| Re: How do you log rides?
Excellent point Tom.....looking forward to new experiences not bound by
the past.
Overall, my rides improved after chucking the bike computer and doing
more exploring, searching out fun roads and trails, usually away from
designated bike paths and lanes; on road, off road, anywhere. Heck,
even smiling and talking with people. Don't want to know how much
farther the ride is, or even look forward to the end. The computer
turned me into a hammerhead with blinders on; now I'm just a part-time
hammerhead. Knowing overall time at the end of a century is
interesting, but doesn't really serve to improve the quality of the
ride.
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> I've lived & ridden in the same city pretty much all my life,
> so one might think it's a lead pipe cinch for me to know all
> the routes. But it's constantly evolving and and changing,
> as the City installs new facilities and reconfigures streets.
>
> One self-inflicted challenge I particularly enjoy is not so much
> about speed or time per se, but to figure out as-the-crow-flies
> routes that cut diagonally across the street-layout grid, often
> using shortcuts through parks, parking lots, etc. The speed &
> time thing then just naturally falls into place. I just can't
> restrict myself to just riding on arterials, or side streets,
> or bike lanes, or MUPs. If it's there and it's useful -- I'll
> use it. I guess I'm an essentialist-advantagist.
>
> So it's really not enough to just figure out a good route
> once and for all, and then habitually keep using it. One
> has to keep one's eyes & mind open, and occasionally re-explore
> the already-explored. What's an odious route today could very
> well become a beauty tomorrow. I used to make digital notes
> about such changes and improvements. Now I make mental notes,
> and that's good enough for me. Besides, when I'm awheel, I
> don't have access to my home computer system. But it's all
> "up here" (usually).
>
> I dunno -- maybe there's something Anal Retentive about going
> to quantative numerical extremes of making preserved museum
> specimens out of past rides? Maybe a bike ride has a Spirit
> that really needs to be let go and released, instead of clung-to
> or caged in an atrophying database or spreadsheet. If someone
> needs to experience a ride, a fresh one does the trick.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
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>
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