Esteban: That's an interesting write-up. Did you notice in the intro he mentions not finishing? Got 150 miles though; darn sight more than I'm ever planning for a single day.
Let's see, his problems were: 1) sore bottom; 2) struggling on the climbs; 3) pavement roughness. Can't really tell much about the bike from the photo but it looks like low spoke count wheels (he mentions something about the spokes orienting "just so") & a carbonic looking fork, so we can guess at the rest of the package. I wonder how he would have done on a more comfortable bike with wider range gearing? Gosh, a Brooks saddle, 25" or 30" low gear and big fat 28 mm tires may have made his day! dougP On Mar 17, 8:46 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
