Nice story! Sounds like a perfect ride. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was betwixt and between on which bike to ride in today's Tour Autauga (a > cancer care/research fund raiser) which is the only supported ride in our > little town of Prattville, AL. I had in mind the Saluki, but the darned > cyclometer kept reading about twice the speed it should be. I couldn't > ferret out the problem so I hung it up and pulled out the Rambouillet > instead. 66 coarse country road, very hilly miles later, I am once again > impressed with just how good this bike is. > > It drew many approving comments from riders of more popular brands, and > several folks wanted the info on the "click-stand" I assuered one and all > that my location at the back of the pack had nothing to do with steel frames > or wool clothes. I just don't ride much more than 14 mph avg. I also walked > up zero hills, thanks to a 26 / 27 granny ratio. At about mile 45, I started > to reel in some tiring go fast types and passed some more as they walked up > the last really tough hill and i could, if slowly, pedal. > > Back at the 35 mile point, I was still pretty far back though. A self > styled sweep rider :) The race organizers apparently knew that I might need > some encouragement, and I laughed to come around a corner out in the middle > of nowhere and find some road sign painting. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/9535...@n07/3474138595/ > > Tailwinds > > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
