Patrick, Nice slant on an old topic. And I like the Zen aspect.
I get what Garth is saying, and well the truth is the truth if your willing to accept it. We all have our own time frame. And all these material things are transitory, we can't take them with us where we're going. Another way to perceive it is that we are care taking them for the next caretaker. Ownership is an illusion. Regarding the thread, I have 4 bikes. 1. A. Homer 2. Atlantis 3. 1984 Trek 660 4. 1995 Salsa Ale Carte MTB. The 660 will be built this Summer and the Salsa needs some work new cockpit. Thinking about those Jones bars. And the Jones bikes are so tempting. Mike thanks for the feedback very helpful. If I had one bike and only one bike then it would be the Hilsen it can and does handle most everything I throw at it! Road & dirt with aplomb.This of course is based on the current type of riding I do. Like others I rationalized the need to have multiple bikes and so I built the Atlantis. It's nice to have different bikes dedicated to different purposes. But as I get older and contemplate retirement I'm sure I'll thin the herd. The latest temptation would be a fat tire bike. I keep rolling the notion around my head whether I'd really use it enough? And then I tell myself that's why I purchased the Atlantis. Ah first the world dilemma! As my Father always says "make do with what you have" ~Hugh Los Angeles, CA 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 > 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.
