I'm so bummed I couldn't make it to see Grant last night, had to be at work and all. How did the ride go? Hope he enjoyed seeing that part of Seattle.
On May 12, 6:31 am, Frank <pguil...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm with Alex: go. It was a nice event in Seattle, a great way to support a > local business (in our case Kathleen and Freerange Cycles), and a pleasure > to hear Grant speak. His talk was, as you'd expect, low key, open, and > appropriately opinionated, but sort of delivered at perfect pitch. Grant > makes bikes get built and doesn't do book tour talks each day, but he's > pretty good at both. > > Many of us on this list have learned more than we might realize over the > years about "un-racing" ourselves, and that's the point of the book. I was > struck by the notion that if I simply gave a copy of this book to anyone > who, noticing that I ride a lot, and presuming some degree of correlative > expertise, inevitably asks me for bicycling advice. Happens at least once a > week. If they started off with this book and nothing more, they'd find > themselves well served. I ordered four more copies for just that reason > this morning, and will keep one on the bike (you know, I have a place for > it, being a guy who rides with bags and all) to give away when warranted, > sort of like carrying an extra tube for someone who didn't. > > My 9-year old took my dog-eared copy into the fray and came out with an > inscription that said "George, I hope this gets you off to a good start. > Grant". Seemed like the right thing to say. > > > > > > > > On Friday, May 11, 2012 10:56:06 PM UTC-7, Alex Moll wrote: > > > Go - it was fun to hear him this evening in Seattle. Glad I went. > > Alex > > > On May 11, 7:42 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Received my copy of Just Ride via the brown pony a couple of hours > > > ago. So much good stuff. I liked the ending of chapter 19--Don't be > > > cheap and dead. > > > > I also love the illustrations. I have a feeling it'll be a pretty big > > > seller at Powell's here in Portland for a few weeks. Nice that it came > > > out before summer. If it's really slow at work I may take an extended > > > lunch break and go down to Powell's to hear him. We'll see. > > > > --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-bunch@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.
