I'm with you, Joe. Leah, "legs-of-steel," has me beat. I was working pretty hard to keep my Platy aloft while my photographer took her sweet time getting several shots. A squat would have been out of the question! Riding more would definitely help.
On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 2:48:39 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > She's the strong one. If I got that low they'd eventually find me: "How > did he end up on the ground with a bike on top of him??" 🤔🤣 > > > > On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 1:27:50 PM UTC-7 Doug H. wrote: > >> Platysquats! Good work out idea Leah. >> Doug >> >> On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 12:06:52 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> More #PlatyPosing today. I decided to add a variation and do a squat >>> while lifting my Platypus. Upper and lower body work. >>> >>> >>> Actually, I tried a few different variations with little success. Lift >>> with one hand and get hit in the face when your bars swivel. Turn your feet >>> for a side pose and pull something in your back. Try it with a bicep curl >>> and find that the sloping top tube provides no ergonomics. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Aug 21, 2021, at 5:28 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>> >>> Good photos. >>> >>> Leah, this one with the dog held in place by a cargo net particularly >>> caught my eye, because it reminds me of carrying 2 energetic (not to say >>> neurotic) Shi Tzu in a milk crate bolted to a tandem rear carrier. I had >>> lashed the dogs in place with shortened leashers, but the female, the >>> neurotic one, panicked when we exceeded 8 mph and took a dive over the >>> side, causing the bike and 4 occupants to go down. This almost crushed the >>> female, dangling by neck, between crate and asphalt, but I managed to save >>> her. A cargo net would have worked better. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 11:11 AM JAS <swanso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Leah, those are such great photos of your dog in the basket and >>>> wonderful memories for you, no doubt. And look how little the wee one is >>>> on the trailer! Now he's riding his own Riv. What a legacy. Thanks for >>>> inspiring us all to hoist our bikes and get out riding! >>>> >>>> #RivSisters, >>>> Joyce >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 8:27:40 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding >>>> Ding! wrote: >>>> >>>>> Joyce, HOW could we call your Corgi a Beagle? The shame! >>>>> >>>>> When I bought my first Rivendell, I needed it to be a sort of minivan >>>>> - fun for the whole family. I had little boys I needed to pull in a bike >>>>> trailer, and then I had this Eskimo dog who wanted to ride up front. >>>>> >>>>> I got the heavy-duty Nitto rack and the biggest Wald basket money >>>>> could buy and laid an old car mat in the bottom. That dog loved his >>>>> basket >>>>> and even learned how to lean in the turns. >>>>> >>>>> The bike trailer was retired after a couple of years but the basket >>>>> stayed put with that dog in it from 2012-2019, when he finally died. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/c1Jok0AANAY/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguf0H5h-zZu-xsAUDCdh19q8F9OFcKnkq8dBtNYgGmNVw%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguf0H5h-zZu-xsAUDCdh19q8F9OFcKnkq8dBtNYgGmNVw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/efaf7490-da07-44db-b9fa-852284302061n%40googlegroups.com.
