Historical Examples. 1  Thus the monastery would be enriched and all the monks get fat. 2  There came into his head the idea of enriching the monastery. 3  Monks also erected crosses to mark the boundaries of the property of their monastery. 4  The author was evidently amazed at all the sights which he witnessed in the monastery.
There are four main ways to stop or slow down a skateboard: 1) The first way is to ride out your speed. This assumes that you have enough pavement ahead of you to slow down. You can further reduce speed by carving and air braking with this technique. This is the slowest way to stop a skateboard and will obviously not save you in an emergency braking situation. 2) The second method is foot braking.
Focus on Tires and Wheels. The best way to improve the speed of a bicycle is to reduce friction caused by the tires on the road. If you replace your thick knobby tires with thinner slick tires, you will reduce the friction on the road and the bike will go faster.ou want wheels that are strong enough for the type of riding that you will be doing, but as light as possible. Michael Blann/Digital Vision/Getty Images. Focus on Tires and Wheels. The number of spokes also increases drag, and therefore slows down the bike--so pick a wheel with as few spokes as possible.