I get email feeds from this British cycling "news" source. I thought it was fun to see them take a friend who was quite a newbie to non-pavement on their trip.
Their ride and the self sufficiency seemed to ooze the newness of the activity that I recall folks feeling when Grant first named the Sub 24 hour overnight bike ride in the Rivendell Reader. They'd been doing those for a while before the name, it just took some thought to realize how odd it seemed to those outside their circle. I mean it was the early '90s and road was road (crit bikes, tri bikes, 700x23 was a fat training tire) and mountain was getting all huffed up on suspension. Carrying things on a bike to camp implied "touring" and you needed front and rear panniers on your RB-T to carry all of the special items for bike camping. These three didn't necessarily see their trip as a stepping stone to longer self sufficient trips using little more gear than they had this time. They never even mentioned the Rough Stuff Fellowship (UK, 1955-). Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/60fd2c4c-5c92-4d0d-8c3c-32da7887a238n%40googlegroups.com.
