Yes it was the last one, whicn was cancelled for the pandemic in '20 and '21 then finally run this year. A fellow I spoke to at the BBQ said Ride Director Jennifer Strong struggled to get help on the administrative side and decided she'd had enough. Unspoken but notable considering this fellow was in his 80s, I was quite surprised to see most of the riders were my age (60) and older; I don't know what the demographics for other charity rides are but this one seemed to consist of the same folks who rode with me when I was doing these things 15-20 years ago. Me-thinks the registration numbers were dwindling.
Tires are 650B x 47 and I needed every mm of them. Lake County roads need help! On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 12:39:26 PM UTC-7 J J wrote: > Looks like so much fun, Joe. Does farewell mean this was the last such > ride? Brought back memories of a boating and waterskiing trip to Clear Lake > a while back. Beautiful. > > And your bike looks awesome as usual. What size tires are you running? > On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:43:10 PM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Ok technically I pedaled NEAR it, this was the farewell Pedal The Puddle >> ride at Clear Lake CA. and they didn't do the loop around the lake this >> year, just the 20 and 40 milers. I did the 20 which was billed as a "family >> fun ride" but the first 8-or-so miles were pretty serious and steep to me! >> But then we went down the other side and that was pretty rad. >> >> I had a lot of fun and really didn't miss the brutal 67 miles around the >> lake I had done a few times in the olden days, this was awesome. Then there >> was BBQ! >> >> One Roadeo spotted, I think we had the only Rivs there. Note the very >> worn-in Brooks, that's a Rivbike with big miles under its wheels 🙌 >> >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/rVXrjdo8MJNsaNow6 >> >> Joe "puddle pedaler" Bernard >> > -- 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/357d69d8-2123-4a5a-96eb-2b0252890f98n%40googlegroups.com.
