Thanks folks. I feel great now! Although at certain points in the climbing I heard the following statements bounce around inside my head: "Why am I doing this?" "I hate myself" and "I'm never doing this again."
As Doug mentions, there is great healing power in cycling -- like the ability to erase such ideas once the endorphins mix with hope. Thanks to Mike & Eric for laying out the logical pathway toward madness :) As EricP mentioned, the Romulus did well. I sure would have liked a boxy bag up front - it makes eating while riding a lot easier. Rob - these were 28mm Paselas with 35mm Honjos. I put them on when I first got the bike, but the clearance wasn't very good. I brought them along and put them on the night before. These fenders would work much better with a 25mm tire. I'm not sure if Rom/Ram fits 43 or 45mm Honjos. The front fender is attached by a clamp, and it began to rattle and did so for much of the day. All this being said, I wish I had Jack Browns on the bike. Even though these are very nice roads, the asphalt is very bumpy to the south of Furnace Creek. I'm sure that caused even more fatigue. Jack Brown Greens with fenders would have been perfect. Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Mar 8, 7:59 am, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Sounds like a wonderful ride, and an endorsement for the healing power > of cycling. Can't believe you tackled that after feeling as you did > earlier in the week. Congratulations. > > dougP > > On Mar 8, 5:52 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So were you the only person who did it pedaling "free"? Congrats on > > pushing through and finishing. Sounds like the early troubles were > > worth it for the chance to pedal under the stars. Like I posted to > > your blog, if you can complete that ride you can definitely do a 400k. > > I hope things work out and you get to finish a full super rando series > > this year. My first brevet of the year (http://www.orrandonneurs.org/ > > rba/2010/BirkieBrevet/BirkieBrevet_Info.html) is about 2 weeks away. > > I'm super excited. > > > --mike -- 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.
