Sometimes when I read books from the library, I list page numbers on the library receipt. These are places I want to return to. Here are the places I stopped in Just Ride: A Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike.
First, I like the graphic. Also the "equipment * health * safety * attitude"...
Also, I like that there are short chapters and long ones. Also, the division of sections in the book: Riding, Suiting Up, Safety, Health and Fitness (Don't Confuse the Two), Accessories, Upkeep, Technicalities, Velosophy.
1. "This part [of the book: "Riding"] isn't all about technique, though. It's also about attitude. They're equally important."
4 "Don't count miles." Makes other suggestions: elevation, minutes... "Counting days is best of all because it's easiest. When you count a day, you check it off whether you ride five minutes or five hours. I rode my bike today!"
13 "Corner Like Jackie Robinson" Look where you want to go, not where you don't. Your bike will go where your eyes look. Rotate your crotch on the saddle and point your hips into the turn. This is the best cornering tip you'll ever get."
15 "No Ride Too Short". "No ride is too short. Carbs aside, is a small spoonful of your favorite ice cream too little to bother with? Is a two-minute massage not worth the trouble? Pedaling a bike is the same way. It's pure fun, no matter how short it is. Five minutes of riding after a day of sitting or standing is a great way to unwind.... Easy pedaling is good thinking time. I get all kinds of ideas for bikes, products, and general life solutions during short rides. The super grand solutions often come after twenty minutes, but you'll get some good ones within five, and if you don't, it's still better than five minutes of sitting down and eating five minutes' worth of chips while viewing two minutes of television commercials."
25 "Dress Woodsy in the Woods" "Your look and bike affect your attitude when you ride. When you dress like a racer and ride a modern mountain bike with six inches of suspension travel, you tend to see the woods as your personal racecourse, and slower trail users as obstacles and inconveniences. When you dress down and ride a simple, low-tech, normal bike that demands your attention, it forces you to slow down out there. Try it, and you'll see that it's no less fun to be less of a threat."
68. "Riding burns calories and makes you eat more." "Once or twice a week, exercise to exhaustion on an empty stomach."
77 "The Unracer's guide to heart-rate monitors".... surprisingly, he's FOR HR monitors
80 "Know your guts" ... suggests that you know your LDL, blood sugar, triglycerides, and Maximum Heart Rate. I did the formula to find that mine's like 172. Fat burn range=.5-.7 of MHR. fitness-training = .7-88; anaerobic range, for building muscle and triggering a release of growth hormone .9 to 1.0
128 "Beausage (byoo-sidj)". Beausage is kind of like patina, but not exactly... Beaausage... comes only through use. It's not the same as worn out though... You probably own a hatchet, chair, knife, guitar, camera, baseball glove, typewrite, or pair of blue jeans that have been worn well and look better for it. Beausage can't happen to just anything. The object has to be well made with good, durable materials in the first place, so that use makes it berautiful without making it dysfunctional.
138+ "Reaching to the Top Bar" about bike form: do not have the seat higher than the handlebars... raise the handlebars
195 - "The S240" -- the sub-16 hour overnight bike/camping microadventure
201 - "Keeping score so you always win." "Factor in age, too. Come up with factors that favor you over them. See if you can select a combination of factors that define a category and make you number one in your peer group, your state, or the world. One of my climbs rises 800 feet in just under two miles, and I have the world record in the combined age/weight/hors-worked-a-week category of riders fifty-five or older, 185 pounds or heavier, who work forty-hours a week or more. If another guy who meets those requirements comes along and beats my time, good for him, but I can refine my category even further, until I again win..... Your friend weighs 150 pounds and rides a nineteen-pound bike. That's 169 pounds. He rides the 2,000-foot climb in thirty-nine minutes, which works out to 8.7 foot-pounds a minute. Let's say you weight 220 pounds, and ride a twenty-five-pound bike. That's 245 pounds. You ride it in fifty-five minutes, which is 8.9 foot-pounds a minute, so you win."
Other things I noted: big wheel scooters, buy a cowboy shirt, wear light seamless wool underwear
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