I'm 55 and it sucks almost every time I ride it! Some days I'm hoping someone I know will pass me and offer me a ride.
Strangely, on my Riv custom a 39 x 30 does me just fine. But I have a Seven which is a good 8 lbs lighter and I can blow up the hill in a. 39 x 23. Go figure. On Sunday, May 20, 2012, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > I am impressed: 2 miles of 8% is no easy walk! Not to mention 35 > miles. I'd want to do 35 miles on the bike and find another way for > the return (I'd often take a detour one or both ways to add up to 10 > miles for a total of 40 rt, but that wasn't something I'd do 5 days a > week, week in and out. Age? I did this mostly between early '40s and > early '50s, but by 53 I was copping out and catching the Express bus > for the last 7 miles home. Now, I work at home and have to make > errands for riding -- I find it easier to ride if I have a "practical" > destination. > > In my mid 30s I knew a BIA lawyer, younger than I, who once a week > rode from his house in Gallup, NM to his office at the Navajo Nation > capital of Window Rock, and that was only 30 miles. Once a week was > all he could manage, and that only in summer. > > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:28 PM, robert zeidler > <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mine is about 35 miles one way. About 3500 ft of climbing coming home and > > finishing with a 2 mile 8% hill. > > Needless to say it doesn't happen more than 3 times a week. > > > > > > On Sunday, May 20, 2012, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > >> > >> "Ideal commute." What is yours? > >> > >> Mine would be: ~ 10 miles one way, no big hills or regular winds > >> outbound, some hills to climb on the return to make things > >> interesting; much if not all on a wooded, paved and (at the commute > >> times of day) little used bike path. > >> > >> [Aside: I was annoyed when I commuted 15-16 miles one way, outbound > >> with 7 miles uphill, to find that my inbound, homeward times were no > >> different from outbound. But I realized that this is a penalty of > >> riding fixed: you don't make up a great deal of time on the > >> downhills.] > >> > >> Segwaying: I differ from many in liking to ride -- well, "hard" is > >> putting too much stress on it; let's say "energetically." OTOH, I also > >> like short rides: I get bored after about an hour, usually -- must try > >> to ride with others, more, for longer distance interest. IOW, my > >> personal application of the "just ride" philosophy is to ride until I > >> sweat and breath heavily, even if only for a 11 mile rt to the grocery > >> store. > >> > >> Last week, an ideal day: 12 miles home to Mom's via Mom's PO; 11 miles > >> Mom to home; 8.5 miles home to church for Council meeting; 8.5 miles > >> church back home; total 40 miles (diligently tracked on Cyclemeter on > >> my iPhone), of which 28 on the Fargo, the rest on the '03 Curt. > >> > >> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, jimD <rasterd...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > I haven't read the book yet. > >> > > >> > I've ridden bikes for more years than I admit, most of that was 'club' > >> > type riding with friends. The focus was on fitness and speed. As I > aged that > >> > became less fulfilling and I rode less and started avoiding the > climbs. > >> > Discovering Rivendell six or so years ago was the renaissance of > >> > bicycling for me. These days I ride mostly for fun but try to maintain > >> > 'century' fitness. I have an ideal commute and seldom drive to and > from > >> > work. I ride more than I ever did in my club/sport days and enjoy it > more. > >> > > >> > From my perspective, Grant is on a worthy mission with 'Just Ride'. > >> > > >> > -JimD > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On May 19, 2012, at 9:56 PM, lungimsam wrote: > >> > > >> >> I have really enjoyed this book and learned alooooooot! > >> >> I like the way Grant gives good ole' bike knowledge in simple, plain > >> >> old English. > >> >> Makes learning about, setting up, maintaining, and riding a bike fun > >> >> again. > >> >> > >> >> I have been caught up in a whirlwind of modern race bike confusion > for > >> >> the last three years and just decided this 4th year of riding that I > >> >> would ride for fun miles, and not care what my average speed is. I > >> >> just ride for fun and commuting and enjoyment and to see the beauty > of > >> >> God's creation. I also escort my wife to work as she likes to > commute, > >> >> so there is even more time on the bike for fun. I love it! Bike > riding > >> >> is fun again! > >> >> > >> >> Later, I found the Rivbike site and read their velosophy on bike > >> >> design and riding for fun, I was like "Yes, now this is what I'm > >> >> talking about!". > >> >> > >> >> So when I saw the book was coming out, I was glad to buy one. I am > >> >> almost done the book now, wish it could go on. I have been > >> >> highlighting it all over and look forward to rereading it. Has so > much > >> >> great info in there. Thanks Grant for the fun and informative read! > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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