The weather was quite nice. We've had much warmer rides in East County of San Diego this summer. If you can bear to watch some serious suffering, check out this video from the epic 2009 Furnace Creek 508:
http://tinyurl.com/yjfj4xa Wow - the OC ride looks like it was great! We'll have to do something similar when OC gets their turn again. Who's next for November - IE? Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Oct 26, 1:22 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: > Highs in Death Valley itself were in the low 90s, which is about 10 degrees > above normal, I believe. For a nice chunk of that, we were up above 4000ft > where the temps were nicer (but where the headwinds were a killer). > > When we woke Sunday to go home, the winds were really roaring. So overall, I > think were were pretty lucky! The poor guys who raced the Furnace Creek 508 > in DV a few weeks earlier had 30-40 mph winds for a very long stretch. > > Dustin > > > > > From: JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> > > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:07:06 -0700 (PDT) > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Death Valley Century/Double Ride Report Fall 2009 > > > Dustin: > > > What were the temps in Death Valley for the ride? Were they near > > seasonal averages? > > > On Oct 26, 12:55 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: > >> Rub it in? Missed out? Doooood! Do you know how friggin' cool Death > >> Valley > >> was? :) > > >> Man, 200 miles was tough, but what a spectacular place to do it! My butt is > >> still sore, but I'm already thinking about the spring version of the death > >> valley double. > > >> Hope to catch the next Riv ride too! > > >> Cheers, > > >> Dustin > > >>> On Oct 26, 7:53 am, "Andy.M" <andy.e.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> The OC ride was a helluva lot of fun, I'm not going to rub it in and > >>>> say that you boys missed out, but here's a link to the > >>>> pics...http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwqandy/sets/72157622542481011/ > > >>>> -Andy > > >>>> On Oct 25, 8:32 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> The AdventureCorps Death Valley ride was Saturday, and Dustin and our > >>>>> friend Jacek and I drove up to participate. I rode a mere 120 while > >>>>> Dustin and Jacek conquered the double. A new baby kept me off the > >>>>> bike for longer than I'd wish during training time... but I'm > >>>>> emboldened for next year. > > >>>>> The ride was remarkable, taking us generally from Furnace Creek up to > >>>>> Scottys Castle and beyond into Nevada and back -- and administered > >>>>> very well. Death Valley is a striking place. There was great > >>>>> camaraderie among the riders and there seemed to be a large cohort who > >>>>> reveled in the suffering. > > >>>>> Besides Dustin's Kirk and my Romulus, another Romulus and a Heron > >>>>> rounded out the Bobish bicycles. Our friend Bradley rode a nice 80s > >>>>> Miyata road bike. I did see a lovely Waterford fixie, and another > >>>>> fellow rode a red Soma Rush fixie for his fixed triple crown. Most > >>>>> folks were are well appointed MCRBs. > > >>>>> I didn't take many photos, and had a little p&s, but here they are: > > >>>>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157622538208323/ > > >>>>> Wonder how the Orange County Riv & Friends ride went... > > >>>>> Esteban > >>>>> San Diego, Calif.- Hide quoted text - > > >>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
