Best wishes for success in the race as well as clear sailing on the 130 mile commute to and from it. Bacon-granola powered, huh? good luck.
-jb On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been reading about these "fire trails" in Grant's writings for > years. As far as I know, we don't have fire trails in Minnesota, but > we have thousands of miles of rural gravel roads, and races/rides on > these gravel roads have exploded in popularity. This weekend I, along > with several hundred others, will be riding the Almanzo 100, which is > a free-for-all gravel century. Technically it's a race, but I > seriously doubt that I'm in contention of finishing much better than > middle-of-the-pack. > > It's arguable that Rivendell has played a role (indirectly) in > popularizing this kind of event with Grant's advocacy of tire > clearance and riding "road bikes" on unpaved surfaces. I'll be riding > my Atlantis-inspired Goodrich, and I expect to see lots of Rivendells. > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- 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.
