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28-06.-2008, 12:15 AM
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Re: A Perfect Shlumpf Ride
critter wrote: > Aloha fellow unicyclist, > People that know me, know I love to MUni. Now since I got my guni29/42, > I'm loving the asphalt. I'm smiling ear to ear with the perfect road > coarse that I didn't know I had... Then I learned how to shift. > We live on the foothills of the Koolau mountain range. Most of roads > in this area are heavy traffic. But our neighborhood has a Botanical > Garden(Hoomaluhia) and the gate is close to cars most of the time. > Through the years, I rode it several times on bike and a 29er, but it > didn't really excite me. Then came gears. > > Before the Schlumpf(9 months ago), I never rode anything bigger than a > 29". I didn't even try to shift gears for the 1st 3 months. But if I was > going to enjoy this beautiful trail I needed to learn how to shift. > Because my legs and heart aren't that powerful, I have to downshift on > the up hills. I shift gears 22 times on this 6 mile coarse. One day > last week I got a perfect 22 for 22! (should post on brag thread). I'm > making this place my training coarse, as I want to enter the Century > Ride(25 miles) in September. > It's a peaceful, scenic ride. Animals I've seen (besides lots of > birds) are wild pigs and mongoose. I always knew how pretty Hoomaluhia > was, but it wasn't until the guni that I maximized the potential. I'm > sure there are lots of fun guni rides out there. I have one of the best > in my backyard. Tell me about yours. Opps, last hour of sunlight and > the Koolau mts are calling. > Keep the blood flowing, Critter  Welcome to the wonderful world of gears! I'm dying to get two more hubs; one for me and louise to put in muni's. corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/70952 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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