The route's been posted; it's on public roads, mostly. You can ride it any other time you want. You just can't ride it as a semi-supported ride on that day, with that particular crowd. And anyway: If you don't want to participate in the spirit of the event, but just ride with a bunch of strangers on whatever bike you feel like riding, there are hundreds of events to accommodate you. Why would you want to whiz all over this one?
Evan: Pre-1980 all-friction barcons are acceptable (Campagnolo, Suntour retrofriction, Simplex); indexed barcons switched to friction position are not, because they can't be sure you won't get out of eyesight and switch back to indexing. As I read it, Silvers pass; the very popular Dura Ace 9-speeds switched to friction do not. In my last panicky attempts to get a workable Eroica bike ready (Plan A/late 50s Follis Tour de France failed for smallness and my lack of comprehension of pushrod rear derailleurs; Plan B/late 50s Frejus Tour de France fell through because the bike kitchen sold the frameset to a hipster before I got the cash together. I ran into that guy at the farmer's market last week), I was about to try my most Riv-ish bike. My 1971 Raleigh International, rigged out as a loaded tourer (TA 50.4 triple, Huret Duopar, Mafacs, Bruce Gordon F+R racks, SP dyne front). But I thought about all the fiddling of having to replace the 7-sp Suntour Accu-Shift barcons with retrofrictions, and having to strip off the racks, and I gave up. My understanding from the Eroica CA director (Wesley Hatakeyama, a regular poster on CR) is that the equipment was not aggressively policed this year. I've certainly seen a photo of a guy in full Bianchi lycra on an all-carbon Bianchi with aero brifters *and a race number*, who apparently had no worry about being pulled off the course in the middle of nowhere. That may change as the headcount goes up; apparently, there's a vehicle inspection at the event in Tuscany. >From the reports I read (including one from the course director), there was a rider on an AHH who rode the long (125 mile) course and got hit by a reckless teenaged driver climbing back up the Cambria hills. Apparently, first aid got him patched up well enough that he remounted and finished the course. Peter Adler prissy about rules in Berkeley, CA/USA On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 5:59:17 PM UTC-7, Don Compton wrote: > > While I understand the rules and thinking behind these Eroica events, it > would sure be fun to ride these rides on my Roadeo with low gears and some > good tires. > > On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 2:22:03 PM UTC-7, Evan E. wrote: >> >> Anyone thinking of going to Eroica California? Paso Robles, April 8-10, >> 2016. As far as I can tell, lugged Rivendells (as "keeper of the flame" >> bikes) qualify if they use non-aero brake levers and downtube shifters or >> bar-end shifters. And of course vintage bikes are welcome. >> > -- 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.
