Hello all, I agree Zen can be in anything we do. For me it is about connecting with myself in the activity, or inactivity. Fixed gear cycling on road and dirt, especially very early or late in the dark is excellent. I also really connect by single speed mountain biking on flowy singletrack. Remote bow hunting is also a great way to get in the zone. I did not comment on the buzzy hub thread, but quiet is good for the zone. I had a very nice Chris King MTB hub that I could not stand and an equally nice white Industries rando wheelset that were equally annoying. I have been doing more fatbike snow rides this winter and no zone in that, at least not yet. Maybe a fixed fat drop bar build is in order. Thanks for sharing, Tom Palmer Twin Lake, MI On Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 2:19:55 AM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote:
> In a talk called "Zen Reconsidered" > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCV2ShFQCWs>, Alan Watts relates a > conversation he had with Horace Blyth about sitting meditation (zazen). > Just a couple of Zen scholars shooting the breeze, I imagine. The gist, as > I understand it, is that those who practice Zen and fixate on sitting > meditation miss the whole point of Zen. The practice of Zen can be found in > anything we do. Or, to be more precise, in any doing. The most intriguing > example Watts (or Blyth) gives is 'riding-a-bicycle Zen'.* > > I'm curious, does this resonate with others here? What is your experience > of 'riding-a-bicycle Zen'? And, per the 'Buzzy Hubs' thread, does the noise > your hub makes detract from or enhance your 'riding-a-bike Zen' experience? > ;) > > Cheers, > John > > *The reference comes around 1:35:25 in the talk. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ed7b8bd7-b5e8-48d2-8750-91cff16b86fen%40googlegroups.com.
