Thanks Doug and Charlie for providing this missing ingredient... While I am a big fan of science, I prefer philosophy to guide my riding experience.
I ride, therefore I smile... Peace, BB On Dec 15, 1:51 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Right on Doug..........I enjoy coffee also. Glad to have contributed > to the vernacular of cycling lingo. Confused as the word muddle is, > that is exactly what we do when we ride with the idea that we must go > ever faster from point A to point B on our bicycles or we just aren't > doing it right. Unless I'm late for work, I could give a gnats poof > how fast I am going. I took off my speedometer a year or two ago and I > see more of where I am going now and that feels good. I like your > philosophy of riding and coffee stops. Hopefully I too will find some > like minded folks to share a coffee with. > > On Dec 14, 8:30 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > I especially enjoyed Grant's notion that if cycling is fun, why would > > one want to rush it? "...muddle on..." has been a successful riding > > technique I've enjoyed (thanks for giving it a name!) for quite a > > while. Hey, nothing like a good muddle on my Atlantis with no > > particular place to go nor schedule to meet. My touring buds & I > > figured that any time our average speed was approaching double digits, > > it must be time for coffee. > > > Muddle on! > > > dougP > > > On Dec 14, 7:09 pm, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Actually a cyclist should gain weight in the form of muscle in his > > > legs (horsepower) and lose body fat overall thereby increasing his > > > cardiovascular efficiency. Aerodynamics influence speed more than any > > > factor including power output of the cyclist but given a similar > > > riding position between the two bicycles there wouldn't be much > > > difference. Good hill climbing as most of us already know is the > > > result of having low body fat, strong legs and huge lung and heart > > > capacity. Champion cyclists are born and then trained. For the rest of > > > us, we muddle on hopefully enjoying the ride in the process. I like > > > Grants musing on riding fast............it makes more sense to just > > > enjoy riding. If you can't keep up its probably not the bike and if > > > your riding pals won't ride with you and insist on riding away then > > > its time for new riding pals and a cold beer at the next stop. I like > > > the South Butt clothing lines slogan...."never stop relaxin"! Thats > > > what I intend to do. Life is short. > > > > On Dec 14, 3:09 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 14:59 -0800, William wrote: > > > > > I don't get why he repeatedly throws in that it might be better for > > > > > the cyclist to lose weight than it would be for the bike to lose > > > > > weight. That wasn't part of his experiment. > > > > > He's a doctor. Don't they /always/ recommend the cyclist lose weight?- > > > > Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
