My Century
Originally Posted by
WNCGoater
Sorry so lengthy.
I've hesitated to even post this as many of you have so many more impressive "milestones" having been involved with cycling so many years. It's almost as if I feel I'm "imposing" on veterans of many cycling "battles" with my newb accomplishment. However, it occurs to me that everyone had a first time to reach a goal and felt a sense of accomplishment and wanted to share it. And so it is with me….
So that's my first century. If you took the time to read it I hope you enjoyed.
I did read it. A joy of cycling for me is that we see and experience things on a relatively “microscopic” scale compared to the “macroscopic” viewpoint of the motorist. So, many situations and events loom large and noteworthy in our travels, seemingly trivial to others, and we want to relate them, and not just keep them to ourselves. In writing them down, they can recur in our minds when we re-read them.
The basic tenet of my own postings is:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…Last year I came upon a post that to me embodied the communication style that I like about BF. In response to a long quote, [mention=250962]turbo1889[/mention] wrote [not to me]:
Originally Posted by
turbo1889
First of all you have no need to apologize for a lengthy post, least of all to me of all people. Part of the reason I like forums as apposed to other forms of written communal internet forms is because I consider it the "long deep conversation format" rather then the quick short snappy sound bite like format like twitter and such.
and
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…to post and literally "journal" my thoughts and activities about cycling and lifestyle (even if nobody else reads them), but which I wouldn't write down otherwise…
Regarding impressive "milestones," I like this adage I read on a Forum,
"My 15 mph [or 50 miles, etc] are to me as your 25 mph [or double century, etc] are to you."