on 3/27/10 11:15 AM, Tim McNamara at tim...@bitstream.net wrote: > 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).
I _think_ you are thinking of Sterling H, who is a different fellow. Those rides are the legendary "Jobst" rides, a true piece of west coast cycling lore. There are a few tales of them, and Tom Ritchey mentions them in the Reader interview from a few years back. - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Get your photos posted: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and just like that I knew it was dead" -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- 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.
