Birthday ride out the GAP and back in time for afternoon observances and dinner.
I was downstaffed for the day due to low census at 0915 after being called off the first four hours at 0500 so I felt obligated to do the most opposite thing I could. One of my bigger rides on my Coast Rando yet and not disappointed at all. This was the mid ground of what I envisioned riding when I picked the bike and its spec. It just flies and eats the miles. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nx6kSQvnnohcoq4n8 I stopped at a convenience store about 33 miles from home that I always patronize after meeting the owner the other summer. He had insisted my young friend and I not obey his sign's instructions to park bikes in a rack off to the side in a pouring rainstorm but rather we lean them against the front windows where there was a bit of cover then come inside with him where he made us hot tea and we chatted until the downpour relented. He told us about immigrating from India and buying the store. He said the cyclists are great and the locals of the "coal holler" community along the Youghiogheny River get it and are so as well. Hospitality goes a long way and I make sure to reward his human concern for us that afternoon with my continued patronage. It made a nice end point of my ride out and visit before I turned back. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 11:08:07 AM UTC-4, Paul in Dallas wrote: > > Why do many of us feel compelled to share pics from our rides? > > From my perspective a good bike ride is just so enjoyable on a variety of > levels I just want to share it. > > Some things that come to mind are that a good ride can be: > therapeutic, de-stressing, > good exercise, renewing, > peaceful, recharging of the batteries, > inspiring, and restorative. > (Ok, some of these mean the same thing.) > > I'm sure many of you are of a similar mind and have insights and pics to > share of what a good ride does for you and you don't want to keep it to > yourself but share it. > > It's not like we haven't already been doing this over the years already > but I didn't have a specific thread to go to on the Riv list so I just > started this one. > > I built this bike frame up for a friend the last few days and decided to > go on a 10 mile shake down ride to check it over. > > Please share your pics and perspectives. > > Paul in Dallas > > [image: Image] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/592f733a-dd67-4e31-bff5-7b8b4c49ea69o%40googlegroups.com.
