Cliff, You are THE MAN! 100 miles, on a gravel trail, on a single speed.
I only did the same trail out and back...on a geared bike... http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157607187614466/ It is great to hear about another Quickbeam rider in Texas! If you are ever near Tyler, let's go for a ride...I'll try and keep up! Angus On Dec 4, 11:45 am, Elfardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > An introduction is in order as I lurk more than join in the > conversation here. My name is Clif Wright and I've had my Quickbeam > for about three months now. It's a fabulous ride and the first bike > I've owned in over twenty years that fits as it should. I live in > Austin, Tx. (Any other Quickbeam riders in Austin?) > > I've been working up to a century ride on the Quickbeam and got a wild > hair last week when I found myself with a free day to ride. I'm > probably a couple of months from optimal fitness for a quickbeam > century but with cedar pollen on it's way to Austin I may be off the > bike for a bit soon. (If you don't know about cedar season in Austin I > can assure you that you don't want any part of it.) > > Saturday morning I was up and off and headed to the Weatherford - > Mineral Wells Trailway. > > http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells... > > It's a 20 mile run one way and I was figuring on doing the trail two > and a half times. Ideally I like to loop but I was thinking that I > could use my truck as a support stop and not have to worry about > carrying too much. > > As for the redundancy of re-riding the trail a few times, I had no > cars to deal with all day and the countryside was really beautiful so > no problem there. It gave me the chance to brag about my off road, > single (okay dingle) speed, solo century so that's cool too. > > Weather was in the low 50's with some slight afternoon wind and rain > that gave me a bit of grief and then blew on. I was quite comfy with > my woolens on except for the last five miles which are all downhill > and I completed after sunset. Brrr. Passed a handful of joggers and > cyclists and a couple of families out for a weekend hike all day. > Overall it was pretty deserted. Especially after around four in the > afternoon. > > The Quickbeam performed great, as expected. No shoulder / neck issues > at all. I kept it in high gear about 70 percent of the time as the > trail is railroad grade with no steep climbs. There are a few long, > shallow uphills that I geared down on a couple of times. > > I was putting my An-atomica saddle to the test and it felt pretty good > until around 75 miles or so but that's more my lack of butt > conditioning. The ride as a whole was fairly pain free until around 75 > miles when various and sundry muscles and joints started to protest. > Like I mentioned I was probably jumping the gun on my conditioning. > > I didn't carry my camera with me but got a couple of (poor) shots > before I departed. > > http://flickr.com/photos/clifwright/3082020225/http://flickr.com/photos/clifwright/3082859218/ > > Later, > Clif --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
