"Our 45km ride took longer to complete than the 70km racing route, hah!"
Ah, but who had more fun? I like the way you spend your off the bike time. You guys have the right idea. dougP On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 9:51:57 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Our 'peloton' was five riders deep. Our 45km ride took longer to complete > than the 70km racing route, hah! > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> That sounds like my sort of race. How many people shared those 2 bottles? >> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> For the past seven years my riding friends and I gather together on a >>> weekend in April for the first 'race' of the year. This is an off the grid, >>> between friends kinda race. All on gravel country roads, 70-80km long, with >>> a very low-key vibe. Some people show up on race bikes and smash the ride >>> out in impressive times. Others elect to race 'the executive route', which >>> generally means taking a shorter and more scenic route, stopping for snacks >>> and some beverages, perhaps rolling a smoke if that's your thing, and just >>> generally enjoying the day on a bike. The term came from a joke about some >>> of the oldest members of our cycling club who've grown tired of racing and >>> prefer to take it easy. >>> >>> This year was my second year 'racing' the executive route on my >>> Atlantis. The forecast was for 75mm of rain....that's 3 inches for the >>> Americans. So I put my 38 Barlow Pass tires on and of course the fenders >>> and long mud flaps, brooks saddle cover and packed some rain clothes in my >>> bag. The drive out to the start was like a monsoon. But the cycling gods >>> smiled on us as the rain stopped for exactly the duration of our ride, >>> starting up 10 minutes after the race finished. >>> >>> The route included 45km of rolling gravel roads, a detour to ride some >>> single track, the consumption of two bottles of red wine, several >>> croissants and dark chocolate. >>> >>> Here's a few photos from the surprisingly not too wet weekend of riding. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AVf0eUnUHrY/VxUN08_9crI/AAAAAAAAQBA/Lm-iX66ddy8XGpU-jxCg9pHDNLJfVkiXwCLcB/s1600/untitled-21.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I7FQtNXN5KQ/VxUOGuy-XfI/AAAAAAAAQBE/E1lg0JY76SwLsz1wxZ8WWMuzNFP2B8JpgCLcB/s1600/untitled-2.jpg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M1fu-52dLuI/VxUOTSZS1_I/AAAAAAAAQBI/l2u2ISDl6NskpMUaU3Ly90i48m__vLj6wCLcB/s1600/File_001%2B%25282%2529.jpeg> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wPHNhycoPEo/VxUOhwzA4TI/AAAAAAAAQBQ/9vZ3VLE5f80etoS-Uc20Wh6p4k3dc8RgACLcB/s1600/File_002%2B%25282%2529.jpeg> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/G222eGr2xR8/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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