I also found this piece to be well-written and apt. I've always had a powerful aversion to the ubiquitous fluorescent alien-spacecraft helmet style and tour de france style billboard leotards.
However, part of me is a little depressed that when we escape into the woods to ride bikes, or hike, or do whatever, we have to consider what the other people in the woods will think. On Mar 29, 7:07 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I often think about what kind of form a book of Grant's writings would > have to take to give the reader the experience that many of us have > from reading his various scribblings over the last 5-10-20 years. > There was a popular 'book' that was out ten years ago or more that > took the form of notes between friends, and the book had envelopes > glued to each page, and you opened the envelopes and read each note > one by one. It paced out your experience of the writing in a way that > changed the way the narrative progressed. I imagine a Grant book > would have to do something like that. The collected works of GP would > probably fail to construct the experience unless done in a really > clever way. > > I've never had a conversation with him face to face, and I wouldn't be > surprised to find that in person he's somewhat different than the > 'Grant persona' that has self-assembled in my brain from reading the > 1992 B-stone catalog, the B.O.B. gazette, the Riv Reader, the Knothole > and other things. > > All that said, I agree with his thoughts about off-road riding. Being > friendly and riding slowly enough to smell the flowers is a better way > to go for everybody. Odd that he's talking us into narrower trail > tires and fatter road tires, but Grant never claimed to be paradox- > free. > > On Mar 29, 1:47 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That was a great posting. I hope he keeps it up (some have a tendency to > > disappear). > > >- We should all wear coonskin hats on our next Fess Parker Memorial Ride. > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/221 > > > > I really like his observations about riding off-road. I like this > > > piece a lot and it makes a nice companion piece to go with Tips for > > > Happy Riding. I don't mountain bike anymore but I used to do it a lot > > > when leaving in the Bay Area. Part of me always felt that I was > > > forcing myself to descend and climb faster than I really wanted which > > > took some of the fun out of it. I still miss the people I rode with > > > down there. As fast as they are they remain a great group of people. > > > But I'm much happier with the pace of my riding here. > > > > Oh, I should clarify that while I don't "mountain bike" I still ride > > > plenty of unpaved roads and even some singletrack now and then in > > > Forest Park and Powell Butte. The Hilsen does just fine on these > > > trails. > > > > --mike > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > > scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
