This downhill had me hitting 42mph and averaging 30 on the downhills... not too shabby for a single!
Would be hitting warp speed on a tandem!!! On Aug 3, 4:03 am, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > The great thing about climbing is that every mountain has a top! And you > get to go downhill. > > We did a short charity ride on the tandem over the weekend and the first > half was all uphill, climbing 1300+ feet in fifteen miles of mostly dirt > roads. Tandems don't like going uphill and the 130 year old team isn't too > good at it so we struggled to stay in contact with the peleton. But we left > the feed station with the leaders. No one had a chance of staying with us > on the downhill as we sat upright and coasted back to the start at 40 mph. > My stoker was screaming all the way, only later did I realize it wasn't pure > joy! > > Now, riding into the wind seems to go on for ever, and when I turn around > that dang wind seems to turn too. > > michael -- 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.
