Heft on wheels
01-08-09 | 06:46 AM
#2
Just a guy with a bicycle
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 42
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From: I live in Columbia, SC
Bikes: Lemond Versailles
I also enjoyed the book, it was a great read and inspiring without being preachy or technical. I have lost some "heft" since reading the book but I'm still a Clydesdale. I subscribe to Livestrong.com and use "The Daily Plate" to sort of watch my intake and calorie burn. I would love to find a little more inspiration and motivation to get out and do more.
01-08-09 | 06:51 AM
#3
Realist
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,083
Likes: 4
From: Massachusetts
Bikes: Roubaix, Tarmac, Fixed Gear
Read it in 2004. It started my journey back on the bike. My life and Mike's had a very parallel tracks. The only difference was his vocation was academia. But we both shared the late night binges with colleges, fatty foods to settle the stomach and Marlboros.
But that probably describes half the users here on BF...
But that probably describes half the users here on BF...
01-08-09 | 08:22 AM
#4
Erect member since 1953
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 7,000
Likes: 38
From: Antioch, CA (SF Bay Area)
Bikes: Trek 520 Grando, Roubaix Expert, Motobecane Ti Century Elite turned commuter, Some old French thing gone fixie
Loved it. Great cover.
Now go find "Ten Points" and "The Rider" and you'll be in bike book heaven.
Now go find "Ten Points" and "The Rider" and you'll be in bike book heaven.
01-08-09 | 08:28 AM
#5
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Joined: Jan 2006
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01-08-09 | 09:31 PM
#8
No matches
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 11,647
Likes: 444
From: Eastern PA
Bikes: two wheeled ones
I got them both for Christmas, and finished them both within a week. I couldn't put Misunderstood Life down. I'm going to start lending it to family and friends, so maybe they will understand me better...
When I'm hurting in an interval, or climbing in a group, I think about The Rider, and I upshift and push it harder.
