Irl, That's a great lesson...one I'll be working on tomorrow with my wife as we ride on the Beach.
~Hugh “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:11 PM, WETH <erlhous...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Howard, > Thanks. In terms of my wife and riding, it has been an evolution. Three > years ago I was hoping she would ride more with me, and I never thought > she'd do an overnight. We started with very short neighborhood rides, > often with the kids. As she complained about bike fit, I replaced the > offending item: new saddle, albatross bars.... Until finally last summer we > got up to 30 mile rides and she remained relatively comfortable and really > grew to enjoy riding. Finally she gave me the green light to build her a > bike. So I bought a used surly LHT, powder coated it orange (her choice) > and gave her a classic Riv build. She kept her funky spider flex saddle > which she swears by. With the new bike, I dialed in her fit to maximize > longer distances at slower speeds in relative comfort. > The other approach I took, which was harder, was to remind myself to take > it easy and not to sprint ahead on rides. That was hard at first because I > commute a lot, and it was a challenge to conscientiously match her more > leisurely pace. I often let her take the lead or we cycle side by side and > chat. She in turn has helped me appreciate a more serene way of biking. > All the best, > Erl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/ghOPeF0yv30/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
