Ray: Congrats on a great trip & thanks for the pix. Meeting all those fellow travelers shows you don't have to be on the road for a month to have a great time. Everyone touring on a bike seems to have their own ideas on equipment, distance, routing, etc., that are endlessly fascinating. College kids on hand-me-down MTBs seem to have as much fun as seasoned veterans on touring bikes. It's all good; just better on a bike.
dougP On Sep 19, 6:47 pm, Way Rebb <grayc...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I just finished up a great seven day out-n-back from SF to Monterey. > It was supposed to be a nine day loop heading one day east then south > through the California central valley with a cut over to the coast and > head up through Monterey to SF. Day one was way to hot so I bailed on > that idea. > > Instead I re-loaded the Hillborne and headed to SF where I meandered > down the coast, camping at state parks, stayed at Pigeon Point hostel > (after an aborted Big Basin run) and turned around at Sunset Beach > Monterey. I pushed the bike over 92 (horrible road to ride a bike) to > Half Moon Bay going and took Devil's Slide coming back. I hit Devils > Slide at 10 am and there wasn't much traffic. I charged over at 2mph > without having to be at peace with entire world. > > The Hillborne was great, I didn't have tons of stuff maybe 40 pounds > at most but the bike took the down hills smoothly and I felt in > control the entire way. People talk about front end shimmy. I did > feel that but only when I did weird things like stand up and lean over > the handle bars or ride with one arm and the other leg out (bike yoga) > otherwise it was steady ride. > > The highlight of the trip was the other people on bikes i met along > the way. One English couple were on the first night of their one year > around the world tour. They had fully loaded Thorns with the Rolhoff > hubs, the super duper Trangia cooking set and a very roomy Hilleberg > tent. It sounded like a great adventure. A french fellow was ending a > tour across the US, an Austrian couple were in the middle of a tour of > the west coast. People doing border to border rides in both > directions and then there was me "I'm just on vacation dang it!" . It > was fun to see lots of Trangia stoves among the Europeans > > The Hillborne generated some fun comments : "How old is that bike?", > "What does the kick stand weigh?" Most people said the usual nice > bike but one fellow riding a fully loaded Lemond said "Rivendell? I > hear they make great touring bikes", yes they do! > > I didn't take many pics, mostly Hillborne posed by the ocean. I have a > few posted here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrebb/sets/72157624990502478/ > > Note the brand new B17 standard. I retired the black Flyer Special > since the springs take up lots of saddle bag space. The new saddle > felt great from the start and, I think, is springier that the flyer. > > Regards, > Ray -- 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.
