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Post by saarinista on Oct 29, 2019 15:43:49 GMT -5
Yeah, but if you want to coast you have to climb first. Unless you're a refuser. 🙄 #nofreelunch
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Post by Handy on Oct 29, 2019 20:59:28 GMT -5
I wasn't thinking about actual 100% coasting, just a little down-hill makes pedaling easier. About going up-hill the average grade of less than 1% makes biking relatively easy.
Railroads and locomotives are only efficient if there are minimal rises or falls in elevations, otherwise not much can be shipped by rail. Canals even have less rise or fall unless a lock is involved. Old railroads converted to bike, walking, and in some places snowmobile trails are so much easier to bike than on roads.
The two main things most biker's dislike is pedaling into the wind and going up hills. Some of us even avoid going down-hill because we know we have to pedal back up at some point. Level or relatively level isn't usually a problem if the surface is compacted and smooth, except if the head wind is an issue.
OK, biking the GAP (Greater Allegheny Passageway) isn't for everyone.
There are videos of families with 6 - 8 yr old kids biking the 109 mile George S. Mickelson Trail in 3 days, in South Dakota.
South Dakota vacation - Mickelson Trail Part 1
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Post by jim44444 on Oct 30, 2019 6:56:43 GMT -5
Handy, the Mickelson Trail is on my bucket list along with Katy Trail in Missouri. I have ridden my bike in 15 states, 35 to go.
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Post by angeleyes65 on Oct 30, 2019 7:52:21 GMT -5
Handy, the Mickelson Trail is on my bucket list along with Katy Trail in Missouri. I have ridden my bike in 15 states, 35 to go. The Katy trail is by me |
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Post by saarinista on Oct 30, 2019 10:55:06 GMT -5
I'll reconsider if it's on those repurposed railroad beds.
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Post by Handy on Oct 30, 2019 12:06:34 GMT -5
Jim44444
I have ridden my bike in 15 states, 35 to go.WTG. I have only ridden locally.. My 25 mile butt has been a limiting factor. If you are ever in western Montana-eastern Idaho be sure to ride the Scenic Bike Ride - Hiawatha Trail - Milwaukee RR - Idaho/Montana, MT. Saarinista, it is DOWN HILL if you ride from MY to ID and take the bus back to MT. About the Katy Trail, yes I watched several of those videos until 3 or 4 AM. I probably read about how the rail bed was excavated and track were laid down too. I look a t things and like to know how it came to be, what it took to build the system, what went on during its history and what happened during its demise Jim44444, I will admit I have legs to ride 50 miles but my butt quits around 25 miles. I have tried several saddles and some help. Last year I was riding 100 miles a month but it was only short trips under 10 miles at a time. My friends that biked across the USA tell me the butt pain goes away in a week. Sorry, but I have fallen on slippery garage floors a few too many times and have a form of arthritis called Weavers Bottom. If I ride my diamond frame bike I have the 25 mile limit. If I ride my long wheel-base recumbent with the wide seat I might be able to go further. In the past 3 or 4 years I bought, fixed up and sold over 30 bicycles. If I like something I keep it until I like something better. I have a full air-suspension diamond frame with ultra low rolling resistance tires that I really like and ride the most, a 20" folding bike just for kicks, the long wheelbase recumbent I thought would be the cat's pajamas but it is just OK, a low cost road bike with 25mm tires and 14 speeds, an old 3-speed English bike because I had one when I was 14 and the only new bike I have bought, a Chinese old school rigid frame bike with a 250Watt Bafang Rear Hub Motor, down Tube Battery, 417 Wh, Display with 3 levels of assistance. On low assist I can go 30 to 40 miles if I travel at 10 to 12 MPH. Me a bike nut, no way because I only stay up reading about bikes and looking at bike guys videos until 3 or 4 AM. I also shower several times a week so I can't be addicted to bicycle stuff. angeleyes65, even a 5 or 10 mile ride on some parts of the Katy Trail might be interesting. Me, I have a 2 mile abandoned railroad spur that has been improved to include an 8 ft wide concrete walking-bike path that used to go to a gravel pit back in the 950's.
BTW, riding my bike helped more than most therapy sessions as far as removing my internal stress and frustration levels. As far as bike riding and long term problem solving, maybe riding into the sunset sounded like an option a few times. But I know only a D would fix things long term.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 20:01:58 GMT -5
To answer the OP - yes, enormously! It only took me 11 years to get unstuck. 😂
That may sound ridiculous to some, but to me, it is my miracle. I would never have gotten out if not for the help of my therapist. And I’m a thousand times better off alone than I was in my neglectful, emotionally abusive marriage.
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Post by tamara68 on Nov 2, 2019 16:33:09 GMT -5
In various threads, for various reasons, it is often suggested that someone seek therapy. I have never done that, not for any particular reason other than mental health providers in the areas that I've lived (at least 1.5-2 hour drive from a large city) are usually in short supply for therapists. There is also the problem in smaller towns that the therapist may have personal connections with work colleagues, friends, etc. that are hard to avoid. Anyway, the series of questions for the ILIASM forum today are: Have you sought therapy? Did you learn things about yourself that were a revelation? Were you able to address/confront the presented issue and move beyond it? Other? I have looked for help in several ways. Before I left my husband, I have consulted youthcare about my daughter, a social worker because I hoped for advice on leaving my husband and some help in case he would become agressive. Also the police about my daughter. That all didn't help much. They were kind but offered nothing practical. Only a bit of moral support. Just after leaving my husband, I started seeing a psychologist. I felt I was on the right track with everything I did, but I had to make a lot of choices that were difficult. I constantly worried about the effect of my choices on my daughter. I wanted someone to think along with me and offer extra or better insights if possible. I also wanted to have someone on standby in case things would really fall apart. I found it comforting to talk with the psychologist, but of course I had to make all the decisions myself. In hindsight I think I could have done some things differently and better, but at that time I just did according to what I knew at that time. I still consider this iliasm group on EP and in this forum as the best support I have had. And also the best source of good ideas. The psychologist was just a confirmation of good advice from here. |
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Post by northstarmom on Nov 2, 2019 20:21:47 GMT -5
Toyoungtobeold said: “I have never done that, not for any particular reason other than mental health providers in the areas that I've lived (at least 1.5-2 hour drive from a large city) are usually in short supply for therapists. There is also the problem in smaller towns that the therapist may have personal connections with work colleagues, friends, etc. that are hard to avoid.”
Did you know that you can get therapy online with licensed therapists outside of your area?
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Post by worksforme2 on Mar 5, 2021 17:28:06 GMT -5
 I tried therapy but it seems I had the wrong attitude.... |
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Post by greatcoastal on Mar 5, 2021 20:59:34 GMT -5
In various threads, for various reasons, it is often suggested that someone seek therapy. I have never done that, not for any particular reason other than mental health providers in the areas that I've lived (at least 1.5-2 hour drive from a large city) are usually in short supply for therapists. There is also the problem in smaller towns that the therapist may have personal connections with work colleagues, friends, etc. that are hard to avoid. Anyway, the series of questions for the ILIASM forum today are: Have you sought therapy? Did you learn things about yourself that were a revelation? Were you able to address/confront the presented issue and move beyond it? Other? I have looked for help in several ways. Before I left my husband, I have consulted youthcare about my daughter, a social worker because I hoped for advice on leaving my husband and some help in case he would become agressive. Also the police about my daughter. That all didn't help much. They were kind but offered nothing practical. Only a bit of moral support. Just after leaving my husband, I started seeing a psychologist. I felt I was on the right track with everything I did, but I had to make a lot of choices that were difficult. I constantly worried about the effect of my choices on my daughter. I wanted someone to think along with me and offer extra or better insights if possible. I also wanted to have someone on standby in case things would really fall apart. I found it comforting to talk with the psychologist, but of course I had to make all the decisions myself. In hindsight I think I could have done some things differently and better, but at that time I just did according to what I knew at that time. I still consider this iliasm group on EP and in this forum as the best support I have had. And also the best source of good ideas. The psychologist was just a confirmation of good advice from here. In some ways, not much has changed? You are still having to make difficult decisions. Only now you have a year or two experience to see how some of these things have panned out. Happily you have an adult man in your life who is also a giver (like yourself) and a stronger sense of self worth. All of these are the things we wish to achieve from therapy. |
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Post by tamara68 on Mar 6, 2021 6:46:58 GMT -5
I have looked for help in several ways. Before I left my husband, I have consulted youthcare about my daughter, a social worker because I hoped for advice on leaving my husband and some help in case he would become agressive. Also the police about my daughter. That all didn't help much. They were kind but offered nothing practical. Only a bit of moral support. Just after leaving my husband, I started seeing a psychologist. I felt I was on the right track with everything I did, but I had to make a lot of choices that were difficult. I constantly worried about the effect of my choices on my daughter. I wanted someone to think along with me and offer extra or better insights if possible. I also wanted to have someone on standby in case things would really fall apart. I found it comforting to talk with the psychologist, but of course I had to make all the decisions myself. In hindsight I think I could have done some things differently and better, but at that time I just did according to what I knew at that time. I still consider this iliasm group on EP and in this forum as the best support I have had. And also the best source of good ideas. The psychologist was just a confirmation of good advice from here. In some ways, not much has changed? You are still having to make difficult decisions. Only now you have a year or two experience to see how some of these things have panned out. Happily you have an adult man in your life who is also a giver (like yourself) and a stronger sense of self worth. All of these are the things we wish to achieve from therapy. I still have to make difficult choices occasionally. But not as often as a few years ago. There is not as much urgency now as there was back then. The man in my life thinks along with me and I am happy with his support. And if he doesn't know how to help, he makes bad jokes (he is a chemist and therefore he can solve anyone...). That always helps :-) He doesn't necessarily has a stronger sense of self worth though. He has suffered from manipuliation too, just in a different way. |
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Post by greatcoastal on Mar 6, 2021 21:26:26 GMT -5
tamara68 When people know they did you wrong they avoid you.
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Post by worksforme2 on Mar 21, 2021 6:58:29 GMT -5
In my cow country county the closest therapist is about 40 miles away...  |
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Post by lessingham on Mar 30, 2021 4:35:03 GMT -5
In retrospect, I do not think the years of counselling helped me much. Not exactly a waste of time and money and maybe I should have looked for someone more compatible and combative.
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