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I don't have pride... I'm a modern fella'... I got "self-esteem"... 
what I mean is a little wheel under the back wheel of the bicycle that offers more resistance the harder you try to go. It *looks* like horizontal pipe that the wheel rests on and turns and two "turbines" left and right in the vertical orientation (for lack of a better description) that deliver the resistance.
Modern ones are probably all incased in plastic so it looks cool... but that's how they work.
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Compairing work to diving I'd have to say diving is first. Had it not been for diving I would have never had the job I have had for the past 32 years.
Then on a lighter note, I own and operate a Recumbent Cycle Shop on the side. I would much rather go down the road than spin.
Northwest recumbent Cycles - Post Falls Idaho
Gary D.
Then on a lighter note, I own and operate a Recumbent Cycle Shop on the side. I would much rather go down the road than spin.
Northwest recumbent Cycles - Post Falls Idaho
Gary D.
RonzoTheGreat
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no it isn't ... and that explains why you wrote the association you did ...
spinning is a state of motion you can use (if the knowledge is shared with you properly) in an actual riding circumstance ... for example ... i have NEVER used spinning when mountain biking (because of the technical side that loses my focus on spinning) but when i am forced to train on my road bike, i spin as much as possible ... it allows me to be in a different place than pushing the next mile ...
most people are under the assumption that a spinning class is what spinning is ... but it's usually some loud no fat model pushing people to pedal fast on a stationary bike ... WRONG ....
not sure exactly how to explain it, but it's almost like a meditation of mind over matter envisioning perfect circles for your feet to travel on pulling and pushing all the way through your clips (not pedals) ... (hence the inability to truly "spin" in a "spinning class"
those of us who spin in a stationary position are really only able to do it on rollers in our basements ... awaiting the melting snow or thawing ice
sorry if this was too long and deep ... and sorry to waste your time reading it if you were'nt really interested int he first place
I don't understand why people think pride is a negative thing. EXCESSIVE pride, or arrogance, is a negative thing. But a feeling of accomplishment and pleasure related to reaching a goal is a very positive thing. It can be a big part of the reward system that encourages people to work for and attain goals.
I am, for example, extremely proud of the fact that the instructor from the Spanish Riding School told me that I have excellent timing, and should continue work in hand (a very advanced training methodology) with my horse in his absence. Does that mean that I'm arrogant or rude to other riders who aren't doing the same thing? Heck, no! But does it motivate me to continue the work and hope that, when he comes back, I can show him progress.
I don't think pride is bad at all, as long as it doesn't lead to a feeling of superiority.
I am, for example, extremely proud of the fact that the instructor from the Spanish Riding School told me that I have excellent timing, and should continue work in hand (a very advanced training methodology) with my horse in his absence. Does that mean that I'm arrogant or rude to other riders who aren't doing the same thing? Heck, no! But does it motivate me to continue the work and hope that, when he comes back, I can show him progress.
I don't think pride is bad at all, as long as it doesn't lead to a feeling of superiority.
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you know the top three things I'm most proud of?
1) being the person that I am.... faults and errors, imperfections and flaws and all. I am as FAR from magnificent as a person can be but I really do believe that (arrogant / proud / excessive as it might be) I'm an OK person to know, and I think most of my friends must benefit somewhat from having me in their lives ... as I do them......
2) My children. Despite feeling most of the time like I'm a worthless parent (partly due to being married with a top-shelf child psychologist who can do-no-wrong) I see how my kids are starting to learn how to deal with the world around them and I am EXTREMELY proud of them. Proud that I can see already that they'll do OK in this life and proud that I had some small (very small) part in that.
3) A few humble accomplishments. Four times in my life I've either saved or assisted in saving someones life. There are a few things that I can do, like diving and like playing the piano that few other people ever learn. I'm good at my job and I have a positive effect on people who know me personally. Regardless of how some people might find that, I"m proud of these things.
Is pride a sin? I don't think so. In Calvinistic beliefs, maybe but generally it's an affirmation of things that are mainly positive.
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you know the top three things I'm most proud of?
1) being the person that I am.... faults and errors, imperfections and flaws and all. I am as FAR from magnificent as a person can be but I really do believe that (arrogant / proud / excessive as it might be) I'm an OK person to know, and I think most of my friends must benefit somewhat from having me in their lives ... as I do them......
2) My children. Despite feeling most of the time like I'm a worthless parent (partly due to being married with a top-shelf child psychologist who can do-no-wrong) I see how my kids are starting to learn how to deal with the world around them and I am EXTREMELY proud of them. Proud that I can see already that they'll do OK in this life and proud that I had some small (very small) part in that.
3) A few humble accomplishments. Four times in my life I've either saved or assisted in saving someones life. There are a few things that I can do, like diving and like playing the piano that few other people ever learn. I'm good at my job and I have a positive effect on people who know me personally. Regardless of how some people might find that, I"m proud of these things.
Is pride a sin? I don't think so. In Calvinistic beliefs, maybe but generally it's an affirmation of things that are mainly positive.
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NudeDiver
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That's true - but I (and I have to assume that other people) do not view those things as pride. It's certainly not the same as the definition given by, say, St. Augustine - "the love of one's own excellence."
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