tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post5797183964593266606..comments2024-03-27T05:14:23.738-04:00Comments on Lovely Bicycle!: Dream StatesVelouriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-18596734754571583712012-07-29T15:03:02.667-04:002012-07-29T15:03:02.667-04:00A very recent bicycling dream:
Riding my old Alpe...A very recent bicycling dream:<br /><br />Riding my old Alpe d'Huez, suddenly built up as a single speed, on Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square. Unlike reality, I had the space to do a u-turn. I wasn't even in town for that dream.New England Bicyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609454624593868118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-4047943589906563362012-07-29T14:57:53.050-04:002012-07-29T14:57:53.050-04:00Agreed. I include the 3 Connecticut River valley ...Agreed. I include the 3 Connecticut River valley counties and Berkshire County as western Massachusetts. I am originally from the valley. There is great cycling out there.<br /><br />In the late seventies, a couple of UMass professors unsuccessfully tried to start a campaign to create the Independent State of the Quabbin with the four western counties. We were to get all our revenue from selling the Metropolitan District Comission water.New England Bicyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609454624593868118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-40863014453226882492012-07-26T04:52:47.991-04:002012-07-26T04:52:47.991-04:00it's strange, i went cycling last night, aroun...it's strange, i went cycling last night, around ten pm on a vintage bike i picked up and am restoring (i just fixed the brakes and was testing), feeling the geometry, the handlbars (flat old vintage porteurs), the tyres (originals!), the whole experience, drinking it in and really getting a kind of zen and the art of bicycle maintenance intimacy with something someone designed seventy years ago - it made me realise how much cycling is like meditation, an immediate here and now focus that then suddenly sets one free to transcend.derfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980838764306792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-62757279325704431942012-07-25T22:15:52.806-04:002012-07-25T22:15:52.806-04:00awesome!awesome!Kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-66117938588831803682012-07-25T15:48:40.401-04:002012-07-25T15:48:40.401-04:00More bike dreams....
http://revesperminute.tumblr....More bike dreams....<br />http://revesperminute.tumblr.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-247922748046111282012-07-25T13:48:00.888-04:002012-07-25T13:48:00.888-04:00I wish my dreams were as pleasant as yours. They ...I wish my dreams were as pleasant as yours. They struck a chord in me, helping me to remember many rides of just cruising for hours....RunningBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044610454826999696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-59731978991141551932012-07-25T13:09:11.534-04:002012-07-25T13:09:11.534-04:00I went to U Mass Amherst and married a girl from o...I went to U Mass Amherst and married a girl from out there. I consider the Connecticut Valley and west of that to be Western Mass - some validators of this are the counties (Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin on either side of that river, and Berkshire) and the 413 area code which hasn't fractured like 617 has so many times.<br /><br />Central Mass I consider Worcester County, running from NH to RI borders (which is largely area code 508), though some of Middlesex tails off there.<br /><br />Anything east of that is Eastern Mass, which subdivides in some people's minds to Greater Boston, Inside 495, South Shore, North Shore, Southeast or Southern Mass (Bristol County - Buzzards Bay to RI) and of course the Cape and Islands.Quincyclistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-3704756377799383792012-07-25T12:54:15.005-04:002012-07-25T12:54:15.005-04:00Thanks for sharing,really well written and makes m...Thanks for sharing,really well written and makes me what to get on my bike right now.jackhttp://www.bicycleaccidentlawyerhelp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-65379376924679918852012-07-25T12:38:59.061-04:002012-07-25T12:38:59.061-04:00Those blue flowers are truly gorgeous and dreamy!Those blue flowers are truly gorgeous and dreamy!Belle Cybilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-75805801366410450482012-07-25T12:34:32.140-04:002012-07-25T12:34:32.140-04:00I am impressed that you find riding to Coolidge co...I am impressed that you find riding to Coolidge corner dreamy; that area stresses me out! But I do love riding through Cambridge and Somerville.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-64640608418441999242012-07-25T12:31:51.795-04:002012-07-25T12:31:51.795-04:00I've been working on the review, almost done. ...I've been working on the review, almost done. The bike is hard to write about; you'll see.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-88344347234703736112012-07-25T12:27:26.130-04:002012-07-25T12:27:26.130-04:00Here is a post about this bike.<a href="http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/04/look-at-rawland-rsogn.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a post about this bike.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-11749880230132676582012-07-25T12:24:32.117-04:002012-07-25T12:24:32.117-04:00Thanks for the correction. I tend to think of &quo...Thanks for the correction. I tend to think of "Western Mass" as anything not on the coast, but I know that's wrong.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-75973896383628707652012-07-25T12:22:33.333-04:002012-07-25T12:22:33.333-04:00Hmmmm I don't know about any of that : )Hmmmm I don't know about any of that : )Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-53457454387288220932012-07-25T12:21:58.176-04:002012-07-25T12:21:58.176-04:00Thank you for sharing, those are beautiful.Thank you for sharing, those are beautiful.Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-21855777436238157162012-07-25T12:21:10.618-04:002012-07-25T12:21:10.618-04:00click on the picture!click on the picture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-20595878496352524482012-07-25T11:40:09.490-04:002012-07-25T11:40:09.490-04:00What bike is that in the photo?What bike is that in the photo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-80107045743339257272012-07-25T11:23:04.992-04:002012-07-25T11:23:04.992-04:00Geographical note: Twice recently you have referre...Geographical note: Twice recently you have referred to areas of Massachusetts as 'western' when they're really central. Groton and Barre are both beautiful places, Groton actually in the same small county as Cambridge and Barre only in the county of Worcester, just the next one over. Even in the tiny state of Massachusetts, 'western' can't really be said to start for a score or more of miles past these places.<br /><br />This isn't to be a pain, but to make a suggestion: Being accurate with this might help your readers understand just how much beautiful riding there is in the somewhat underappreciated central part of Massachusetts - a lot! - and how easily they could be there too, by short drive or MBTA train to Fitchburg or Worcester.<br /><br />Of course, it doesn't have the same ring to it as mystical 'Western Mass', with its literary and artistic associations with the Berkshires (still hours from Groton or Barre), but you would come up with something. The hill towns of Central Massachusetts are a complete delight. Glad you are enjoying them and hope to see more stories of riding there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-50354569317278244922012-07-25T10:57:34.251-04:002012-07-25T10:57:34.251-04:00Okay, I am going to give this a try:
bikes tied t...Okay, I am going to give this a try:<br /><br />bikes tied together = you want wider tires.<br />writing a letter from the road, don't know to whom = blogging<br />border patrol and sandwich = you want to ride BMB!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-80676396623039286612012-07-25T10:45:30.522-04:002012-07-25T10:45:30.522-04:00I don't often remember my dreams, but I've...I don't often remember my dreams, but I've often found music that I either listened to, sang, or had going through my head on long rides to have a wonderfully evocative effect afterward, sometimes for months of years every time I hear it. And many of the longest rides I've done are firmly associated in my memory with whatever music I was listening to, thinking of, or had been practicing.<br />The Pennsylvania 1000k makes me think of Jacob Van Eyck's Daphne variations; improvising on "Summertime" makes me think of riding through Bavaria in the middle of the night; Giovanni Paolo Cima's Sonata Prima makes me think of Townes Pass on the Furnace Creek 508; Ella Fitzgerald singing "Moonlight in Vermont" makes me think of climbing Middlebury Gap on Boston-Montreal-Boston (the only time I ever brought a music player and headphones on a long ride).<br />It's not quite a dream world, but those pieces bring the feel of those rides to mind more vividly than photos or ride reports ever could.Emily O'Brienhttp://www.dillpicklegear.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-22380819824189347782012-07-25T10:01:35.454-04:002012-07-25T10:01:35.454-04:00Dreams are so cool!
I really like the vision of ty...Dreams are so cool!<br />I really like the vision of tying 4 bikes together to ride down the icy hill - dream logic!OldBikeRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214844204171115144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-72998635429159745962012-07-25T09:18:22.788-04:002012-07-25T09:18:22.788-04:00I love these! I've had rides that I still &qu...I love these! I've had rides that I still "daydream" to, due to the lighting, the sights and smells and sounds. I love your posts and their varied subjects.<br />NMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-46093669594733099942012-07-25T08:48:33.576-04:002012-07-25T08:48:33.576-04:00I love your story. Thanks for sharing.I love your story. Thanks for sharing.Casey Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943443728827428272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-84123274596728378032012-07-25T08:35:12.908-04:002012-07-25T08:35:12.908-04:00Terrific post. Dreams are fascinating, aren't ...Terrific post. Dreams are fascinating, aren't they?Trailer Tradhttp://trailertrad.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467858377106451384.post-57819982010565789432012-07-25T05:53:39.933-04:002012-07-25T05:53:39.933-04:00lovely post, my cycling is more defensive (a bit l...lovely post, my cycling is more defensive (a bit like effortlessness of roadcycling - not the way it feels in the real world as you say), a feeling of control, movement, being part of things and not, rather than overwhelmed by things or detached in disturbing ways - thanks for the post!derfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980838764306792noreply@blogger.com