Comments on: Open your mind – Ride dirt!

By: Michael Roy

Michael Roy — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:11:58 +0000

Just saw this. Really enjoyed it, especially since I raced at Dartmouth eons ago, and rode on the same roads you did in this ride. How many times did I ride through Thetford, Fairlee, Strafford, etc. So. Royalton was a favorite route. Then in my junior year, my training partner got tired of paved roads and so we had to follow unmarked dirt roads. Those were the days. Thanks for the memories.

By: @gearwish

@gearwish — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:26:43 +0000

Thanks Ted, this is inspiring. As a guy who has gone through and come out of 4 open heart surgeries (the last 3 years ago) with flying colors, yet is somehow inexplicably sidelined from a male birth control surgery, your post about overcoming injury was what I needed. I salivate at the opportunity to ride again. It’s been 1.5 years now, and I hope sometime this season I’ll get back on a bike. I had been competing but that’s not what I miss, I miss what you summed up in your post. The people, the camaraderie, the smells, tastes, sweat, the scenery and terrain, the after ride beer or two… That’s what riding is about.

PS I’ll be in Liege for the TDF Prologue. You will most certainly see a Ted King (or I am NOT Ted King) sign of some kind.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:00:07 +0000

I don’t get to ride much dirt but the simple thrill you get from being in a group of friends on a well organised ride is simply one of the great joys in life. The comradery, the BS, the sounds of all those wheels rolling, the morning air and sun on the shoulder – what’s not to love!

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:47:52 +0000

Thanks Ted
You’re making me miss New England.
You can always find a strange little road tucked somewhere next to a river.
Looking for those kind of rides in NC
Wish me luck.
Keep up the good work (on the keyboard and on the bike)

By: Patrick Croasdaile

Patrick Croasdaile — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:50 +0000

I’m stating the obvious, but it makes rides like this especially special when Pros like yourself join in the fun. Adds a bit more weight to the stories we inevitably tell our friends and family, who can’t understand why we do the things we do. For example, in Portland yesterday, Ryan Trebon showed up and did De Ronde PDX. Getting passed by him up the Brynwood climb was certainly a highlight. Keep ridin strong Ted and come visit us in PDX sometime i think you’d be pleased by the Strava potential…