Sorry I missed the fun. Did get the car fixed. Let's try it again next year.
Joyce On Feb 28, 4:13 pm, Joan Oppel <oppel...@verizon.net> wrote: > Here's my East Coast perspective on the Chilly Hilly - i"m visiting family > in Seattle (I live near DC). I rode Chilly Hilly with my son-in-law, but > didn't mention to the list because I knew we were going to take a later > ferry. We rode to the ferry from West Seattle and after getting caught > because the lower bridge was opened, we took the 9:35 ferry. First half of > the ride was cloudy, a occasional spitting rain - but it snowed a bit, hailed > a bit and then rained the entire last 15 miles, plus wind and rain blasted us > on the ride back to West Seattle. > > You would not have recognized me -- as I was riding a mint green Trek Pure > step-through townie bike! Nothing "Riv" about me yesterday except my wool > jersey - safely secured under my pink jacket. It's my daughter's bike and > luckily it has low gears. My son-in-law was on an MB-2 with a Carradice bag > in back and banana bag in front. (If anyone happened to see either of us.) > A number of riders commented on my bike.......it certainly was distinctive > among the bikes I saw on Bainbridge. > > Here's my perspective: 1) If this ride had been in the DC area, there > wouldn't have been over 3,000 riders (the count I heard, and yes, I know > there are usually 5,000). In DC there would have been 300, weather-wimps > that we are. > > 2) I saw many many more steel bikes yesterday than I see in the DC area, I > mean, more in one day yesterday than I see in a month or two! I saw an > Atlantis and a Hillborne and spoke to both but they just said hello and went > on by. > > Doing CH gave me a good idea of what it's like to bike here year round. > Joan > > Feb 27, 2011 08:01:25 PM, rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com wrote: > > =========================================== > > Chilly Hilly lived up to its name, today. Saw Rob with the > Rambouillet at the line to catch the ferry back to Seattle, but > otherwise, it seems like the nasty weather kept those with more sense > than me back at home! > > Photos Here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/awilliams53/sets/72157626036079073/ > > Andy > > -- > 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. -- 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.
