I like this story, Liesl. Love to hear the effect "beausage" is having on James. I read this and that part of *Just Ride* from time to time. I cannot say that I had a transformational or "Ah Ha" moment in any one instance, but, I am augmenting my riding in many ways because of it. I keep returning to the book. I take many more short rides around the 'hood in street clothes and shoes without waiting to suit up for a "training ride" of some distance. I don't wait for perfect weather. Once in a while, when returning from work late, I ride the bike up and down the street just for the fun of it. You can stand anything as long as it will end soon and Southern California is always relatively mild.
Beausage reminds me of "patina" and quality silverware. Patina means you are using (and enjoying) the silverware. So it is with our bikes. Best regards and thank you for this. Tom On Monday, January 6, 2014 1:59:14 AM UTC-8, Liesl wrote: > > Hi friends, or 'kia ora' as people say here in Aotearoa/New Zealand! I > gave my kiwi nephew James a copy of Just Ride for Christmas and it appears > to be changing his life. He's read half the book and already is saying > that he bought the wrong bike (a racer) and would like a commuter. But > then — he went on to say that a new word from Just Ride is changing his > life: beausage. James's dad, a lovely lovely man, always wants things to > forever be in perfect condition. As a result, things that should don't get > used. James has learned this behavior/thinking pattern, and the word > beausage is opening his mind and heart to seeing the beauty of things that > have been used. He's looking at everything in his home differently and > much happier for it. Funny how this simple idea with a coined word > attached to it can be healing. > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
