:44 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > After abnormally but very pleasant temperatures some 15* above average (I > don't know about "average," but we've been having lows from ~28 to ~ 40 and > highs in the mid 60s to low 70s), winter blew in today, spitefully, making > up for lost time. And it blew in from the relatively unusual NW/NNW > direction -- most of our weather comes from the W, the SW, the S, and > sometimes the E. > > Anyway, as I was writing a LI profile this am, I could hear the wind > blustering through the cottonwoods, and the cottonwoods depositing their > dead leaves at my front door. NWS said 35 gusts to 48, N and NW. By noon or > so, the winds had moderated a bit -- mid 20s gusts mid , and I rode 13 > miles rt to Sprouts for food. My ride was mostly north and south return, so > I missed the worst of it except for a mile or 2 E/W, but the wind wanted to > blow me into the guardrail as I went north along unprotected Coors. On the > way back, I took the tree-protected bike path all the way, and didn't hit > real wind until I hit Montano and turned West. > > Sport Packers on front lowriders. They say that front bags drag less than > rear bags; perhaps; at any rate, I wasn't going fast. > > Oh, and 9.5 lb in each of the front bags. > > Feeling dissatisfied with just 13 miles, later when I picked up Catie for > her skating lesson -- a trip that involves picking her up at about 3:30, > and waiting around until 5:30 then driving her home diagonally 'cross town > in rush hour, then working my way back north from her Mom's to home; > generally get home ~6:30 -- I loaded up the Hon Solo with the dogs and, > after signing her in (why do skating lessons have to be so expensive? $38 > for half an hour!) I rode the Solo South on Tramway, with wind blustering > at my back and a gradual descent all the way. I pulled over just shy of 4 > miles, turned around, and man, that was a workout: gradual climb and winds > steady in the mid to upper 20s, in a 68" gear. I got my heartrate up, at > any rate, but I must say that riding into such a wind is like climbing a > long hill. > > I do have a 16 t/59" flip side gear, but I haven't yet used it. > > No photos, so you'll have to take my word for it all. > > The Hon Solo is nice in that I can get it into the rear of a small > hatchback with room left for a small and a medium dog to prance around; it > is not as nice to ride as a Rivendell. > > -- > 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 contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > >
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