The Tao of Singlespeeding

[Dragson]

(Here is some of the verses, The rest is on.

http://www.trianglemtb.com/whyss.php)

Better stop short than fill

to the brim. Make the bike too light, and

the handling will suffer. Adorn your frame

with XTR, and no lock can protect it.Claim

medals and podiums, and drug tests will follow.

 

Drink beer when the ride is done.

This is

the way of singlespeeding.

 

Accept difficulty willingly.

 

Accept pain as the human condition.

 

 

 

What do you mean by "Accept

difficulty willingly"?

Accept being

unimportant.

 

Do not be concerned with your heart rate.

 

This is called "accepting difficulty

willingly."

 

 

What do you mean by "Accept

pain as the human condition"?

Pain

comes from having a body. 

Without a body, how could there be pain?

 

 

Surrender yourself humbly; then

you can be trusted to ride any trail.

 

Love your bike as your own self; then you

can truly ride anywhere.

To ride one gear is

natural.

Sprints do not last all morning,

 

Descents do not last all day.

 

 

The follower of singlespeeding is at one with his bike.

 

He who rides smoothly Experiences flow.

 

He who loses the trail becomes confused.

 

When you are at one with your bike,

 

The trail welcomes you.

 

When you conserve your momentum,

 

The flow is always there.

 

When you are at one with pain,

 

The pain is experienced willingly.

 

 

 

He who does not get out of the

saddle

Will not make it to the top of the

hill.

He who has his weight

forward is not steady.

 

He who sprints cannot maintain the pace.

 

He who makes a show is not enlightened.

 

He who is self-righteous is not respected.

 

He who boasts achieves nothing.

 

He who brags will not endure.

 

According to the followers of

singlespeeding,

 

"These are extra gears and unnecessary

weight,"

 

They do not bring happiness.

 

Therefore followers of singlespeeding avoid

them.

[_BBi]

Nice one.

[Troi Sport]

Amen brother