Fabulous. When I first moved to San Luis Obispo, a coworker stopped by my cube and within the first week of the new job. I started riding with him and his longtime riding partner. Every Sunday for 7.5 years we have a ride date, except of course when one of us is out of town.
Colors? I assume you mean blue bike-blue table and chairs, and red bike - red table and chairs. Mike SLO CA On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 1:34:42 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > I'm glad you made a new friend, and that you are finding your way > downtown. I've certainly found that the first weeks or even months in a new > city to be awkward if all the roads seem to be 4 or 6 lane boulevards. But > I find Google Maps very helpful to get to new places here in ABQ, even tho' > I've been here for 33 years; Maps has a "bike" option for route finding. I > just wish there were better online maps of the acequia trails and ditch > roads. > > Are there even better apps for scoping out bike routes in US cities? > > Had my own little friendly encounter just now, after a very pleasant > spring ride on the 1999. I stopped on the way home at Sprout's and as I put > my things on the conveyor belt, I realized I'd forgotten my wallet, as > often happens. But the very nice lady in front of me insisted on paying, > and after removing the most expensive item, I agreed; she would not let me > send check or Pp repayment. This is the second time someone has done that. > I guess I must look sweet and forlorn; not a Lone Wolf but a soulful puppy. > > I have a favor to pass on.... > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 1:10 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < > jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> [image: 35321691-70AE-4F2E-9F99-01BFDA8B4292.jpeg][image: >> F8D27243-95F0-403F-B2AC-81A9C323F25B.jpeg]I have had precious few >> chances to meet Rivendell riders in real life. I’ve been a Lone Wolf >> forever, always riding alone and never in the vicinity of other Rivendells. >> I decided 10 years was enough of that and when we moved to Michigan, I >> joined a bike club. Jon D, out of Colorado, told me about Marc, another >> Lone Wolf Riv Rider in my city. So, I emailed him and we met at a bike club >> board meeting. His Riv is a 2012 Sam Hillborne; don’t ask him how many >> miles are on it, he’s a Just Ride purist who doesn’t keep track of such >> silly details. But, it can be concluded from these photos, that that Lone >> Wolf likes a color-matching theme as much as this Lone Wolf does. >> >> Anyway, he rides everywhere, all the time, and is a wealth of information >> about the city and surrounding communities. He’s also kind, so he will >> share it. We have been trying to organize a ride to help me get my bearings >> in the city, but the weather has thwarted every effort…until today. Lesser >> devoted riders might have stayed out of the wind and cool temps, but no way >> were we cancelling AGAIN. >> >> I had been floundering, trying to find safe routes into downtown from >> where I live, but today I was shown some better routes on roads I wouldn’t >> have discovered for months. We rode about 20 miles in high winds to find >> and explore the bike route options in the city. Despite the weather we had >> a fantastic time. I highly recommend exploration by bike; it’s the best way >> to really KNOW a place. >> >> Pictured is the halfway point of our ride; conveniently, at a coffee shop >> in downtown. It made me ridiculously happy to see these two lovely bikes >> parked together. >> >> I think we should make this an official club ride for members who want to >> use their bikes in the city, and there are getting to be more members in >> that category all the time. >> >> (Formerly) Lone Wolf Leah >> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4c089196-9136-4154-82d6-9c4f414a35b6n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4c089196-9136-4154-82d6-9c4f414a35b6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/9d852051-11ec-4e0a-916b-e9f1999a642an%40googlegroups.com.
