Thanks, I am loving my jack brown greens on the Roadeo, just thinking about how to squeeze non-ugly fenders in there too. The upcoming paul brakes are giving me hope. The rains have been a lovely excuse to cut back on the riding the last couple of months. The descriptions by you and others Brevet experiences have me longing for distance on the open road.
I could recomend the Acorn Handlebar bag as a substitute for a boxy bag, it will hold enough to get you between breaks, and not set you back as far $$ in accessories as well. Rob On Mar 8, 10:10 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
