Had a free weekend. Ladyfriend was doing the first annual kitty-not-a-kitty sugar extravaganza in LA. Was looking to go camping but no one wanted to go in the rain. Go figure. Since everyone else was riding the Del Puerto Canyon 200k I figured it would a good idea to be social.
Good thing about doing a hard ride before, you know what to expect and you can plan for it. Had a good plan coming in but that went to hell when the allure of getting to Subway first and the helpful but fast pull I got from Jon B, who's newish Atlantis is being well loved and well ridden. But again the beautiful camaraderie of Randonneuring helped offset the bad decisions of going too hard to early. Maybe it's the common fact that everyone that rides a bike for the simple fact of beautiful views and lovely roads are good people. I got pulled by a lot of people on this ride. For that I am grateful for the aerodynamics of peoples butts. Didn't really recover from the early afternoon bad decisions until near the end of the day, despite my best efforts Jenny Oh still beat me at the sprint finish. Still solid ride. Folks were nice enough to pull me along. The recovery ride the next day was short and sweet. Recent rains made the trails nice and the weather was perfect. Even Joe Bunik came out and messed around. We hung out and still had a blast, only one minor "yoga" demonstration. Pretty lucky to surround myself with good buddies who are always willing to ride any ride that comes up or sounds fun. Short or long. Dirt or Road. Whatever keeps you rolling and smiling. For me the ride is great but the friends make it better. Pictures proved that always bring friends you can draft behind. https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5ep811 Manny "Yay for free weekends" Acosta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
