Agreed! I like the people in my local bike club, but their rides pretty much revolve around riding fast from point A to point B then back. I haven't renewed my membership in couple of years...
The Rivendell rides OTOH are quite fun! Unfortunately it involved a lot of travel to bring the folks together. DE On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:25 PM, cj.spinner <cj.spin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It is encouraging to hear of another example of "cultivating a small > group of individuals who enjoy a tour rather than a race and have > embraced the thought of a rolling bicycle adventure/picnic". I am > beginning to see references this type of thing more and more in these > discussion groups and on blogs. > > I enjoy a similar riding style, but miss the some of the social > benefits of the "club training rides" I once did on a regular basis. > > Thanks for the ride report and the inspiration to, perhaps, cultivate > my own small group... > > On May 3, 4:19 pm, Mike Irwin <rivendellbrownbom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Today was our leisurely cycling group's Spring Ride. (However, I > > forgot both my Flip video cam and my digital camera in my car and > > didn't realize that I'd left it behind for about 20 minutes into the > > ride...another rider took some pics, so I'll try to post something up > > soon.) > > > > For anyone that is remotely familiar with Central Iowa, we started in > > Des Moines (at the Birdland Marina) and traveled north along the Des > > Moines River to the Saylorville Dam. I was on my Protovelo and it was > > a great chance to get out with the temperature around 70 F for most of > > the ride. The others in our small group (five in total) were mostly on > > steel bikes from the 70's and early 80's. (I've been somewhat > > successful in cultivating a small group of individuals who enjoy a > > tour rather than a race and have embraced the thought of a rolling > > bicycle adventure/picnic.) > > > > The route hugs the river pretty close and snakes through some woodland > > area. For anyone that heard about Iowa's 150 year flood that is > > apparently hitting every 15 years now (at least in the Des Moines > > area), the route rolls through some of the hardest hit areas. It was > > nice to discover that our Park and Rec group had been diligently > > working to clean up the trail over the past 12 months. > > > > The ride finished with a BBQ in Union Park, a park on Des Moines' > > north side. All in all, a successful day and a great kickoff for many > > more rides to come. > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
