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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
