Congrats on your 1st Brevet! I'm planning one later this year as well. Perhaps up there in the Bay area. Looked like fabulous weather too.
~Mike On Jan 23, 9:49 am, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I'm jealous. I was signed up to ride, but I caught a nasty virus and > couldn't be there. I'll try again in a few weeks when they do another 200k. > > --Eric N > > On Jan 23, 2011, at 8:51 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I did my first brevet yesterday on my A. Homer Hilsen. It was an > > absolutely gorgeous day in Marin. The course went from the southern > > tip of the Golden Gate Bridge, across the bridge, through Sausalito, > > Larkspur, San Anselmo, over and out to Point Reyes, meandering all the > > way out to Point Reyes Lighthouse. We then backtracked to Highway 1 > > around Tomales Bay and headed north to the town of Marshall, then back > > down 1, aroun Nicasio Reservoir and back down through the Marin towns > > to the GG bridge, 206km later. > > > I saw a few other Rivendells. One large Orange Rambouillet, a big > > Hilsen, a Romulus, and a Saluki. There were several other 650B > > bikes. One oldtimer did it on a Soma fixie. > > > As my very first brevet and my first ride of that distance in 10 years > > or so, I set a modest goal of 11 hours. I was beyond thrilled to get > > in at the official time of 9:22. The Hilsen was spectacular, > > especially on a course featuring tons of varied quality pavement (the > > technical term the SFR group leader used was "craptastic"). Many a > > racing bike rider commented on envying my enormous tires (the 38 > > Somas). > > > I got to meet the legendary Esteban before the ride, which was another > > highlight. He was applauded by the group for coming all the way from > > San Diego to join us. > > > I took some photos. I'll try to add some descriptions later this > > morning. > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157625888508162/with... > > > -- > > 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-bunch@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.- 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-bunch@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.
