The railtrail that goes east out of LaCrosse was super-nice! I think I read that it's the first ever...
Steve -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com on behalf of EricP Sent: Sat 7/31/2010 8:44 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Hillborne out of town True. However, my other two bikes have tires 50mm and 60mm wide. So these are positively skinny for that type of riding. Yes, the rail-trails are great. Ended up purchasing a season pass to take advantage of them. (Next on the list, lower half of Gandy Dancer trail.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 31, 5:54 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > Well, sure--that's just the sort of stuff these bikes were designed for! The > railtrails in Wisconsin are great, aren't they? Had a blast riding them on > the Saluki a couple of summers ago... > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com on behalf of EricP > Sent: Thu 7/29/2010 8:53 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Hillborne out of town > > Took the wife and our bikes on a short trip this weekend. Went to > Wisconsin to ride, eat, and relax. Had been on these trails a couple > of months ago, but with a different bike. This time, took the > Hillborne. After some misgivings, realized the bike could handle > these trails just fine. About perfectly, in fact. The 40mm wide > tires were wide enough for the gravel and less than optimum paving. > And the high handlebars and comfy handling of the bike combined to > make riding seriously fun. > > The only thing less than ideal was the weather, which was slightly on > the hot and humid side. Although not as bad as feared. At least > until Tuesday. A short jaunt on the trails that morning had me > perspiring quite freely. Didn't see any fish mistaking the air for > the water, but it was close. > > May be adding a few photos to this set in the near future. Had to get > a roll of film developed. And, well, we'll see what develops. > Otherwise, the set is here -http://tinyurl.com/2bdcrct > > BTW, finally have over 1,000 miles on the Hillborne. For some reason, > it was the last of the three main bikes to do that this year. Will > need to make up for that. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > winmail.dat > 4KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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. -- 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.
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