Great ride and report Will! KB
On 10/17/08 10:49 AM, "will newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim made me look pretty good in his ride report. I could only wish I > was that cool. I was flailing nearly the whole way as Jim pulled me > the entire route except for some of the downhills where I could catch > a breath. Jim was on his single speed fixie and I was awed as he > constantly,easily pulled away from me on the hills. I learned more > about what makes a really good cyclist by riding on his rear tire for > an hour than I have in 30 years of riding a bike. I have never had > the chance to go on a ride like that with a very experienced rider at > cruising speeds before and I was exhausted at the end, but VERY happy > that I had made it. As a result, I went out riding again on Tuesday > and Wednesday night and pushed myself harder than I ever have before, > because I just didn't know what I could do until Jim showed me. > > I am going to give a shout out to my bike as well. I am coming to > love my hybrid. The Trek 7.5 FX is nicely priced and spec'ed out with > good components and is definitely helping my transition from the > mountain to the road. With the addition of barends and an aerobar it > looks like a very fast warthog. I jumped on my old Cannondale MTB with > road tires the other day and after a few minutes realized that my 15- > year love affair with that bike was over. I was actually a little > sad, as if I had betrayed an old friend...but not sad enough! ; ) > > Hi ho Silver Warthog! and thanks Jim! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CyclistsOfWilson-COWs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
