Must be spring. Esteban San Diego, Calif.
On Mar 16, 6:35 am, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: > Ironically, I actually met my wife on a bike ride when I was in my > late 30s - and she is not what I would call a bike person. The local > rail trail sponsors a Monthly full-moon ride, and she and her sister > happened to be there on a whim. I had ridden the same trail for years. > It was her first ride in years. Lucky for me the ride sponsor required > helmets - she didn't have one - and I happened to have a spare in my > car as I had recently upgraded my trusty Bell V1-Pro. We exchanged > some pleasantries during the ride, (not names and phone numbers mind > you) but I managed to track her down using the sign-in sheet (still no > phone number) and a few obscure clues. Once she was convinced I was > not a stalker, (that took some convincing!) we did the same ride a > week or so later, (she showed up with her sister again) and the rest > is history. Makes a great "how we met" story. > > Lessons learned: > > 1. Occasionally ride events that are friendly to non-biking types - > especially if there's a full moon. > 2. Always carry a spare helmet. > > Marty > > On Mar 16, 8:49 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > > - Manny "lucky to share my hobbies with my love one" Acosta > > > You are definitely lucky. Nice pics too. > > > I managed to make it into my early 40s without tying the knot. It is > > hard enough to find elgible singles around my age, let alone one who > > is up for a date by bike. Frankly, I feel more optimisic about the > > future when I see how you 20 somethings are figuring things out. > > > On Mar 16, 12:04 am, manueljohnacosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Last Saturday my girlfriend and I decided to start at Bitersweet > > > chocolate shop and bike to Rivendell. She wanted to see what all the > > > hubbub was all about and why I spend so much money there. We had > > > beautiful weather and got lunch at the Rivendell-recommended Tulios. > > > She yelled at me for buying to much stuff and we were off back to > > > Danville. Right when we get back on the Iron Horse trial a lumber yard > > > explodes and we ride back with dark scary clouds in our pictures. > > > Funny way to make a good couple day. > > > > Pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623615749378/with/... > > > > - Manny "lucky to share my hobbies with my love one" Acosta -- 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.
