[RBW] Re: Just Ride can change lives
I too return again, and again to *Just Ride*. I have shared parts with friends who fret they're not wearing the right shoes, clothes, or possess the right equipment. It's helped me mellow out on keeping track of miles, focus on the beauty of the ride instead of pace, and embrace beausage as my one year old HIllborne starts to show it's wear. I've changed to flat pedals from cleats and though I took home my Hillborne with a moustache bar, today I'm off to RBW to get everything to connvert to an Albatross bar (anyone in need of a Moustache bar?). I'm hoping I can get out of there without buying a Cheriot! 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.
[RBW] Re: Just Ride can change lives
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.
[RBW] Re: Just Ride can change lives
Liesl, Hmm...you bring up such an interesting topic. Like your Nephew I have acquired a keep it pristine from my Mother God love her, but I have had that same Ah Ha moment and yes it is liberating. Here's to you helping your Nephew James see the world and it's transitory elements differently. Now what the heck happened to that darn Riv National Rally? ~Hugh 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.
