Nice topic, Patrick. Very zen mindfulness. Simplicity and not wanting for N+1 is nice. I've been living the Hillborne life that Riv has been recently pushing on the Blug ( http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/115426377099/sam). I swap between 36h Mavic A719's during the week and 32h Synergies on the weekends (and probably often through the summer). I've got a SOMA Groove that is a great bike but I usually only touch to move it to another side of my shop now. I've loved my trips to Walnut Creek to test ride the Roadeo, Hunq, 650b Bombadil, 650b Clem and think the H. Homer Hilson may be one of the most beautiful bikes I've ever laid eyes on (fun to test ride, too). I may lust for other bikes (almost all Rivs) but I don't feel the *need* for others. Still thrilled and giddy with the daily experience of riding the Sam for whatever I'm doing. The only time I feel like I am missing out on something is on the rare day that I don't get to ride at all.
I guess if I were to N+1, it would probably be a Brompton for traveling and trips to the city. A recent vacation had me really missing riding for a week and a half. Plus, how cool would it be to tour a museum with your bike parked in the coat check rather than worrying about a Rivendell locked to a parking meter in downtown SF?! John On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 2:44:10 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > I always try (rarely succeed) to practice contentment. I’m content with > that. Grin. Part of living this simplicity is to strive to find a way to > make what we have work. It may not be the perfect tool, but using one thing > multiple ways has a joy all it’s own. > > Since sometime this winter I’ve wanted a go-fast geared country bike. But > we (wisely) put our money toward gearing up for family biking. The > challenge has been could I do longer rides on the Quickbeam? So far, I’ve > done as long as 94 miles, 2/3rds of it dirt, and returned still feeling I > could have pushed and done 120 miles (but pushing to that degree isn’t wise > given the brain injury and my extra safety net I like to keep). Pushing to > ride the QB this way has led me to discover things about riding and about > my own strength and endurance I may not have discovered on a geared bike. > That is wonderful gift of simplicity, finding more in less. > > So I am content, for now, with N. There is joy and peace in that, > especially considering I know it makes getting bikes for my wife and > lassies possible. Of course, that is also what I said when N was just the > Hunqapillar. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- 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.
