Brian-- You make 200k look and sound so do-able. Excellent and inspiring report.
Manny-- Come on up to the NW... we'll take you out to ride in our wet + quickly melting snow. --Smitty On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:49:59 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: > > I bailed on the Brewpub Populaire in Oregon to do my first 200k this past > Saturday in Bellingham, WA. It was definitely an experience! I rode in > snow, freezing rain, plenty of wind, and ultimately sunshine through some > pretty country on a relatively flat course (for this area). No bonking or > mechanicals made this one a win. I rode my '09 AHH kitted out in rando > garb with Acorn bags front and rear. Not too heavy on the packing - mostly > liquid food, and a spare wool top, bottom, hat, and gloves. The only thing > I used were the extra gloves as my original winter gloves were soaked > within the first few hours. I changed when the rain stopped, and my summer > gloves kept my hands warm at that point. I ended up doing the ride mostly > alone as there was nobody willing to go as slow as me :) I felt a real > sense of accomplishment at the end, it being my longest ride ever. > > Pics and write up prove it happened :) > http://wp.me/p1kJzU-31 > > Flickr for more: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyCRrL3 > > Brian Hanson > Seattle, WA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/5A6jjryseugJ. 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.
