*I guess I could have "muscled" up the climb but that just didn't seem fun.* Grant has a new entry on the Blug which addresses this: Sometimes we ride our bikes in certain ways, and in certain conditions, which may qualify as exercise/endurance/accomplishment, but fun they are not. I finished a ride a few days ago that ends in a long steep climb, and as I was grinding away in low gear at a walking pace, having no fun at all 'cause I was tired, it dawned on me, "Why am I doing this?" I finished the hill on foot, stretching my legs and looking around. It was fun. Joe No thanks, I'll walk" Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:43:28 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > Beautiful setting and the Hilsen looks like the perfect bike for the > jaunt. > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The weather here in Portland has been beautiful lately. Downright > > exceptional over the past three days while I was at work. I woke up this > > morning and it was cooler but could tell it would burn off. My wife is > out > > of town and we have a puppy so I can't get away for all day rides but I > did > > get in a 3hr ramble passing through Forest Park twice. When I first > entered > > Forest Park and ended up taking Fire Rd 1 which I had never ridden > before. > > It's quite steep in parts and so I just dismounted and just walked a few > > sections which was fine. I was on my Hilsen and one area where it > doesn't do > > so great is steep scrabbly climbs. I guess I could have "muscled" up the > > climb but that just didn't seem fun. I exited Forest Park and headed up > to > > Skyline on the pavement and took that for a little ways before dropping > back > > down into Forest Park via Saltzman and made my way down to Hwy 30 and > across > > the St Johns Bridge and back home, stopping for tacos and ice cream > along > > the way. > > > > It was just a really great ride. I was on my Hilsen with platform pedals > and > > wearing some Musa shorts and an LL Bean seersucker/hiking shirt I > recently > > purchased on sale. The shirt worked well except for on descents where it > > tends to flap in the wind a bit too much for my taste. I guess I could > tuck > > it in and the problem would be solved. > > > > After spending so much time focused on randonneuring for the past couple > of > > months it was really nice to just get out for a ramble. I'll do some > > variation on the ride tomorrow and the next day. When my wife returns > I'll > > hopefully get out for an overnight camping trip. > > > > Here's a photo set: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157630519177722/ > > > > --mike > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/qhDAgqpCyEMJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > "Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you." > > Flannery O'Connor > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yLflGxS3hlYJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
