Cycling unbridled
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Cycling unbridled
Yesterday I took my first solo ride out in six months, having been schlepping up and down the local countryside with a trailer and child exclusively.
Apart from the fact that I no longer know how to handle an unweighted bike, it was utterly amazing. I would liken it to having a third lung and maybe an extra half a leg on each side. Maybe a higher-volume ribcage with extra room for the heart to rattle around in.
Having no one else around at work today, I thought I'd inflict my incautious enthusiasm on the denizens of this forum instead. I've felt a similar effect after short tours before and, so, would assume the people of this parish have, in the past, slapped gravity in the face once freed and generally know the feeling.
My question, though, is what on Earth to call this. I've been playing with some portmanteau constructions and they're all rubbish. So, please, whip out that thesaurus or make some use of that English degree (finally!) and help me find the word I need.
Apart from the fact that I no longer know how to handle an unweighted bike, it was utterly amazing. I would liken it to having a third lung and maybe an extra half a leg on each side. Maybe a higher-volume ribcage with extra room for the heart to rattle around in.
Having no one else around at work today, I thought I'd inflict my incautious enthusiasm on the denizens of this forum instead. I've felt a similar effect after short tours before and, so, would assume the people of this parish have, in the past, slapped gravity in the face once freed and generally know the feeling.
My question, though, is what on Earth to call this. I've been playing with some portmanteau constructions and they're all rubbish. So, please, whip out that thesaurus or make some use of that English degree (finally!) and help me find the word I need.
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Re: Cycling unbridled
There is a similar delightful and disconcerting effect when you continue walking uphill after taking off a heavy rucksack.
I cannot think of a word for it.
I cannot think of a word for it.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Cycling unbridled
It is a little like the Kohnstamm phenomenon, which is the scientific description of the involuntary contraction of muscles after they have been working at something. The best known example is when you press the backs of your hands against a door frame, using the muscles that lift your arms. If you do so for long enough, when you walk away, your arms will lift automatically.
I'd be surprised if German doesn't have a word for it.
I'd be surprised if German doesn't have a word for it.
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Oh yes, when you feel spring-limbed and have that slight sensation of having come back from a long sea-voyage.
I'm sure the Germans must have an outrageously unwieldy yet satisfyingly precise term for it.
I'm sure the Germans must have an outrageously unwieldy yet satisfyingly precise term for it.
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Ah cross-posted with Vorpal there.
Kohnstamm is a new concept to me - that'll be a fruitful avenue for tonights mindless procrastination!
Kohnstamm is a new concept to me - that'll be a fruitful avenue for tonights mindless procrastination!
Re: Cycling unbridled
SpaceCaptainTheodore wrote:My question, though, is what on Earth to call this.
It is certainly a selcouth feeling, although that remains a generalisation.
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Re: Cycling unbridled
Not the lightest setup. Unloaded everything at B&B and rode it solo to the nearest shop. It felt like the lightest of track bikes!
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Mike Sales wrote:There is a similar delightful and disconcerting effect when you continue walking uphill after taking off a heavy rucksack.
I cannot think of a word for it.
Relief?
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Re: Cycling unbridled
Entlastungsverschlimmbesserung
Just made that up, means: getting better and worse at once when the load is removed
Not sure what is worse, going faster could increase danger, but I am proud of my new word. The effect could be like getting an electric bike, plusminus?
Just made that up, means: getting better and worse at once when the load is removed
Not sure what is worse, going faster could increase danger, but I am proud of my new word. The effect could be like getting an electric bike, plusminus?
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Re: Cycling unbridled
horizon wrote:Mike Sales wrote:There is a similar delightful and disconcerting effect when you continue walking uphill after taking off a heavy rucksack.
I cannot think of a word for it.
Relief?
Well yes, relief, but also your muscles miscalculate the exertion needed to raise your body, now it is lighter. It is an odd feeling, for a few steps.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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euphoria?
Convention? what's that then?
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Enlightened.
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Enlightened! I enjoyed that. I also enjoyed the tandem photo on the bridge at Abingdon - proper cycling that is!
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SpaceCaptainTheodore wrote:Yesterday I took my first solo ride out in six months, having been schlepping up and down the local countryside with a trailer and child exclusively.
Apart from the fact that I no longer know how to handle an unweighted bike, it was utterly amazing. I would liken it to having a third lung and maybe an extra half a leg on each side. Maybe a higher-volume ribcage with extra room for the heart to rattle around in.
Having no one else around at work today, I thought I'd inflict my incautious enthusiasm on the denizens of this forum instead. I've felt a similar effect after short tours before and, so, would assume the people of this parish have, in the past, slapped gravity in the face once freed and generally know the feeling.
My question, though, is what on Earth to call this. I've been playing with some portmanteau constructions and they're all rubbish. So, please, whip out that thesaurus or make some use of that English degree (finally!) and help me find the word I need.
Reminds of a race Coach in the 70s who told me, train heavy race light.
NUKe
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