Real nice video of the 32 hour adventure! Thanks for putting those together. Congratulations (and you to, Mike and Gabe!)!!
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric, great video. That's tough riding through the night. Well done on > finishing your SR series. Are you confirmed for PBP? > > I'm curious, in the video you mention collecting receipts at controls, > don't you guys use brevet cards and just get them signed at the open > controls? Do you guys use info controls? I did the Oregon Randonneurs > Coastal 600k this weekend, we had 13 controls, 5 of which were info > controls. > > It sure looks like you folks had nice weather. Our weather wasn't bad > by Oregon standards but still there was a lot of rain and a lot wind. > At our overnight control I slept for 5hrs. I probably could have slept > less but I don't really like riding at night. I got into the over- > night control soaking wet and very hungry at 11pm. After food and a > shower I was asleep by midnight and back on the road by 5:30am. > Perhaps if it hadn't been so wet and windy I would have ridden through > the night but I would have missed some of the best scenery of the > trip. Like you I also had BB trouble. It developed a horrible creak. > This was my first brevet NOT on a Rivendell. I rode my new Bryant > which was great. > > Here's some pictures: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157626679099612/ > > I had this song stuck in my head for the entire second day. It wasn't > so bad but still seemed like such a random song to have going in your > head over and over and over... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aumejrcEHs > > --mike > > -- > 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. 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.
