What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough.
-Jim W. -----Original Message----- >From: doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> >Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD > >Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so >they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus >groceries in the Acorn & I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to >seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. > >dougP > >On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: >> the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be >> there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out >> option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in >> the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked >> up down there. >> ~Mike >> >> On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything >> > and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no >> > excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance >> > seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the >> > last >> > two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as >> > suggested. >> >> > More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over >> > on >> > flickr:http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... >> >> > Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave >> > beverage for post-ride celebration! >> >> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of >> > > our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our >> > > starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) >> > > Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog >> > > walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising >> > > wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the >> > > mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth >> > > the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last >> > > year: >> >> > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ >> >> > > This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too >> > > (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm >> > > sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to >> > > partake. >> >> > > I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped >> > > perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. >> >> > > No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be >> > > worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps >> > > worth a trip for folks further out! >> >> > > Esteban >> > > San Diego, Calif. >> >> > > On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the >> > > SD >> > > > crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). >> > > It's >> > > > shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt >> > > > content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! >> > > Hope >> > > > the North LA & Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to >> > > > try >> > > to >> > > > meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 >> >> > > > A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: >> > >http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... >> >> > > > As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put >> > > > faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that >> > > > you >> > > > probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo >> > > > and >> > > > crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the >> > > recent >> > > > "decade" storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should >> > > handle >> > > > it nicely. >> >> > > > -- >> > > > Cheers, >> > > > David >> > > > Redlands, CA >> >> > > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would >> > > > probably benefit more from >> > > > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS >> >> > > -- >> > > 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. >> >> > -- >> > Cheers, >> > David >> > Redlands, CA >> >> > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would >> > probably benefit more from >> > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide >> > quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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