Great question, Lum. How much of an answer do you want? Ready? Duck! Grin. For me, pants create a lot of fabric motion on the leg, which most people never notice, but which adds to the “noise” my brain has to cut through to function in the world. Shorts, less so, but can easily be more than knickers. Knickers, cinched at the knee, allow full freedom of motion with minimal fabric motion over the skin. Less clutter for me brain to deal with means more, better, longer rides, and greater recovery and healing over time.
The macro concept that is part of is that we all get a daily allotment of “brain energy” and we have to stay in the “black” like any wise budget does. But with brain injury, instea of $10,000, I get $100 per day. And costs are more (anyone under any kind of stress pays more in daily brain energy costs), so while a car ride may cost a brain healthy person $5, it costs me $25. However, riding my bike (and running) increase my daily brain budget by 50% each day I ride. Fixed gear by 175%. So even with the “costs” of traffic noise, I usually come out ahead. But I have to save wherever I can. Also, healing and long term recover only happen when I am in the “black.” When something overloads my brain and costs me $300 (three days budget) in a few seconds, I am in debt and need three days to recover. One of the gifts of fixed gear is I can ride even on some of these recovery (in the red) days, speeding up my “income” and thus my recovery. Just remember... you asked. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
