Rob, I was able to take a snow ride while visiting family in St. Louis for Christmas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/4227507277/ A bit of slipping and sliding on the icey bits, but it certainly makes for a nice change. Angus On Dec 29, 10:33 pm, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Visiting inlaws in Portland for a couple days so that means I get > to bring a bike. Brought the Bleriot and took off this afternoon to > ride for a few hours. Stated off a little cold but not bad. Afterr > about an hour the flakes started to come down. Rode for another half > hour an I wa in the middle of a full- blown snow storm. Very fun > riding but At this point I was a long way from home and had to figure > out the best route home. Not easy...despite it's reputation as a > biking paradise, and it is a great place to ride, but let's just sAy > there are LOT of hills. I headed downtown then up Terwiliger (a > beautiful road). Was really getting thick at this point but I still > had to get to home base in Lake Oswego...this meant climbing over an > exticf volcano (now suburb). It was granny gear and sidewalks at this > point though traffic really started to thin out here... Nobody could > make it up the hill. Had a nice downhill ride and thankfully made it > home before dark. Bleriot did great but I could have used some wider > fenders. Will post pics once I figure out how to upload from Iphone. > Hoping to go for a ride again tomorrow but not too hopeful. > > Rob Markwardt > > PS... Apologies for typos but I'm getting used to the little keyboard. -- 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-bu...@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.
