15-1/4 hours is a great time for an SFR 300. Great work Toshi! Toshi and I spoke briefly on last month's 200, and I did my third SFR 200 of the year on the same day Toshi did the 300. I told him I was going to shoot for an R12 rather than do the longer rides this year, and Toshi very kindly remembered that I've got a redemption goal on the Marin Mountains 200 in the Spring, because I did it last year 10 minutes over the limit. It was a cool but not cold day, and the winds were low and visibility was absolutely spectacular, so riders in a good mindset were rewarded all day long for riding in one of the most beautiful settings in the world. One of those unbeatable views was on the hardest climb of the day up out of Stinson Beach over Mount Tam at mile 105. Talk about earning your views!
Bill Lindsay #6551 El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 7:09:42 PM UTC-7 ttoshi wrote: > Hi all, > > As part of my preparation for the really long rides, I decided to drop > weight on my bike where I thought I could compromise. > > Where did I lose substantial weight? > > 1. Plastic fenders to aluminum fenders (-300g) > 2. Hetre EL 42 mm--> Ecureil 38 mm (-260g) (Only front is Ecureil for 300k) > 3. Plastic saddle: Fizik Tempo Aliante R3 Adaptive (-200g) Really > comfortable for a plastic saddle. Does have a couple of points on sit > bones that I'm not used to (narrower than my normal saddle), but will > easily adapt (will not chafe). > 4. Front bag--Berthoud bag with decaleur needs no stiffener inserts (-200g) > > I also got some shiny (affordable, Chinese-made) titanium water bottle > cages on ebay that work great and save me another 40g. All in all, I'm > dropping over 2 lbs, which is pretty good. > > My training is a little lean, as I didn't do any rides over 15 miles long > over the last month between the 200k and 300k. However, I do commute to > work almost every day (5x/wk) and get about 1300 ft of daily climbing in. > > The 300k is really beautiful and not that hilly (relatively speaking), > which makes for a really nice ride. I've also done the ride many times, so > I know what I need to do to finish it. > > I finished at around 15 1/4 hours, which is great for me, given my lazy > conditioning. > > The much harder 400k and 600k are in the next two months. I hope to have > the fortitude to complete those rides. A pic from the start of the 300k is > below with my latest setup. > > Toshi > [image: IMG_2102.jpg] > > > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2fb8f35b-78f6-42b3-8a9b-e0393fd9568fn%40googlegroups.com.
