tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post7094406690462793760..comments2024-02-27T01:52:06.519-08:00Comments on Kent's Bike Blog: Observation Affects ExperienceKent Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906603746565831689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-32105084954897081762009-10-21T17:39:49.574-07:002009-10-21T17:39:49.574-07:00Hi, Kent.
Funny post about the "blog fame&quo...Hi, Kent.<br />Funny post about the "blog fame" part. I used to produce a radio show in the Seattle area about 10 years ago and when the show was on the air, we thouht no one ever listened to it. I've been working in a totally different industry for 8 years and more often people say "hey weren't you the producer of..." now than they ever did back then.<br /><br />It was always a weird experience since they always knew more about you than you did about them.<br /><br />~ Nate<br />Seattle area bike commuter/bloggerNate Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12552680485204657469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-32978305301519958812009-10-20T17:06:52.102-07:002009-10-20T17:06:52.102-07:00Kent, great stuff as always.
I think that "o...Kent, great stuff as always.<br /><br />I think that "observation versus experience" split is what drove me away from "professional" writing. At some point, I stepped over that line between life-as-something-lived and life-as-grist-for-writing-projects. In grad school, we actually called dibs when more than one writer saw the same interesting event, if you can believe that.<br /><br />Bloggging -- inspired by you -- is what got me writing just for the fun of it again. So, thanks!Jason T. Nunemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14140597732588714945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-51257424693196504642009-10-19T00:55:50.837-07:002009-10-19T00:55:50.837-07:00Kent,
You really are famous you know.
Johnny Seq...Kent,<br /><br />You really are famous you know.<br /><br />Johnny SequoiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-82318454622217190392009-10-18T13:48:12.876-07:002009-10-18T13:48:12.876-07:00Nice post and great pics. If one ever finds onese...Nice post and great pics. If one ever finds oneself riding along thinking "How am I going to word this?" instead of "Wow - this is a great experience!" then I think a line has been crossed separating experience from observation.<br /><br />On another note, that is one serious security combination you have there. What, if any, security apparatus will you be lugging along on the Tour Divide? I am way too paranoid to leave my bike unlocked outside a store, no matter how far out in the boonies I am.<br /><br />I once had a friend who solved the weight/security problem by using a huge black chain that would surely deter any thief who glanced at it. That was the security part - the weight part was that it was plastic and only weighted a few ounces.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963284276467415798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-23340048870852618842009-10-17T00:46:46.633-07:002009-10-17T00:46:46.633-07:00I would like to hereby stand up for those taking t...I would like to hereby stand up for those taking too much stuff. I myself commute on a bike that all told weighs in at 120 lbs, more if I'm taking a tuxedo, music stand, and shoes. Sure, the hills are a little more..... scenic, no, contemplative, but when you get to where you are going, by golly, you've got it all. <br />You definitely need to try stuff out and sure, I rarely take all four of my panniers, but recently, I rode RSVP with all necessary gear to help anyone else out on the road, including tubes, cables, housing, tires (2), and my drop bag. This of course made the organized aspect of the trip superfluous, and a grand waste of money, but I had a nice time offering things up and trying out new concepts. <br />I once also took two watermelons up Snoqualmie Pass just to share but didn't check the weather report, which was frosty, stormy, cold, and not watermelon eating weather, so I packed the uneaten one back down and had it for dinner.<br />Traveling too light just brings the risk of being light enough to be dragged up in some helium balloon where the 24 hour news cycle will only eviscerate your intentions. <br />Therefore, carry what you think you'll need, and then carry what you think you'd like.<br /><br />Bradbradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446559369990216386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-56783378579047694622009-10-16T20:23:51.781-07:002009-10-16T20:23:51.781-07:00Yowza -- quad panniers on an overnight? Just in c...Yowza -- quad panniers on an overnight? Just in case the world ends before you get home!<br /><br />By the way, I know you from the blog and have a big fat three day weekend right in the middle of the week. I'm very shy, though.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219872477832400734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-72197843157919828632009-10-16T16:34:40.603-07:002009-10-16T16:34:40.603-07:00Actually Kent, you have at least two sources of pe...Actually Kent, you have at least two sources of people who know you (or know who you are) but you maybe don't know or remember.<br /><br />The obvious being the blog readers you just wrote about.<br /><br />The other being people whose bikes you worked on at a various places, including Samamish Valley. (This would include me - we've met several times, but I doubt you remember me.)Bryan Willmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-20890482991052120292009-10-16T08:24:16.808-07:002009-10-16T08:24:16.808-07:00Good stuff as usual. I've been reading your b...Good stuff as usual. I've been reading your blog for nigh on a year or more and always enjoy it. Now that I'm back in Seattle (alright, Redmond), I gotta try and make it in to your shop to show a little support. One of these days...DWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308356648131322055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-37709230708152228742009-10-16T07:46:54.917-07:002009-10-16T07:46:54.917-07:00I rode the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route this s...I rode the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route this summer, beginning with 'just the essentials, nothing extra'. Of course I had way too much stuff. Way too much. Several shipments of 'essentials' home later, I could climb easier and even look around at the beauty I was riding through. My Dutch riding partners, who encouraged my divestiture of 'essentials', aptly and memorably termed this process 'weight watching'.Bruce Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764922386250271195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-25343299990630418252009-10-15T22:39:32.074-07:002009-10-15T22:39:32.074-07:00Great post - nice pictures.
This Bike Geek Blog-O...Great post - nice pictures.<br /><br />This Bike Geek Blog-O-Sphere is fun stuff. Since messing with my own little slice of the Internet - have communicated with some cool like minded folks as well.<br /><br />None of this was possible - not that long ago....Dan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609122101907983132noreply@blogger.com