२६ ऑगस्ट, २०१७

How to get 1 minute of bike track on 1/6 acre of backyard garden.



Meade has optimized a small space. It's not as easy as it may look, and it's a fun place for me to build some confidence.

ADDED: Here's the same backyard in 2013 (in late July):



Meade is demonstrating lawn-mowing there (and we're talking about landscape design that makes lawn-mowing an amusing activity), but I'm showing you this mostly so you can see how much has happened to the garden in the last 4 years.

३८ टिप्पण्या:

chuck म्हणाले...

The music needs a waterfall.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

It was so hard to figure out the music!

The Godfather म्हणाले...

I'm impressed.

Next Meade needs to add some grades -- all up, of course.

Meade म्हणाले...

"The music needs a waterfall."

That's right. A flow track.

wild chicken म्हणाले...

That's actually pretty good training for bike control.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

An alternative choice of music:
Backyard Bicycle Music

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

Pretty ingenious.

Meade म्हणाले...

That reminds me.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Hope you don't get offended if I say that was really cute.

Btw, beautiful garden.

Meade म्हणाले...

Ha ha. Thanks.

cheddar म्हणाले...

Could get some steps back there on the Fitbit.

madison mike म्हणाले...

Seems to be a 20 second bike path. Were the musicians on the deck?

I covet your landscaping

Dave D म्हणाले...

"Hope you don't get offended if I say that was really cute."

Thought the same thing. The whole miniature bike course brings that on. Also, nice backyard!

rehajm म्हणाले...

There are rotarys exclusively for bikes? Holy crap!

FleetUSA म्हणाले...

Perfect. I am sorry to hear the Prof lacks confidence in anything. Our Goddess.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

It's a full minute because he's not repeating. There are 3 routes.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I lack confidence in about half of the things I do, and most things I don't even do.

With mountain biking, I'm at risk of slowing down to be cautious at a turn which can cause me to fall. I'm worried about running into the tree. I'm concerned out on the challenging trail about getting to the top of a climb. There's only a little climb in the backyard. Anyway, it's a nice way to remember that I can pay attention and do it right.

madAsHell म्हणाले...

I'm not sure there is any confidence to be found on such a path.

madAsHell म्हणाले...

Try skiing. I feel like a 15-year-old on Thursday at the pass. The other 15 year olds are in school.

SteveBrooklineMA म्हणाले...

Awesome! Just needs some sweet jumps.

Danno म्हणाले...

Knowing Meade, I was expecting a ramp off the roof culminating with a jump.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

There's a jump under the deck, off camera.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I do cross country skiing in the winter, but I really can't do anything that's at all steep if it's curved. I didn't learn to do it at all until I was 58, so I expect little of myself. I've never done downhill skiing and it really is too late for that. I have a legitimate fear of falling.

Guildofcannonballs म्हणाले...

On Using "How to ..."

Isn't there a prejudiced bias against other potential ways to ... thereby warranting a caveat or 8000?

What if someone with a different way looks at the credentials here and feels too inferior to creatively proceed?

I recommend, instead of the Orwell-hated* "How to" garnering of whatever it is that God-how-I-wish-it-were-peculiar locution garners, the elegant "One way" or "A method to" or maybe "Temporally wise configurations..."

*you gotta trust me here

Jessica म्हणाले...

So cool! You continue to be an unlikely mento to me, Ann! -- Jessica

mccullough म्हणाले...

Reminds me of the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Paul Newman riding the bicycle

David म्हणाले...

So is that you getting confidence or Meade showing off?

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

McCullough beat me to it, I was going to suggest a pen with a bull in it.

BudBrown म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
exhelodrvr1 म्हणाले...

Next - the tiny house!

Wince म्हणाले...

I was thinking of this 'Laugh-In' guy from the 1960s.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"So is that you getting confidence or Meade showing off?"

To get Meade showing off, I'd need to follow him out to the mountain biking trails where there are intermediate and advanced tracks. He typically does 3 hours of that sort of thing. So picture 180 times as long on terrain much more complicated and that would be Meade showing off.

rehajm म्हणाले...

You're not far off from this!

sunsong म्हणाले...

kewl

The Elder म्हणाले...

Yeah, but where are we going to play whiffle-ball?

Meade म्हणाले...

Same place we skateboard and play kick-the-can — in the street.

American Liberal Elite म्हणाले...

Now that's a reel mower.

Etienne म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.