[RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-26 Thread Joe Bernard
His friend took the shot on his phone. -- 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,

[RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-26 Thread Ryan M.
This is a great shot that shows a lot of what, I hate to call "the Rivendell philosophy" of riding is. I would love to know if this was shot on film or digital and converted to b&w. On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 1:25:51 PM UTC-6, Neil Doran wrote: > I could not resist bringing this photo

[RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-26 Thread Ryan M.
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 blis

Re: [RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-25 Thread David Bivins
Doug - you just reminded me of a time that I was riding up the hill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, with my son on the back of my bike, bringing him back from a birthday party or something. The road is shared by pedestrians, joggers, and cyclists. My son said "Dad, why is everyone running faster than y

[RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-25 Thread dougP
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 & e

[RBW] Re: this photo, from the blahg, 2/19/2019...

2019-02-25 Thread Chris L
I also really liked that image. As my mom would ask "was he holding his mouth right?". On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 1:25:51 PM UTC-6, 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 ap