I'd say that was a good description of the ride. It was also my longest ride of the year. My AHH performed great as always. It was cold and windy. I thought that my feet would be plenty warm in wool socks but my right foot was frozen solid the second half of the ride. It is a nice course and a certainly will do it again. Not only did I not see any Rivendells besides Eric's and mine, I hardly saw any other riders (probably fewer than 10). I got an early start and I think a lot of people chose to stay home.
No photos from me. I was too cold to mess with taking out my phone for photos. Nothing like riding with mittens in May in Minnesota. Dan Abelson St. Paul, MN On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 7:32 PM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Today was the 2011 Iron Crotch ride. (A lower key version of the MN > Ironman, one of the oldest and largest group rides in the country.) > Temps ranged from the low 30s to the lower 30s with a very stiff > wind. Probably constant around 20 with gusts near 30. Add to that a > few showers and snow flurries and it made for an interesting ride. > Ended up doing the longest circuit of 58 miles at an average speed of > 12 mph. A number of really steep climbs and associated downhills. > Peak speed was a bit over 36 mph. Did discover late in the ride I > need to adjust my front derailer. Couldn't get into the granny gear. > Luckily was able to grunt up that particular hill. > > Happen to start out about the same time as list member Dan A. He > quickly left me in the dust. Which was good, as I am slow and don't > like bogging down other riders. Didn't spot any more Rivendells > today. > > While my overall speed was poor, I do have an excuse, uh, reason, > there were parts on the latter half of the ride where I needed to > pedal to continue forward motion downhill. While not the most windy > I've ridden, it was pretty brutal when combined with the temps. A > bank thermometer at noon was displaying 34 degrees. > > A few pics here - http://tinyurl.com/6dkhj87 > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > -- > 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. 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.
