Re: [RBW] Testing and Learning with Sam Hillborne...unexpected results

2018-06-17 Thread Patrick Moore 
Nice build, and interesting writeup. I can't say that I, either, find the
plant eye pleasing, but it is, so to speak, philosophically pleasing for
the reasons you describe. (The Sam is eye pleasing, for the record, despite
its second top tube.)

It's sad that so many such operations have been sold down the river, so to
speak, leaving so many people without constructive work -- just read
interesting essay by woman minister, of all people, regretting departure of
the manual work that her male forbears and their communities did, to their
and their communities' loss in, well, essentially virtue in the
Aristotelian and Matthew Crawfordian sense. Now we're left with much more
nebulous work which is generally much less enriching; what was her term?
Bullshit work or something non-complimentary (though possibly
complementary) like that.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Austin B.  wrote:

> I swapped the Cazaderos and Albastaches on my Sam and put it back into
> stripped down pavement mode, with Compass Bon Jon’s and drop bars, largely
> for the purpose testing a quill stem adapter + threadless stem for possible
> use on a new 61cm Roadini (it’s orange!!) where I’ll be transferring
> components from an existing bike.
>
>
>
> I planned on doing about a 25 mile ride this morning, and ended up doing
> 42. Lots of scenery, mixed surfaces and hills. A ride of farms, forests,
> small towns, and public parks; and of industry. One of the highlights of my
> longer ride was actually riding by the Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge,
> MD. It’s a massive tower which I presume processes mined stone into a
> useful form for cement & concrete and is fed via a conveyor from a nearby
> quarry. But more than the sight of it was the sound which could be heard
> almost a mile away. Almost a smooth, soothing hum that signified everything
> was working as it should. A sound you want to hear from a production
> operation. If you’ve ever spent time in a factory or a printer, you’ll know
> what I mean. If you hear variable loud, erratic, sounds, you know something
> isn’t right. You want that hum.
>
>
>
> Most might think a concrete plant is an unsightly thing, and admittedly, I
> wouldn’t want this view & sound from my back yard. But to me, it’s also a
> thing of beauty, and an achievement of mankind that has enabled the
> construction of skyscrapers, bridges, road infrastructure, airport runways,
> and made so much possible. People built that.
>
>
>
> It reminded me when I stayed at a family member’s house for a week in a
> small town which was close to an in-town train track. Every morning around
> 6am train would wake me—and the sound of the cars rolling across the track
> was soothing, calming even. This, like the concrete plant, communicated
> that economic activity was happening, and that people were at work doing
> what they do. That all is well.
>
>
>
> On this occasion today, I wouldn’t have experienced it but by bike. And I
> also wouldn’t have seen it if my Sam didn’t inspire me to go further than I
> planned. I thank Rivendell for enabling this experience to happen.
>
>
>
> 
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[RBW] Testing and Learning with Sam Hillborne...unexpected results

2018-06-17 Thread Austin B. 
 

I swapped the Cazaderos and Albastaches on my Sam and put it back into 
stripped down pavement mode, with Compass Bon Jon’s and drop bars, largely 
for the purpose testing a quill stem adapter + threadless stem for possible 
use on a new 61cm Roadini (it’s orange!!) where I’ll be transferring 
components from an existing bike.

 

I planned on doing about a 25 mile ride this morning, and ended up doing 
42. Lots of scenery, mixed surfaces and hills. A ride of farms, forests, 
small towns, and public parks; and of industry. One of the highlights of my 
longer ride was actually riding by the Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, 
MD. It’s a massive tower which I presume processes mined stone into a 
useful form for cement & concrete and is fed via a conveyor from a nearby 
quarry. But more than the sight of it was the sound which could be heard 
almost a mile away. Almost a smooth, soothing hum that signified everything 
was working as it should. A sound you want to hear from a production 
operation. If you’ve ever spent time in a factory or a printer, you’ll know 
what I mean. If you hear variable loud, erratic, sounds, you know something 
isn’t right. You want that hum.

 

Most might think a concrete plant is an unsightly thing, and admittedly, I 
wouldn’t want this view & sound from my back yard. But to me, it’s also a 
thing of beauty, and an achievement of mankind that has enabled the 
construction of skyscrapers, bridges, road infrastructure, airport runways, 
and made so much possible. People built that. 

 

It reminded me when I stayed at a family member’s house for a week in a 
small town which was close to an in-town train track. Every morning around 
6am train would wake me—and the sound of the cars rolling across the track 
was soothing, calming even. This, like the concrete plant, communicated 
that economic activity was happening, and that people were at work doing 
what they do. That all is well.

 

On this occasion today, I wouldn’t have experienced it but by bike. And I 
also wouldn’t have seen it if my Sam didn’t inspire me to go further than I 
planned. I thank Rivendell for enabling this experience to happen.




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