Ken, you are a monster. I bow down to you . . . Seriously, bravo! -- Forrest
On Aug 2, 9:45 pm, Ken Yokanovich <reflector.collec...@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw and briefly met Kelly on his very handsome and stylish > Quickbeam. Spotted another Atlantis and a few Rambouillet. Had a > fantastic tour on my Atlantis. Managed to ride from Faribault, MN to > Sioux City, IA to join in the fun of RAGBRAI for 4 days, then rode > back home. Finished up 761 miles in 8 days of riding. The Atlantis > was set up with Nitto racks front and rear, Arkel bags all around and > a Wald basket zip tied up front for miscellaneous. > > For those of you curious, the bike without bags but with racks, > fenders, and basket = 42 pounds. Empty bags added another 9 pounds. > I traveled with 36 pounds of clothing, food, tent, sleeping bag, > sleeping pad, tools, etc. Total loaded bicycle = 87 pounds plus > another 180 pounds of rider. My days were > Faribault, MN to Saint James, MN 100 > Paullina, IA 137 > Sioux City, IA 85 > Storm Lake, IA 70 > Algona, IA 81 > Clear Lake, IA 62 > Charles City, IA 54 > Roseville, MN 172 > > On Jul 21, 3:05 pm, Kelly <kingtw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm getting packed up for the drive out to Iowa and thought I'd ask, > > who's ridingRagbrai? This will be my first time ridingRagbrai, and > > I'm very excited. I'll be riding my orange Quickbeam, and this seems > > the best year to do it. The main two gearing combinations I'll be > > using are 40 x 15 and 32 x 15. I'll also have the 32 x 18 on the flip > > side if I really need it the last day. > > > Who else is ridingRagbrai? I'm hoping to see quite a few Rivendells > > on the ride. Any last minute suggestions from veteranRagbrairiders? > > Thanks, and I'll see you on the route! -- 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.
