tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post6257488982256934775..comments2023-09-17T04:39:24.177-04:00Comments on Wrecking Ball Blog: AcrobatHuman Wrecking Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15799205524837378335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-28557138321948367732011-08-20T19:32:03.178-04:002011-08-20T19:32:03.178-04:00Have you ever noticed that a bike is so much more ...Have you ever noticed that a bike is so much more than a machine? Scoty from Star Trek felt the same about the equipment he worked on. It was a he or she, it had personality. Bikes transcend the mechanical in a similar way and become transporters! They transport your mind (if not your soul)and move you beyond pain and fear. It transports you from this world and you and the bike become one. As I move along in my ride somehow the bike and I meld and I am no longer pedaling (that just seems to happen beyond my will) but the bike and I float above the pavement. It is more like flying than riding.<br /><br />Enjoy every ride. Even the more difficult ones. <br /><br />JeffJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442362105019977694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-45535075380331972352011-08-02T18:28:39.466-04:002011-08-02T18:28:39.466-04:00In the end, we have no choice. We do the thing we ...In the end, we have no choice. We do the thing we can't *not* do. I do my best to enjoy every ride, but I fall far short. My average is going up, though.<br /><br />Keep 'em turning!Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-55505623508520861572011-07-30T14:21:19.911-04:002011-07-30T14:21:19.911-04:00It is sobering for certain. I have never really h...It is sobering for certain. I have never really had problems with cars. There are roads and places I won't go, but also roads I ride regularly that people avoid (e.g. way out Old St Augustine, Centerville, etc).<br /><br />Sometimes when I hear a big vehicle coming I wince and think "I hope this isn't the one that gets me".<br /><br />He wouldn't want us to be afraid, he wasn't.Bliebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-58781451213393732872011-07-29T21:01:21.629-04:002011-07-29T21:01:21.629-04:00Fear is the first response but for me is followed ...Fear is the first response but for me is followed by a deeper appreciation of how sweet it is to be alive.<br /><br />Feel the wind in your face and the road pass under your wheels. More life is wasted worrying about the bad that could happen than enjoying the wonder available right now.<br /><br />I'll be riding tomorrow even if I am 2000 miles away.WheelDancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219805760534549996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-22210290599038608332011-07-29T13:33:26.304-04:002011-07-29T13:33:26.304-04:00You just have to do it, get out there and put all ...You just have to do it, get out there and put all that hate into the pedals. Keep your middle finger in check, and breathe deep. <br /><br />"Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. ..." MLK Jr.Juanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283672346601878803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160951798742515830.post-44151333229583584152011-07-29T13:16:03.792-04:002011-07-29T13:16:03.792-04:00I feel that fear now too. I don't think I eve...I feel that fear now too. I don't think I ever did, even after I became a dad, till now. I think I've always been worried what type of event would make me afraid; this was it.<br />I'm riding tomorrow.mungamnoreply@blogger.com