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On Dec 20, 4:02 pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats on 1500. I often am reluctant to ride when I'm tired or busy, > thinking that if I can't ride hard for at least 20 miles (road) or 15 miles > (dirt roads) it "doesn't count" -- a strange fixation since I've never raced > and most of my riding has always been errand riding and commuting. But I've > been trying, as I age, to ease off and ride for the sake of riding, not for > some nebulous inner time trial goal. > > I find that off road riding -- which for me is dirt road riding -- is more > relaxing, since I don't have, quasi programmed into me after so many years, > the need to cover so much distance in so much time; the conditions on dirt > are simply different enough that the mindset gets shut off. In short, I tend > to ride in a more relaxed way on dirt. Fortunately, I have access to miles > of nice doubletrack and acequia (old irrigation ditch) roads literally a > stone's throw from my front door, and they actually serve to get me to > places -- church, store, Mom -- so that they are becoming a relaxing > alternative to "heartrate hell" road riding. Now if only I could get a > Rivendell ss/fixed 29er that will take true 60s and fenders ... > > Patrick "not gonna look at my odometers until after Jan 1" Moore > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My riding partner and I were doing a new loop in San Diego today and > > while we were waiting for the ferry to Coronado, up rolled a beautiful > > Red/Creme Saluki. Jim and I talked "Rivendell" for a while... It was > > nice to see the Suluki next to my Bleriot, I couldn't tell much > > difference. The Saluki did have more ornate lugs. Anyway, I pointed > > Jim to this group, hope he finds it. > > Chris > > BTW- I reached my yearly goal of 1500 miles today! :) I realize 1500 > > isn't much, but this was my first serious year of riding... I'm > > shooting for 3000 in 2009! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
