To all,
Answering a few e-mails I received this afternoon. Katie asked about
a "Good frame" and then I brought up ballroom dancing.
A few years ago when I was going through a divorce. Plus, a little burned
out of racing I decided to take up ballroom dancing. It's hard for me to do
things fifty percent, so I ended up competing and traveling around CA. I
enjoy autox more, and prefer racing against the time clock. The judgers are
also the coachers which travel the country. If you don't take lessons from
the coachers, it will effect the marks you get in the competitions. A lot
of politics, just like ice skating.
So, that's why I mentioned ballroom dancing :>)))
Barry....Lets go racing this weekend :>)))))
At 02:40 PM 3/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Ballroom dancing???
>
>The Elise worked great at Marina Sunday. I finally had the chance to
>run against Rich's Elan and ended up beating him by 0.2 secs for the
>win. The car turned in better and didn't push nearly as much. Now,
>it's up to me to learn how to really drive it. Thanks for the help.
>
>patrick
>
>--- Barry Spencer <BSpencer@tsoft.com> wrote:
> > At 11:30 AM 3/19/01 -0800, Kelly, Katie wrote:
> > >How do you define a "good frame?" What are things to look for?
> >
> > Straight back, nice arm position. Ooops, sorry I thought you were
> > talking
> > about ballroom dancing. :>))))))....
> > Are we all ready for the AAS season opener this weekend?. It's time
> > to get
> > the adrenaline rush.......Great, just great, really great,
> > awesome.......
> >
> > Barry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >I bought a Trek 850 a few years ago, for no other purpose than to
> > ride
> > >around town. Is this a decent frame worth "upgrading?"
> > >
> > >How do you go down rocky hills?
> > >
> > >How do you fall?
> > >
> > >I had an interesting experience in Sedona, they day before I jumped
> > out of
> > >an airplane. By the way, jumping out of an airplane is cake when
> > compared to
> > >mountain biking.
> > >
> > >Well, I mostly walked this mountain bike through the trails. I'd
> > never done
> > >single track riding before, and these seemed to mostly be from rock
> > to rock.
> > >And I have a theory about failure. For example, if you fail in an
> > autocross,
> > >you'll probably hit a cone, spin out, DNF, or whatever. You risk
> > very little
> > >injury to yourself, even others, so it's all right to make mistakes.
> > If I
> > >mess up mountain biking, though, I'm likely to break an arm, which
> > would
> > >most likely ruin the rest of my day.
> > >
> > >Anyway, on the way back to the shop that rented us the bikes, we
> > went
> > >through this "beginner's" single track. Compared to the rock
> > jumping, this
> > >was a breeze. Nothing too difficult, and by the end, my confidence
> > had
> > >soared. I was having too much fun. I practiced the "looking ahead"
> > technique
> > >that comes at such a high dollar price for most autocrossers. This
> > seemed to
> > >work, and after each little obstacle, I got better and better at it.
> > I was
> > >enjoying the challenge. I felt as if I learned something.
> > >
> > >Well, there was this straight section, we were almost home, we're
> > flying
> > >across the dirt, and I don't know what happened, but I must've hit a
> > rock or
> > >something, because the next thing I knew, I made sudden turn to the
> > right,
> > >and flew airborne into this tree on a mound.
> > >
> > >It hurt really, really bad. My friends Brigitte and Dan only heard
> > the
> > >sounds I made, which went something like, "Huh? Uhh uh uh
> > UHHHHHHHH."
> > >
> > >I was flat up against the tree. Thank God for helmets, I'll tell you
> > that
> > >much. Brigitte tried to help me stand up, but I was all tangled up.
> > I'm
> > >still bruised from this, and it this all happened over two weeks
> > ago. Before
> > >I even tried to get out of my flat knot, I first had to check to
> > make sure
> > >all my parts worked. The fingers on my left hand were numb, and the
> > area on
> > >my hand just below my left pinky STILL is tender. I still can't run,
> > nor can
> > >I even kick in swimming. I am just all messed up from this.
> > >
> > >Yet, even though crashing hurts a lot, it's kind of fun getting the
> > wind
> > >knocked out of you a little bit. I think it's because the brain
> > releases all
> > >these chemicals to block all the pain.
> > >
> > >Brigitte and Dan were really impressed, and said that when they saw
> > me all
> > >smashed up in the tree, that I looked "really cool."
> > >
> > >But then they said, "But we're just trying to understand HOW it
> > happened,
> > >Katie. We were going in a STRAIGHT LINE!"
> > >
> > >"Well, I think I hit a rock or something!"
> > >
> > >"But there are no rocks here, Katie!"
> > >
> > >All there was were just my tracks in the dirt as you can see that at
> > first I
> > >was travelling straight, and then suddenly, I turned right, as if
> > for
> > >ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.
> > >
> > >Okay, never mind. I'm having second thoughts about this mountain
> > biking
> > >stuff. I think I'll stick to autocross. I might spin out for no
> > reason, but
> > >it doesn't hurt as much.
> > >
> > >Katie K.
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