I got a friend who told me he looks at every hill as a challenge, and if he doesn't make it up he concludes the hill beat him. He's a very competitive type of person and climbing a hill on a bicycle is a competition. It's a very negative way of looking at it, IMHO. I mean, sure, you get the bliss of knowing you bested a hill when you make it up, but you turn that ride up the hill into merely a challenge to conquer and you miss all the beauty and serenity of the area you happen to be in. The only goal is to get up it, instead of enjoying the ride (or walk) up it.
I've turned into one who has no problem walking up hills, especially the bad ones. Sometimes I will give it my all, make it a contest, and grunt my way to the top, but I much prefer the other way. On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 5:46:35 PM UTC-6, dougP wrote: > A few lines down, he mentions "I am big into walking up hills, as you can > see,". I used to beat myself up if I didn't ride every foot of the way, > then finally figured out walking worked pretty well. Instead of gasping > for air & grunting while staring at the front tire, I could look around & > enjoy the scenery at a leisurely pace. Walking avoids all the hazards of > wobbling, stalling out, falling over, etc., while working a different set > muscles. Heartily endorse. > > dougP > > On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 11:25:51 AM UTC-8, Neil Doran wrote: >> >> I could not resist bringing this photo to the attention of the Bunch. >> Hope G doesn't mind me pillaging his work, but i think he appreciates >> knowing folks read this stuff. >> >> The peculiar specificity of this image is very appealing. >> >> >> >> >> -- 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.
