"Most people still think this kind of riding 'can't be done' on a 'road bike.'"
That's an excellent slide show, but I can't help noticing that they're walking their bikes over stuff that Rob's Bleriot could ride, no problem. On Mar 27, 11:15 am, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > On Mar 27, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Bruce wrote: > > > So Frank (on his Surly LHT) and I (on my '95 Riv Road) were taking > > a 50 ish mile route that I had mapped out some months back for the > > local club. On a past group ride, we made an in course adjustment, > > because one of the county roads, leading to some nice lake views, > > turned out to be coarse stones and red clay. Today, it was just the > > two of us, and Frank said, "Wanna go explore that dirt road? We > > have the tires." He was (is this the "in" word?) rocking (I can't > > keep "curating" or "palping" straight either) Bontrager Invert 35s > > and I had Maxy Fasty 33.4s. Both were peachy keen on backroads > > rough rider stuff. It's nice to have bikes that basically can go > > anywhere and do anything that the legs of the operator can push it to. > > > Tailwinds.. > > For those who haven't seen what one can do with a standard "racing" > bike: > > http://siliconvalleycyclist.com/rides/slideshow_coast.htm > > Most people still think this kind of riding "can't be done" on a > "road bike." Notables in the photos include well known frame builder > and entrepreneur Tom Ritchey, frame builder and machinist Peter > Johnson, Jobst Brandt, etc... even one Sterling McBride (whom I am > remembering as a Riv employee at some point, but maybe that was a > different guy named Sterling). -- 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.
