lower the bridge Dooley! :)

if you are a parent of a cool teen, and his evolution may seem out of order to
you, our advice is:
lower the bridge Dooley! :)
as absurd as it may seem, but for us, you don't  "have" enough "paths" to his
heart & mind...
"there can be no keener revelation of a society'soul than the way in which
it treats its children." (Nelson Mandela)

about the mountain bike subculture.

this post is:
- offered by the author - a la memoire de lieutenant Jean Bastin,
  ww1 french heroe - author of:
  "la lutte pour la liberte, mes dix evasions. 1914 - 1917",
  ("un récit absolument extraordinaire d'évasions ratées au dernier moment
  et souvent par malchance ou hasard puis enfin celle, la dixième, réussie
  après la traversée de pratiquement toute l'Allemagne. certains, peu nombreux,
  ne se résignent pas à être éloignés de leur patrie.")
  thank you Mr. Jean Bastin!

- an analogy, but respects the general rule of the blog,
  (... would not venture into other sports.)

- meaningful teenwise mainly, the true teens' self esteem -
  neither shaken, nor stirred here ever, :)

is crowd skating on speed skates, more like riding a mountain bike in a city?

yes, your speed skates (or mountain bike), might give you that "extra thrill" of
freedom, nonetheless you will be forced to adapt to the existing environment.
Mr. Jean Bastin did it 96 years ago, certainly you will succeed too;
the only question that remains is: your number of failures was?

photo & video links, courtesy of ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72jGhLiJrA, courtesy of RollersBagneux (France),

http://everydaybergen.blogspot.no, courtesy of Miss Inna Cleanbergen (Norway),
  also some excellent black & white photos, depicting everyday life in Bergen!


                         

good faith in good taste.

debating:

a. good faith in good taste? - lit., :)
  ex. 1: good faith in "a la grecque" recipes, would help you reach a more subtle "a la grecque"
           taste? (d.i.y. repeteadly).   
  ex. 2: good faith in "al dente" recipes, would offer you a more varied taste of "al dente"?
           (d.i.y. repeteadly).

b. good faith in good taste? - fig., :)
  ex. 1: good faith in "art nouveau", would build your taste in academic art, even further?
  ex. 2: good faith in "der jugendstil" (art nouveau, :) ), would suit your taste of Wien &
           its heritage, even more?
          
the examples are just questions to ask ourselves, ...
..., but don't limit these to the above ...! :)

..., more here, than meets the eye, ...

did food ever fool you?

this post is offered by the author - homage to those affected by
peripheral neuropathy, ... some of these cannot skate any longer :( ...
this aproach is mainly statistical (consequently original).
the conclusions to this case study should be your own and may or may not be
extrapolated to other serious human health conditions (cancer etc.)

 a.
 an increased overall toxicity of your daily lunch (... and/or breakfast, ... dinner)?
 how could this be?
 if you're not up to date with the term: "processed food" you might experience this toxicity the
 hard way...
 please keep in mind, at all times, that even when you cook for yourself (different courses for
 lunch, etc.), this also is food processing.
(b.
 an increased alcohol intake/day?
 c.
 an increased consumption of combustible tobacco/day?)

so, is there  a problem with these? yes, unfortunately, it might be...

might this also be a new insight on why everybody discusses only calories/day (of
different courses), and not their combined and/or cumulated overall toxicity/day?
we think so.

a, (b, c), a direct consequence of: "people being slaves of their own habits"?
more than probably.
about a.: it's not that we "aggress" ourselves (daily even - d.e.), it's that we are
"aggressing" ourselves (d.e.), without the necessary  knowledge about toxic
compounds and/or byproducts the food that we're eating/day, may contain.

liners - the "inside job"? (an all sports issue?)

yes, this is an all sports issue, excepting those done barefoot. :)

in skating, skiing, cycling, ... ballet even:
is the liner inside your sport shoe..., the "liason first officer", between you
and your exceptional sport performances? certainly yes!
don't use counterfeit sport shoes, or counterfeit liners inside your skates...,  if performance
is what you are after.

ex: what could one say about the compressibility of his skates' liner, if  soaked in 
      perspiration? how might this affect his overall skating performance?

liners, inside all our sport shoes (any detachable parts, shoelaces even) - do we really know
how to replace &/or customize them, to improve our performance? 

be advised, some of the detachable parts could require custom re-engineering:
a. a choice of other materials, than the initial ones, could be beneficial.
b. remodeling the inside of a sport shoe (not a simple task, although may appear as such.)

sorry, further suggestions here, would only be given directly to those interested (e-mail)

welcome to RollersBagneux!

a warm welcome to RollersBagneux! (Club de rollers de Bagneux, France.)
they are a section of the Club Olympique Multisport de Bagneux, association sportive régie
par la loi du 1er juillet 1901.
we particularly liked their: "Balade a Paris"... check it out!