Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Chris
On Dec 20, 1:02 pm, "PATRICK MOORE" <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats on 1500. I often am reluctant to ride when I'm tired or busy, > thinking that if I can't ride hard for at least 20 miles (road) or 15 miles > (dirt roads) it "doesn't count" -- a strange fixation since I've never raced > and most of my riding has always been errand riding and commuting. But I've > been trying, as I age, to ease off and ride for the sake of riding, not for > some nebulous inner time trial goal. > > I find that off road riding -- which for me is dirt road riding -- is more > relaxing, since I don't have, quasi programmed into me after so many years, > the need to cover so much distance in so much time; the conditions on dirt > are simply different enough that the mindset gets shut off. In short, I tend > to ride in a more relaxed way on dirt. Fortunately, I have access to miles > of nice doubletrack and acequia (old irrigation ditch) roads literally a > stone's throw from my front door, and they actually serve to get me to > places -- church, store, Mom -- so that they are becoming a relaxing > alternative to "heartrate hell" road riding. Now if only I could get a > Rivendell ss/fixed 29er that will take true 60s and fenders ... > > Patrick "not gonna look at my odometers until after Jan 1" Moore > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My riding partner and I were doing a new loop in San Diego today and > > while we were waiting for the ferry to Coronado, up rolled a beautiful > > Red/Creme Saluki. Jim and I talked "Rivendell" for a while... It was > > nice to see the Suluki next to my Bleriot, I couldn't tell much > > difference. The Saluki did have more ornate lugs. Anyway, I pointed > > Jim to this group, hope he finds it. > > Chris > > BTW- I reached my yearly goal of 1500 miles today! :) I realize 1500 > > isn't much, but this was my first serious year of riding... I'm > > shooting for 3000 in 2009! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
