Hey Eddy is on a Rodeo! On Mar 17, 11:19 am, Sean Whelan <strummer_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
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