[RBW] How do you ride alone?
I have been a year-'round daily bike commuter for about 35 years. My daily commute from Brooklyn to the middle of Manhattan is about a 9-mile ride, each way. I am riding a 58cm mid-aughts Ramboulliet, my setup informed by the aesthetic influence of the 1970's Gitanes, Motobecanes, Peugeots of my misspent youth; fairly narrow, slopy drop bars, 23mm slicks. Until a recent accident, I was running a 3x9. When my bike gets out of sick bay, it'll be a 2x11. The temperature range I'll commute through is, roughly, 10° F to 100°+ F. In my backpack will be my work wear, a spare tube, a small pump and a small assortment of tools. Bike commuting, for me, has always been a fairly solitary pursuit... Because I'm usually running behind, I tend to ride flat out. As flat out as this schlubby sixty-sonething can manage... Sometimes I'll pick up someone who's interested in pacelining off/with me but even that is fairly solitary, as well. With my roadie laid up, my fallback has been my early eighties, aluminum frame Cannondale M800 MTB which I run set up for simple single track. During the this quarantine, while riding solo, I have been taking advantage of the relative paucity of automotive traffic to explore NYC's fairly extensive network of set-asides for bikes. Tip of the hat to the administrations of Bloomberg and deBlasio for that! If I'm out riding with my wife, we'll tend to do circuits of Prospect Park, in Brooklyn. It's certainly a terrible time for NYC but, perversely, there's probably never been a better time to bike here. The streets are quite empty. It's very strange. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fc5b97eb-0168-40fe-ab09-b5be49e0386b%40googlegroups.com.
[RBW] How do you ride alone?
Greetings, I ride solo almost everyday. I never get bored and If I didn’t have a family I could see myself creeping into Freddy Hoffman territory. Almost 95% of my rides are out and backs from my Seattle home and none of them are ever exactly the same path. I have several basic ride “routes” and usually leave with a plan but my a red light or a whim can alter my course in a 180 direction. I do like to listen to music on long trails. If I don’t have my phone songs/jingles/old army marching riffs often go on repeat in my brain. I used to run marathons and ultras so I’m used to using repetitive sounds to get in a zone. I’ve also used other mind games to mix it up. Example: I’ll sometimes pick a destination across town and will try a riding in a pattern to get there (1block north, 1 block east, repeat til you there and see how close you get). Another thing I sometimes do is follow all roads that go up. In our hilly area this can take you to some really scenic spots and is also a great workout. I’ve also looked up the steepest hills in the city and have done rides climbing as many as I can find...we’ve got some steep ones!! The main thing I do though is take pictures. There is always something interesting to see and it motivates me to keep exploring and find new places/things...,evidence in the links below. Enough words...I’m going for a ride. https://www.instagram.com/robmarkwardt/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/77502424@N00/ Rob Markwardt Seattle -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1ebf69b9-28a6-45b6-aee0-783cb6bcca93%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [RBW] How do you ride alone?
Normally, what you describe makes up my routine solo riding-- local errands of less than two miles: library, supermarket, drug store, hardware store, PO, etc, often on my way home from work. Amazing how many you can hit in one go when you live in a city. Now with this crisis, I'm restricting the errands I do to strictly food and prescriptions if necessary, but I'm going to implement a solo ramble along random streets, or the municipal path, just to get out. Anton velolumino.com On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 6:50:21 PM UTC-4, Eric Daume wrote: > > I make up errands: returning books to the library, running to the grocery > store. Lately I’ve been finding the “little free libraries” and circulating > books through them. > > I used to never use headphones, but now I almost always do. Music or > podcasts. I have a big network or little used MUPs around me, so I don’t > really worry about traffic. > > I also bought a tandem last fall. Now my kids always want to ride with me. > So there’s one answer: grow your own riding companions. > > Eric > Plain City OH > > On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Andrew Huston > wrote: > >> I had a thought. Considering the current situation it could be fun to get >> ideas on how you ride solo. I want specifics. Where, how far, what bike, >> how you make it special? Do you bring coffee, bourbon, a pipe, food? Do you >> pedal hard or take it easy? Maybe read at a favorite spot, meditate, >> whatever. Go nuts. >> This could give us ideas on how to reinvent our time on the bike while we >> deal with this weird new world. >> >> -- >> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d55d145-6e49-4a31-9d3d-b72201a299bd%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5efdeeb0-131c-4f71-a25a-3f8b73af04c2%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [RBW] How do you ride alone?
I make up errands: returning books to the library, running to the grocery store. Lately I’ve been finding the “little free libraries” and circulating books through them. I used to never use headphones, but now I almost always do. Music or podcasts. I have a big network or little used MUPs around me, so I don’t really worry about traffic. I also bought a tandem last fall. Now my kids always want to ride with me. So there’s one answer: grow your own riding companions. Eric Plain City OH On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Andrew Huston < firsttolastinaninst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a thought. Considering the current situation it could be fun to get > ideas on how you ride solo. I want specifics. Where, how far, what bike, > how you make it special? Do you bring coffee, bourbon, a pipe, food? Do you > pedal hard or take it easy? Maybe read at a favorite spot, meditate, > whatever. Go nuts. > This could give us ideas on how to reinvent our time on the bike while we > deal with this weird new world. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d55d145-6e49-4a31-9d3d- > b72201a299bd%40googlegroups.com. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5CWVHueE1PdvVbzNCgjQTu5GP%3D%2BrhsOcCkiNHjOkGoDcA%40mail.gmail.com.
[RBW] How do you ride alone?
I had a thought. Considering the current situation it could be fun to get ideas on how you ride solo. I want specifics. Where, how far, what bike, how you make it special? Do you bring coffee, bourbon, a pipe, food? Do you pedal hard or take it easy? Maybe read at a favorite spot, meditate, whatever. Go nuts. This could give us ideas on how to reinvent our time on the bike while we deal with this weird new world. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d55d145-6e49-4a31-9d3d-b72201a299bd%40googlegroups.com.
