Oh, oh, oh, I want to do the same: fixed or ss ride in the mountains, oh, oh, oh.
Anyone want to trade a fullup 56 Sam Hill for a Quickbeam? On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM, J. Burkhalter <burk...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Inspired by Mike's Larch Mountain ride and the recent SF fixed/ss > ride, I decided to yank the Quickbeam out of commuting duty for a > little fun in the mtns above Boulder. After relieving the QB of 9 > pounds of saddlebags, racks, kickstands and other useful city stuff, I > proceeded to load it back up with waxed cotton, wool, jerky, homemade > coconut/nut/seed/dried fruit balls and other useful mountain stuff. > > Route: Boulder - N US36 - Lefthand Canyon Drive - CR 94 (thru > Jamestown) - Peak to Peak Hwy - Ward - Lefthand Canyon Dr. - US 36 - > Boulder > > I had ridden all of this except for CR 94. Jamestown is neat little > community, and the road above it offers some really nice dirt road > riding and views of the Indian Peaks. > > I ran the QB fixed until the super steep parts above Jamestown where I > couldn't make the revolutions anymore. Changed gears (first time ever > in the field) and it only took 15 minutes in the rain :) > > Great ride! Wore me out completely. And will definitely take more > people along on my next fixed/ss jaunt into the Front Range. Any > takers? > > Some pics here: http://tinyurl.com/2ctxjee > > > On my Mt. Evans ride the other day, I left my wind beater vest at home > and didn't realize it until I started pedaling up from Idaho Springs. > I had plenty of wool layers, but nothing to cut the wind for the 28 > mile downhill. And then it hit me - I had my own RBW windshield hack > in my saddle bag. Worked like a charm. Might like it better than my > vest. Check it here: http://tinyurl.com/2e2cum8 > > > -JayB > Denver, CO > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
