Well I understand that to have a good blog you need an abundance of posts. I guess my little words of wisdom, read as ranting from an old opinionated guy, are not up to blog standards. For those of you that have stuck by and continued to read Thank You. If your new please hang in there I try to get out a couple or three a month, sometimes life gets in the way. Or let me steer you to the “Bike Snob” good stuff, rants more than me.
Well the weather is turning consistent and warm enough for us recreation types. Still not big on the wind which holds me back on some otherwise decent days. For the recreational rider the wind is frustrating because we are attempting to improve. Though we do not, or are unable turn ninety rpm’s and climb hills like they were flats, we suffer and put in a lot of physical effort. We don’t need to face the wind for more humiliation.
As the “Super Stars” pass us buy so effortlessly we wonder in envy how they do that. I have matched pedal stokes in what appears to be about the same gear but cannot keep up, curious. Yes the curiosity overwhelms my frustration and that alone is very puzzling. Reading the periodicals, the answer to everything is intervals. Unfortunately I personally can’t get to their warm up level before I start their intervals. It’s amazing that the “Professionals” of the sport only cater to the “Professionals” that really don’t need the information. How do we lowly recreational riders get to a level of being an enthusiast when no one wants to cater to our needs? Sounds like the reason I started this babbling to begin with.
Please don’t think that I have not improved and what I preach is useless, far from it. If you have stuck with me from the beginning, I wanted to be put out of my misery when I started cycling again. When I hit that five mile mark and it dawned on me I had to ride five more miles to get back home, I just wanted to end it right there. That was a little short of three years ago and five thousand miles of pedaling. Distance does not bother me, though I cannot bring myself to attempt to do a century, it’s a mind over matter thing (weak mind and a lot of matter). Seriously though, my rides this week are a day and night differance from three years ago, I love it and it hurts when I don’t ride. The main thing here is like the commercial says “Just Do It”.
How many of you have kids to ride with? In my case I have one I start with and he is nice enough to stay with me for the first mile. After that he may stop and wait every five miles or so to see if I am still moving. He rides at about a five mile per hour average faster than me. No respect for all the miles I towed him in a Burley trailer. My other one, the little one, stays in site, but doesn’t have the endurance, as of yet. He is good for about 30 miles right now, but then he just turned 11. By the end of summer will be another story though. The worst part about it is the fact they both have better equipment, bike wise, (then I do or ever have had) and I have good stuff. I guess that is why I decided to come out of retirement and get a real income. If anyone is looking for a sarcastic, opinionated, non politically correct, old x-cop that babbles on please let me know.
Till Next Time
Ride As Fast As You Can, Ride Safe, But Ride
“G”
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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