Any mantra/prayer before heading out the door or while on the road?
04-15-10, 03:15 PM
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Any mantra/prayer before heading out the door or while on the road?
I have been riding road for about a year now. (got tired of driving to ride the MTB). Seems like I find myself saying things to myself.
Usually along the lines of "I have every right to be on the road". Or when I am getting tired "focus". Or "another idiot"
What do you say to yourself for reassurance, while dealling with cars,peds, other riders?
Usually along the lines of "I have every right to be on the road". Or when I am getting tired "focus". Or "another idiot"
What do you say to yourself for reassurance, while dealling with cars,peds, other riders?
04-15-10, 03:23 PM
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04-15-10, 03:26 PM
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I thank my lucky stars I am able to go our and ride.
04-15-10, 03:32 PM
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04-15-10, 03:37 PM
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I made an oak keyrack with a mirror in it that has the following written on it with a wood-burning pen:
A hostile person lives in a hostile world.
A loving person lives in a loving world.
Everyone you meet is your mirror. -- Ken Keyes
Every once in a while my eyes catch it on the way out, and I usually have a pleasant & safe ride that day with neither confrontations nor hostility. (Probably just a coincidence though.)
04-15-10, 03:44 PM
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Oh yeah, every time I belch during a ride, it reminds me:
BRPS:
Breathing - I noticed I can sustain the same watts with a lower heart rate if I make a conscious effort at really deep belly breathing, (like they do in yoga.)
Relax - Always catch myself tensing up, especially in the shoulders which doesn't improve power or aerodynamics.
Posture - Everything feels better & faster when you elongate your spine.
Seating Position - Are you up on your sit bones and being mindful of your taint?
BRPS:
Breathing - I noticed I can sustain the same watts with a lower heart rate if I make a conscious effort at really deep belly breathing, (like they do in yoga.)
Relax - Always catch myself tensing up, especially in the shoulders which doesn't improve power or aerodynamics.
Posture - Everything feels better & faster when you elongate your spine.
Seating Position - Are you up on your sit bones and being mindful of your taint?
I love it.
04-15-10, 04:37 PM
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I have one of these hanging from the saddles of my 2 bikes.
Silly? Sure, I'm not even Catholic but can't hurt and there is still a little bit of a retro grouch in me underneath the titanium, CF and Ergo. Riders have been relying on the Madonna of Ghisallo for a long time....
Silly? Sure, I'm not even Catholic but can't hurt and there is still a little bit of a retro grouch in me underneath the titanium, CF and Ergo. Riders have been relying on the Madonna of Ghisallo for a long time....
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04-15-10, 04:37 PM
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04-15-10, 04:47 PM
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chanting a mantra before a ride? some cyclists are weird.
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04-15-10, 05:05 PM
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No mantra/prayer but there is this when I'm heading out the door...
04-15-10, 05:07 PM
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Dear Lord, please don't let me get dropped.
04-15-10, 05:11 PM
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I say the Lord's prayer before the start of every race. Pretty much covers everything.
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04-15-10, 07:20 PM
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usually in my head whenever a car drives close to me or "acts" inconsiderate i shout "jagoff!!!" or "damn kids!!!" i usually shout one of these every minute or two. or if i'm going up a hill Phill Ligget is announcing in my head about how I'm such a bad ass and my brief case of destruction is brimming with pwnage.. etc etc... then someone faster rides past me and phill stops announcing for a few seconds.. then he starts back up again.. usually.
04-15-10, 07:35 PM
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my steel bike has a pendant bolted to it (Catholic). for racing / training on my Cdale I just put on the road id (ankle).
but I do have mental cues - breath, relax, spin, suck it up, focus, etc.
but I do have mental cues - breath, relax, spin, suck it up, focus, etc.
04-15-10, 08:43 PM
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Not really a mantra, but every time I come out of the saddle going up a hill, all I can hear is "There he goes, dancing on the pedals..."
04-15-10, 10:02 PM
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"the more you suffer the more beer you get to drink"
04-15-10, 11:16 PM
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