Jan, ya nailed it! I've been racing for the last 6-7 years, and it's been fun, but lately have been focusing much more on pushing myself in other ways - longer distance, more consecutive days of long distance, extreme cold s24o's, whatever. Just new things to challenge myself. And at the same time, I enjoy putting around the park on my albatross atlantis with a beer in hand. Point is, you don't have to be a "racer" to enjoy pushing yourself. And you also don't have to push yourself to enjoy yourself :)
Today I rode to work an averaged about 15km/h haha. Smelling the flowers. Then on Saturday I'm doing a 180km/h trail ride in the rain, followed by another 240km of trails over the next two days, camping, and forecast calls for a lot of rain. I like to think I'm a balanced human being. On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 8:18:41 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I agree with Jan, but also with Mark -- but then, I see no real conflict, > just 2 different populations. Me, I am a recovering compulsive time trialer > who used to turn every commute into a record effort, and as I got older -- > into my mid 50s -- that became less and less fun. So, over the last 5-7 > years I've gradually learned to take it easier (I removed all the > computers), and I enjoy riding more. > > But, I still like to ride "energetically", still time myself, and > especially -- and this is a key point, I think -- I enjoy the *feel* of a > bike optimized, at least to a degree, for efficiency and speed. After all, > one of the great pleasures of cycling is, to use my brother's phrase, the > sensation of *efficient* motion. > > I think that even casual riders will get more pleasure from a relatively > efficient bike than from one that, say, is needlessly heavy or that has > wooden tires. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
