Still riding.
#26
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lincoln Ne
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70 yo Navy Nam vet, no in-country & no real PTSD.
Unlike my 55yo Army Ranger turned BlackwaterCIAguy b-i-l.
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Almost cut my hair
but I didn’t
and I wonder Why?
I feel -
like I owe it
to someone.
Or - I owe it to everyone who died undeservedly in a war or conflict.
whatever one needs to do…wear it with pride…you may find friends along your journey. Otherwise, it’s a lonely (or anonymous) slog.
Unlike my 55yo Army Ranger turned BlackwaterCIAguy b-i-l.
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Almost cut my hair
but I didn’t
and I wonder Why?
I feel -
like I owe it
to someone.
Or - I owe it to everyone who died undeservedly in a war or conflict.
whatever one needs to do…wear it with pride…you may find friends along your journey. Otherwise, it’s a lonely (or anonymous) slog.
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
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Bikes: 2021 Trek Checkpoint SL (GRX Di2), 2020 Domane SLR 9 (very green), 2016 Trek Emonda SL, 2009 Bianchi 928, 1972 Atala Record Pro
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Frank: I think your post resonated right away with some and for others it will always be a mystery. I lost an arm at 17. In an almost linear fashion, it led me to coaching adaptive athletics in the late 70s and scores of disabled Vietnam vets who were picking up the pieces. They are all gone now, as are almost all the kids with bone cancer.
I ride hard for them and often think they are watching me and smiling, expecting no less.
I ride hard for them and often think they are watching me and smiling, expecting no less.
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#28
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Rolesville NC
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Bikes: Had an old Columbia in the 80's, here a used Schwinn hybrid, now a Cannondale Quick 3 and a Topstone 105..
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Frank: I think your post resonated right away with some and for others it will always be a mystery. I lost an arm at 17. In an almost linear fashion, it led me to coaching adaptive athletics in the late 70s and scores of disabled Vietnam vets who were picking up the pieces. They are all gone now, as are almost all the kids with bone cancer.
I ride hard for them and often think they are watching me and smiling, expecting no less.
I ride hard for them and often think they are watching me and smiling, expecting no less.
Frank.
#29
It's MY mountain
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Mt.Diablo
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Grupetto Bob
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^ What a fantastic picture of cyclists making someone else’s day. That is really awesome
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