Great photos, Matt. I live in Santa Monica and use my Hillborne on the fire roads. My Rambouillet lives in the Owens Valley / Long Valley and stays mostly on the road.
Keith -- I agree that we are spoiled in California. Even last year when the ski mountain got 45 feet of snow, there were plenty of days when my family went skiing while I went biking. This year there was less snow. Still plenty of snow for skiing, but the riding all winter was quite good. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vfuC3FW2VuQ/Wv2S_toS7hI/AAAAAAAApDQ/MKLd2psIqxcjktwCrWShwW2_SQgR95bnwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0062%2B%25281%2529.jpg> Upper Owens River (riv content = good trout fishing) <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q3qbe372hwk/Wv2TNUUdupI/AAAAAAAApDY/BWknZAr92hEdWzPR7r-adycf5bnavrtJgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0033%2B%25281%2529.jpg>Ram with Mammoth Mountain in the distance <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LmVTIiUU7O0/Wv2TRpCU0UI/AAAAAAAApDg/w3DnfETy_JcFgPESqSqOChLn8nfosPdnwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0037%2B%25281%2529.jpg>Ram at terminus of Crowley Lake, the dam above Owens River Gorge On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 7:24:02 AM UTC+3, Matt wrote: > > In 2003 the only bike I owned was a mid-70s 3-speed Raleigh Sport that I > rode to work every day and locked up on the street. Somehow I got my hands > on a Reader, Grant's philosophy resonated with me and next thing I knew I > had a blue Ram. I didn't know the first thing about tire sizes and riding > styles but I knew the Ram was comfortable and it could take fenders and I > was only ever going to ride on pavement on the east coast, so I put 28s on > it and never looked back. Many, many years later and now I'm on the west > coast and I know a lot more about bikes and I also know about fire roads. > So I finally hung the fenders up and maxed out the tires and wouldn't you > know it, but Los Angeles has miles and miles of dirt roads (doesn't hurt > that LA covers a massive area). Took a ride a few weeks back that looks > downright country but happened to be in the second largest city in the US. > > I still have that Raleigh, btw, and it's still perfect for leaving outside. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/QPUjLMgJOP8jEhx22 > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
