More reason to be an unracer

[DS]

Hopefully this hasn't been posted before, found it on another cycling site and thought it rather fitting, hopefully we're all here on this thread so we don't fit this bill:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33769898@N04/8483985476/lightbox/

[dougP]

Ain't it the truth?  "...sounds worse than a job...."  A wise sage one time said "Ride when you feel like riding, not because of some schedule", or words to that effect. 

dougP

[Michael Hechmer]

Yesterdays sunshine and warmer temps (hi=27) brought out more cyclist. Interestingly quite a few of them were wearing the same wardrobe, one with a black stipe up their backs.  Why do they all want to look like that?

Michael

Westford, Vt

[Tony DeFilippo]

Well worth sharing! Thanks.

[Ron Mc]

I had a great opportunity to play hookie yesterday afternoon - in the morning I had to drive to the county seat, opposite from the office, to be fingerprinted for my engineering license renewal.  Weekday traffic is too scary to ride close to home, so I loaded up my go-fast.   I hadn't been on that bike in a month, and hauled it to a 13-mi one-way paved creek path that connects a series of parks.  It's crazy crowded on the weekends, so this was a rare opportunity for me.  I pushed myself, and my improving strength was noteworthy to me - but no empirical measurements for my 26 miles. While the air was delightfully cool, the sun pushed us into the 80s, making moving more pleasant than water stops.  It was exercise, but it was all play.  The only sounds, other than my Crane mini-bell to warn the scattered pedestrians, was the whoosh of the wind and the quiet ping of my tires on the concrete joints.  My aesthetic tires made me giggle.- Evo in front (all that fits) and Parigi in back.  Chatted with some nice folks at water stops.  Recommended Brooks saddles to a couple on new upright bikes complaining to each other about the effects of their nasty plastic-padded-pan saddles.  Tried to explain steel bikes and big tires to a gent on an equally vintage Trek alloy road bike who seemed a bit hung up on weight, but has recently enjoyed a lifestyle change moving from Houston to San Antonio.  And thanks for the comic - it was fun.  

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Ha! Nice.

I miss Calvin (and Hobbes, of course). 

Luckily, I get to hop on my Hilsen in a few minutes and ride over to the grade school where we're putting on a Bike Skills Rodeo today.  Sounds like play from here!

- Jim / cyclofiend.com

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:13:15 PM UTC-7, DS wrote:

[Daniel D.]

this is my favorite bike related panel
http://bizarrocomics.com/2013/11/15/tough-guys/

[cyclotourist]

I exclusively use my bike for playing. No better reason!

Cheers,
David

"it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal

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[Deacon Patrick]

I race trees. I'm undefeated! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick

[dougP]

I'm winless against students wearing humungous backpacks, riding cheap MTBs with fat knobbies.  The do have the advantage of youth.

dougP

[Ron Mc]

the nice thing about knobby kids is they don't surprise you when they blow past you - you hear them coming for a long way.  I always like the guys who alter their speed when you close on them, so you pick it up a hair and they squirm, shift and hump away.  If any of this applies to the trees Deac, don't drink the coffee.  

[Deacon Patrick]

Well, Ron, I often hear the trees long before I see them. Especially on windy days. Sometimes I wonder if they even know we're racing. I tend to blow past them like they're standing still. They're always great sports, though, usually waving me on, offering me shade or a wind break (though those may be sly tactics). I do wonder what will happen if they ever get as riled as they did in the Battle of Isengard.

With abandon,

Patrick

[Ron Mc]

you need to see some of our creek-bottom roads with cypress tunnels

this is how we beat the summer heat

especially if we're coming off a divide

[Tony DeFilippo]

Ron,  gorgeous cypress tunnel shot... this jogs my memory for a question I'd been wanting to ask... for riding across shallow but reasonably broad 15-20'+ creek beds is there a consensus on the most effective tires?  I ask because I regularly access a gorgeous piece of land in Winchester VA that has 7 creek crossings over a 2 mile double track road back to a family cabin, and 3 crossings going out the other side. 

 

Tony

 

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