The Joy of Distance Riding with Catboy.

Normally, I ride about 1/4 mile up the street and get to ride about 4
miles or so of muni trail, each way, half of which isn't hardcore muni
and a back half thats loaded with masive drops berms and all sorts of
speedy stuff.
Within the past week a paved bike trail has been installed along the
long road behind my house, and immediately, distance bikers started
riding up the path more than normal...
Today, after lying in the sun for an hour, catching up on a good book,
and working on my tan I decided to hop out and go for a ride. I emptied
out my Camelbak with nothing but water in it's bladder, popped on my
shortest bikingshorts, and some sunglasses and away I rode, in nothing
but shorts, a camelbak and sunglasses.
Since I live in the middle of the uphill trail, I decided to head
upwards first to see how far it went. It was a lovely day, some breeze,
and the ride up was super comfy. I made it to the top, just about 2
miles... not bad, I stopped checked my muni out, noticed a slight
wiggle, and headed down my two mile ride. Since the wiggle was there, I
decided to play it safe, and 1footed the last mile without dismount(I
would have glided, but I had no leg, hands or head protection on), and
improved my 1foot technique a bunch. Stopped at home, tightened a loose
bearing bolt, and continued on...

On my way down to the bottom, back up to the top and down to the middle
again, I had plenty of time to relax and think, since the trail was
smoothe pavement and I didnt have to worry about riding. At one point I
had completely forgotten I was riding and I just sat there floating
along the path thinking about how awesome everything is. I was in THE
DISTANCE ZONE!!! I now know why some people push themselves for the long
50+ mile rides. I myself have ridden over 25 miles in one run on a muni,
but the last 6 were brutal, however after riding nearly 9 miles and
stopping at my house, I decided to ride the trail again, covering
another 6 miles. It was awesome, I had no pain, no anything, the
unicycle was a pure extension of my legs in a completly different
fashion than muni all together. In muni, you have to manipulate
yourself, as well as the unicycle, to adjust for terrain, and you don't
achieve the togetherness that just rolling along without even knowing
your riding brings.

I allofa sudden feel a great desire for a semi-distance/cruiser uni, and
spening $100 on a 28" doesn't sould like a bad idea at all, since I dont
wanna wreck my gazz.

Happy Painti... I mean, riding. From me,
Bob Ro... I mean, Catboy.


P.S. A benefit of the riding, awesome sunburn, just what I wanted...
truely!


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Coker, Coker, Coker.


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B L U E S H I F T

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yes, 'tis a brilliant feeling....I expect you were getting a little
taste of Runner's High which is exercising so much that your brain
produces a ton of endorphins and makes you fell.... well, high! it's
generally more common in endurance sports like
running/biking/unicycling, hence the name....
(:

harper wrote:
*Coker, Coker, Coker. *


wooord.


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harper wrote:
*Coker, Coker, Coker. *


I'm seriously thinking about it... and I do have a birthday in July, so
I think I know what to ask for.


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James_Potter wrote:
*yes, 'tis a brilliant feeling....I expect you were getting a little
taste of Runner's High which is exercising so much that your brain
produces a ton of endorphins and makes you fell.... well, high! it's
generally more common in endurance sports like
running/biking/unicycling, hence the name....
(:*
I got that running the other day. I need to take a activity in
Williamson. I think you'll like what I'm thinking about Michael. Oh yeah
thats right, cross country.


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Bump... it's a good read.


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Catboy wrote:
*I allofa sudden feel a great desire for a semi-distance/cruiser uni,
and spening $100 on a 28" doesn't sould like a bad idea at all, since
I dont wanna wreck my gazz.*


But then you'll just end up putting $100 worth of upgrades on it, or
breaking it first( I know I would).


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Cool. I've never bothered to try to translate that feeling into words,
but you got pretty close there. You go Catboy.


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