Anyone interested in meeting up for a monthly Rivendell ride in the Bay Area (East Bay specifically since I live in Oakland but happy to travel up to an hour and include anyone located within spitting distance)? I feel like there's a lot of you Oakland/Berkeley members on here, some of you must be riding on weekends and fit within my style and timeframe of riding? Or is there something like this already exists (besides Manny's rides which look totally awesome but would take too much out time and energy out of my weekend)? Would be nice to meet up and ride with some like minded folk. More of a social gathering with some medium duty riding mixed in. Maybe beers mixed in at the end?
One of my highlights this year was Entmoot. So much fun to meet fellow Rivendell owners from all over. I've also enjoyed getting to know the Rivendell employees, and fellow riders through the list and buying/selling things locally. Would love to organize something where we meet up more regularly, for a more casual, social ride setting. And by 'organize' i mean that in the absolute loosest sense of the word. Last thing I want to be responsible for is any sort of official group with insurance and waivers, etc. I typically go for rides out of Rockridge (up tunnel road, snake rd, or shasta in Berkeley, and figure it out from there) on Saturday or Sunday mornings around 9:00 or 9:30 for around 3-4 hours (road, trail, mixed)...usually, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter when time is tight. Other times I'll go to N. Bay or further out in the East Bay (over the peak and into Mt Diablo/Shell Ridge area) and find some routes there: road or trails. I'm not very fast. Touring pace. Home in time for lunch and a beer. I do this almost every week (rockridge departure) so could be a weekly thing if enough people are interested. I'm not big on being out more than 4-5 hours or so, 4 hours is my sweet spot. My thought is a once a month thing (like first saturday or sunday?) If enough interest I can just setup a google group and we can take it from there. Just gauging interest for now or seeing if something else is already out there. Maybe an inaugural ride starting at the Rockridge BART the weekend of Jan 3 or 10? I think I already have some travel the first few weeks of Feb so could already be a rocky start for the second month, but happy to make some amends for the greater good where I can. Possible overnighter meet ups as well? Let me know, PM or reply to thread. Disclaimer: my main road ride is actually not a Rivendell, but a Gunnar (outfitted with a front rack and sackville trunk bag of course), though I have three rivendells now for trail (hunqapillar), commute (cheviot), and single speeding (QB) that I can take out to fit in :) Unless someone wants to trade me an AHH. -- 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.
