That's a series of adventures you would not have had were you not on a bicycle. Talk about "pressing on regardless". I dunno, maybe you shoulda made a little noise on your way out of your brother's place. After all, they woke you at 3 AM!
dougP On Mar 6, 2:25 pm, Amit Singh <asd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great ride report Manny! > > On Mar 6, 3:39 pm, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Riding to NAHBS had a new meaning when I found out that MASHsf was > > hosting a fixed gear time trial race to NAHBS starting at Pitsburg/Bay > > Point Bart. Not wanting to carry a backpack the whole way there I > > decided to join in on the race figuring I can just tag along with the > > group to Sacramento. A meet a group of nice guys who just recently met > > up to race so I decide to offer my services to pull their team to > > NAHBS. Little did I know that 30 minutes into the race I get a flat. > > Thing is about alley cat races no one is there to provide car support. > > I pull off and try to desperately change the flat to stay in the race. > > After getting the flat fixed 15 minutes later I flat again. With no > > spare tubes I had to walk a mile to the nearest bike shop to get some > > tubes. I get to the shop and I find out that the shop isn't open for > > another 30 minutes. I finally got back on the road after losing an > > hour to catch up with the race. Lost, my only source of directions is > > the cue sheet I hastily printed out, only after riding a couple of > > hours do I realize that the cue sheet is printed backwards. Starting > > at my destination and ending at the Bart station. Not very helpful. > > But I continue to ride on with the only hints of me going the correct > > direction are lost water bottles on the side of the road. I finally > > catch up the one lone fixed rider that same guy I was suppose to > > support before I got my flat. My only break for that day is that this > > one lone rider used to live in Sacramento so he knew where he was > > going. So I do the right thing and I take the pull to Sacarmento. We > > get there late with only a hour for the show so we scramble to try to > > find someone to open up the sag van to get my stuff, while in the > > process of getting my bag I run into Marc, Mr.OwlBoogie himself with > > his handmade XO-1 hoodie. After a quick camera duel I finally get my > > stuff back and with no time to check out the show I huff it back to > > Davis to stay with my brother. Which turned out to be a good thing and > > bad thing. Good because I got a free place to stay with brother who > > knosw where to get a great hamburger. Bad because I got to deal with > > the college scene debacle, where his roommates decide to go bar > > hopping late into the night and provide a rude and aburpt awaking at 3 > > in the morning. I wake up early to get ready for the Mimosa Ride with > > Sheila Moon prior to going to show I'm surprised to see random people > > sleeping in his living room. I silently and quickly take my leave. At > > the ride I got to meet plenty of interesting people, I'm horrible with > > names but it was great riding with so many people from so many > > different places and backgrounds doing one common thing; out on a > > Sunday enjoying the weather and riding our bikes. Got to see a > > handlefull of Rivendells Mr.Harry Hugel Quickbeam was one of them. > > Harry introduced me to a nice lady who happened to be the wife of the > > Convention Organizer, Rich. Who both happen to organize the Tweed > > Rides in Sacramento. Even better got to meet Rich personally at the > > show! The show itself was bike geek heaven tons of shiny parts and > > interesting looking bike. Got to check out the Rickshaw booth who was > > testing out their new bag, got to see Mark Dwight(Owner of Rickshaw > > Bag Works) fresh with off his tour biking down the coast looking fancy > > in his MUSA pants. > > Riding and hanging around NAHBS was a memorable experience in itself > > but by far the best event was the ride back from Amtrak that Sunday. I > > got to meet a great couple Jim and Ginger who rode a Atlantis and > > Homer and we hit it off right away. Our connection with our bikes came > > secondary to just the experience we all shared and the roads we rode. > > It didn't matter how we got there both our of experiences were special > > and amazing. It's great how something as simple as a bike can provide > > experiences that can cultivate amazing stories. > > > Pictures Proved it Happen:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjz34X3M > > > Manny " Who's hosting the ride to Denver next year?" Acosta- 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.
