And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots.
Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Jim: > > Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of > 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. > Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. > > I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm > the weak link; the bike & tires can handle things I can't. > > dougP > > On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > 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 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. > > -- 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. 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