To be fair to those outside of the Fully Lugged / Wool-wearing / RBW inner circle...if you consider the typical Aluminum Trek w/ Carbon fork cyclist frame of reference (a cycling Magazine)...just take a look at this cover from THIRTY-FIVE years ago, and look at your bike / clothing setup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8729...@n02/2353591876/ Mr. Retro, indeed. And I find it comforting that you'd look more at home on a ride with Anquetil and Merckx than the current crop of Postal / Discovery / Radio Shack fans who make up the bulk of "serious" riders who do double centuries. It is fair to forgive someone for being confused. I think the best part of it is that Mr. Retro dropped the post author...and that you weren't tagged as "Mr. Older and Heavier" - one of the other names he came up with. Cheers, Happy St. Patrick's Day. Sean --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> Subject: [RBW] Riv rider as "Mr. Retro" To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:46 AM I thought you folks would get a kick out of this. A friend sent me this ride report of the Death Valley Double, which I finished at a rather leisurely 15:17. I show up in the middle as Mr. Retro. http://veloasana.com/2010/03/10/unfinished-business-in-death-valley/ "A rider catches me. He’s on an old steel-framed bike, complete with fenders. He’s wearing a retro jersey. As he passes by, he exclaims, “Some climb, huh?” .... Mr. Retro is descending faster than me. Within a few minutes, he’s a mile ahead. But somehow, as the road levels off near the bottom of the pass, I catch up. We round a corner and there it is: the climb I forgot about. The other 12% grade – the backside of Jubilee Pass. I brace for more climbing, but thankfully, this side of the pass is fairly short. I reach the summit just behind Mr. Retro. “Well, that’s the last of the major climbing for the day,” he says." Little does he know my Romulus is vintage 2003! Here I am, Mr. Retro: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/25671...@n02/4435969706/ Here I am, Mr. Retro: -- 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. -- 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.
