Garth: Where do you live? Care to share any photos of your walking areas? I am very fortunate to live within a couple of hundred yards of the Rio Grande bosque, and there are miles of old "acequia" trails and dirt Rio Grande Conservancy District maintenance roads for walking -- with appropriate seasonal wildlife, for that matter. Walking in wind is rather fun.
Nick: I recall riding west one winter morning across one of our bridges over the RG, with heavy winds and huge gusts out of the south -- when you come to a bridge, the bosque wind shielding trees give way, and you are open to the full blast of southerlies/SSWesterlies. One of those gusts suddenly blew me sideways into the roadside barrier wall -- I'd well have gone into the river were the wall not there. I also recall spinning along merrily with a huge westerly at my back, big ring/small cog, just blasting up a hill, and having a large cardboard box pass my by at about 25 mph. One more anecdote, that you all (y'all, youse) who have heard it 30 times before can ignore: one early April afternoon, after a longish winter layoff, back when I worked in Gallup, NM, even more exposed to westerlies than is ABQ, I decided to go for a long lunchtime ride (I was PR Director and so was somewhat autonomous). I took my 3X7 east along old Rt 66, with a howling westerly, barreling along in the top ~96" gear (100+ gears are for wussies) at 27 mph thinking, "man, I'm in better shape than I had thought." Made it to the point where 66 dead ends into I-40; turned around; 15 miles back ---- against, you guessed it, a headwind. Dropped to the 38; dropped to the 28 (ring); backed the chain up against the spokes; ran out of water .... got back to the office and cleaned up. Had a local access TV appearance that night. Eyes red; muscles cramped so badly that when I bent forward to ease my hamstrings, my abdominal muscles would cramp. On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:38 PM Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I really don't mind about what the wind speed is for riding as far > exertion, it's that with my narrow roads and not being able to have full > control over the steering in the swirls and gusts it's not worth it. My > Frankin bike with lower trail handles fairly well in any wind, the Bombadil > can be downright scary at times as in a high cross wind I'm a mere > passenger, wherever the winds blows ..... so blows the bike and I and it's > non-negotiable. I've been "driven" many a times. This would be fun off > road and in open land but I have no such place around here to ride. On > such days I go for walk in the hills that I walk in the winter. On top of > the highest hill in summer is rather fun as the wind is highest up there. > In the winter I don't ride and when we get lake effect micro snow squalls I > go up there and with layer upon layer of hills watching it all unfold is > priceless and indescribable..... I laugh like a little kid the whole time. > It's like a living portrait, completely alive ! There is dog that lives on > that hill in home that was originally built by my uncle in the 70's. Since > I can recall every time she is outside and sees me she gallops like a horse > with big grin on her face in eager anticipation of walking with me around > the neighborhood. That's Shelby girl ! > > -- > 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. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- 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.
