I have some really beautiful, special bikes, but like Lynne, I mostly just ride one or two of them. Leaning toward Quickbeams and my Salsa right now. The one languishing the most is my beautiful Riv Joe Stark road. Just a great go-fast bike, but I'm not a go-fast person. So it's just collecting dust, probably under 100 miles a year. But can't bring myself to sell it as it's such a great bike! But not exactly N-1, as there are plenty of other bikes I would like to replace it with! (mostly mountain bike types).
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.
