Do you have an "attitude?"
04-26-12 | 04:41 AM
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04-26-12 | 06:18 AM
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I was a springboard diver in HS. Short, explosive motions. Never swam an event longer than 100 yds, where I did pretty well* (for a diver.) In short, I was totally twitch fibers. As I aged, I had to learn how to use more slow-twitch muscles and go more for endurance. My reflexes are no longer fast enough to do the diving, and swimming for its own sake sorta sucks. My musculature still isn't ideal for bicycling, and never will be; but I make do.
04-26-12 | 06:21 AM
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I also played sports in high school and college - baseball was my best, I got killed in football with my weight (didn't attempt that in college), and basketball but gravitated towards the slow twitch things when I got older - running, cycling, swimming, etc.
I'm also a sailor and love the competitive aspects of racing too. This winter my wife and I went on a cruise and got to race on American Cup boats on an excursion - one of the most exciting things I ever did.
04-26-12 | 08:50 AM
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I'm not sure I understand the OP's question. I really don't understand "attitude" either, which is why I looked up the definition. Funny enough, our cycling club's motto is "We're not a club, we're an attitude." Which I always found a bit odd, actually.
I have modified it slightly
for those of us in the club that enjoy climbing (on road bikes), to "We're not a club,we're an altitude!" Because, well, I understand altitude. I guess I don't really have a "theme" either. I ride some rides in a totally non-competitive way, while at other times (and esp. on brutal climbs) and I can be a bit competitive.
So, for me, no easy answers to this one!
Rick / OCRR
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- A settled way of thinking or feeling, typically reflected in a person's behavior.
- A position of the body proper to or implying an action or mental state: "the boy was standing in an attitude of despair".
I'm not sure I understand the OP's question. I really don't understand "attitude" either, which is why I looked up the definition. Funny enough, our cycling club's motto is "We're not a club, we're an attitude." Which I always found a bit odd, actually.
I have modified it slightly
for those of us in the club that enjoy climbing (on road bikes), to "We're not a club,we're an altitude!" Because, well, I understand altitude. I guess I don't really have a "theme" either. I ride some rides in a totally non-competitive way, while at other times (and esp. on brutal climbs) and I can be a bit competitive. So, for me, no easy answers to this one!
Rick / OCRR
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04-26-12 | 08:56 AM
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04-26-12 | 09:12 AM
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Of course I have an attitude. It has been developed from the experiences of living 73 years. Experience teaches you what is good what is bad, what will work and what wont. Call it attitude if you want, I call it knowledge thru a lifetime of learning.
04-26-12 | 11:48 AM
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I'm not sure I understand the OP's question. I really don't understand "attitude" either, which is why I looked up the definition. Funny enough, our cycling club's motto is "We're not a club, we're an attitude." Which I always found a bit odd, actually.
I have modified it slightly for those of us in the club that enjoy climbing (on road bikes), to "We're not a club,we're an altitude!" Because, well, I understand altitude. I guess I don't really have a "theme" either. I ride some rides in a totally non-competitive way, while at other times (and esp. on brutal climbs) and I can be a bit competitive.
So, for me, no easy answers to this one!
Rick / OCRR
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- A settled way of thinking or feeling, typically reflected in a person's behavior.
- A position of the body proper to or implying an action or mental state: "the boy was standing in an attitude of despair".
I'm not sure I understand the OP's question. I really don't understand "attitude" either, which is why I looked up the definition. Funny enough, our cycling club's motto is "We're not a club, we're an attitude." Which I always found a bit odd, actually.
I have modified it slightly
for those of us in the club that enjoy climbing (on road bikes), to "We're not a club,we're an altitude!" Because, well, I understand altitude. I guess I don't really have a "theme" either. I ride some rides in a totally non-competitive way, while at other times (and esp. on brutal climbs) and I can be a bit competitive. So, for me, no easy answers to this one!
Rick / OCRR
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04-26-12 | 01:24 PM
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I was the fast guy on the track team (sprints), fast cars, couldnt sit still if it bored me....and man, dont do that (Thomas Hiway, "Heartbreak Ridge") 
If it has spark plugs I want to know how fast it goes.
My Trek 460 and the Technium kinda reflect that.....and so do the rides.
If it has spark plugs I want to know how fast it goes.
My Trek 460 and the Technium kinda reflect that.....and so do the rides.
04-26-12 | 03:36 PM
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In the Air Force I was Munitions Maintenance (If you see me running, try to keep up!)
i never ever messed around "playing" any kind of ball but I'll race any body, any time...
Felt F3C
Piper Super Cub
'66 Datsun vintage race car
Adirondack Guide Boat (wooden!)
Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag
In the Air Force I was Munitions Maintenance (If you see me running, try to keep up!)
i never ever messed around "playing" any kind of ball but I'll race any body, any time...
04-26-12 | 03:58 PM
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My turbo-diesel Jetta TDI does not have spark plugs, but I've taken the hole shot on BMW's on standing start climbs! Most fun car I've owned. It's the same TDI technology as the Audi R10, and it doesn't need spark plugs either to go extremely fast! I guess I cop an attitude when I'm in the Jetta, more than in my previous Subaru wagon!
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04-26-12 | 05:22 PM
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You think sailing can't be aggressive (a question not directed at you, but the non-yachties)?
I was foredeck crew on one yacht, and when it came to aggressive starts and manoeuvring for buoy space, and starboard calls, I was there, shouting to the skipper to keep it up. We had more than a few passes within inches of other yachts, and if you've been in close quarters with three, four or seven ton boats, you'll know that the skippers have to have great confidence in what they are hearing... and in your judgment that their boat is going to miss the other one.
We won a few pennants with a yacht that was an oldie but a goodie (of course, handicaps helped, but we sailed to hers, and did very well).
On another yacht, a "sailing master" was brought on board, and our successes to that point evaporated. I was royally pissed when we lost a pennant through the guy's inability to get the tactics right.
Sailing is about the only sport in which I've let the aggressive genie out of the bottle. I did play field hockey for quite a few years, as a goalkeeper, but never really achieved that much.
Randonneuring and 24-hour cycling races appeal to me because I am competing against to myself, and, in my mid-50s, they're something I can succeed at without putting huge amounts of emotional energy into them... and thoroughly enjoy.
I was foredeck crew on one yacht, and when it came to aggressive starts and manoeuvring for buoy space, and starboard calls, I was there, shouting to the skipper to keep it up. We had more than a few passes within inches of other yachts, and if you've been in close quarters with three, four or seven ton boats, you'll know that the skippers have to have great confidence in what they are hearing... and in your judgment that their boat is going to miss the other one.
We won a few pennants with a yacht that was an oldie but a goodie (of course, handicaps helped, but we sailed to hers, and did very well).
On another yacht, a "sailing master" was brought on board, and our successes to that point evaporated. I was royally pissed when we lost a pennant through the guy's inability to get the tactics right.
Sailing is about the only sport in which I've let the aggressive genie out of the bottle. I did play field hockey for quite a few years, as a goalkeeper, but never really achieved that much.
Randonneuring and 24-hour cycling races appeal to me because I am competing against to myself, and, in my mid-50s, they're something I can succeed at without putting huge amounts of emotional energy into them... and thoroughly enjoy.
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04-27-12 | 03:54 PM
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I'm female. I have 3 brothers and no sisters. I spent the first 20 years of my life listening to people tell me "girls don't do things like that" (or worse, "nice girls don't do things like that"). Couldn't play Little League, and Bobby Sox Softball didn't come to my hometown until I was a year too old for it. KidBro and I played catch by the hour for years, until we were both well into our teens. My adolescence was in the '60s. Nearly every job I've had has been in traditionally male fields. My first bought-it-myself car (new, too, and not just "new to me" used) was a '75 Trans Am. Same year I got my commercial driver license. Couple of years later I added a motorcycle endorsement to my license. I'm very highly respected in the local petroleum transportation community, as a driver and as a dispatcher.
Can't get there without some kinda 'tude.
Edited to add: guess all I really needed to do was direct you to the first line of my sig.
Can't get there without some kinda 'tude.
Edited to add: guess all I really needed to do was direct you to the first line of my sig.
