When is a cyclist no longer a beginner?
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01-19-2009, 05:14 PM #1
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When is a beginner's end?
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01-19-2009, 05:16 PM #2
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Just guessing, but I'd think it would be when they don't feel like a beginner anymore.
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01-19-2009, 05:18 PM #3
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After the first low speed fall when clipped in
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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01-19-2009, 06:53 PM #4
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
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01-19-2009, 07:02 PM #5
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Originally Posted by malkin
That's quite wonderful."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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01-19-2009, 08:07 PM #6
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Hmmm.
I don't think I want to be an expert
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01-20-2009, 11:19 AM #7
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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
After the first low speed fall when clipped in
Yup! That's it! Before I moved I was riding quite a bit on an older bike I was quite comfortable on . New bike, new town, new riders...I'm a beginier all over again, out of my comfort zone.
And yeah, tipping over counts too! I feel like I have to learn to ride clipless all over again as well!Be yourself, to the extreme!
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01-20-2009, 02:21 PM #8
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When you wear out your first set of tires before they dry rot
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01-21-2009, 03:42 AM #9
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the scars on your legs, from getting used to clipless pedals heal,
THEN...
its windy, you ride
it rains , you ride
your tired, you ride
you have your period, you ride
your ill, you ride
your sick of riding, you ride.
you get up earlier and earlier, to ride.Sometimes its dark.
the clothesline seems to be taken up with more and more lycra.
You catch yourself discussing Tour de France team tactics with strangers.
Thats when!
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01-23-2009, 09:52 AM #10
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I no longer felt like a beginner when i stopped getting nervous about riding with a group of people.
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01-23-2009, 11:20 PM #11
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Oh, geez, I did that at month one. I was strapped in, not clipped. Does it still count? Ha! Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
After the first low speed fall when clipped in
This has been a very inspiring thread. Thank you all for contributing.
RoxyLast edited by channlluv; 01-23-2009 at 11:28 PM.
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