Great write up! -JimD On May 15, 2012, at 11:44 AM, William wrote:
> Dustin did in fact get there, and he got there before Manny, Tommy, and me. > Anne was also there, and that made 5. I was the only one to leave early, and > I'm back in the office now. It was a delightful S24O. > > I BARTed from South Hayward to Macarthur, just in time to see "no bikes" on > the trains heading to Walnut Creek. I texted Manny "am I hosed?". Manny > replied "maybe dude". I didn't get on the first train, but when I saw three > bikes get off the next one, I decided to ignore the 'no bikes' flashing and > take my chances. I think it changes at 5PM, and it was only a few minutes > after 5, so I concluded that my chances were good to not have to contend with > 'Johnny Law'. The train wasn't even crowded, and that got me out to Walnut > Creek. > > I met up with Manny and Tommy who were waiting there. Manny was on his > brother's bike, an old Raleigh beater, made famous because it has the epicly > crumpled Honjo fender on it. We started off right away through the busy > streets of Walnut Creek, when "POP" Manny's rear tire blew. It was an > ancient Ruffy Tuffy, nowhere near used up in treadlife, but the sidewall was > long gone. Manny started taking it apart, but I had made up my mind that the > tire was a total lost cause. Manny said "Yeah, my brother said he didn't > trust that tire anymore". #facepalm#. Anyway, I looked at our location > (Ygnacio and N Broadway) and immediately called Riv HQ. It was 5:45, well > after closing, but of course someone answered, and of course it was Grant, > and of course he said come right over. I rode ahead the 2.5 blocks while > Manny and Tommy walked. Grant and I talked a little about what he needed, > and one of the solutions that Grant thought up was "Manny can take his new > bike". I got to see it. It's an orange and cream 650B Hillborne. It's > adorable. I resisted the urge to snap a photo of it. Manny hadn't seen it > (and still hasn't) so I thought that would be unfair of me. > > Anyhow, Grant pulled out a tire, and Manny went to fixing it. Perhaps > foolishly, we went Jack Brown, and sure enough it rubbed on that tattered > fender. Grant said "forget it, let's put you on a bike". He grabbed the 48 > Hunqapillar, a Saddlesack Large and put us to work. I had a couple extra > zipties so I got the Saddlesack down pretty quickly. Manny started stuffing > his stuff from the porteur rack on his brothers bike into the Saddlesack. > Grant reappeared with a Nitto Mini front and a basket, and we had that on in > another few minutes (beeswaxed threads and all). Grant enjoyed making a > small wrench joke, he handed me a 10mm box wrench for the centerbolt of the > Nitto Mini and said "Here's a 10mm Allen wrench". The brand of the wrench is > Allen. Anyway.... > > We were totally loaded up. Manny was pretty mortified with guilt that he put > Grant out, but I was elated that we were able to parlay some good karma back > into a really useful upgrade. More than anything I was grateful that Manny's > tire failed at the absolute perfect location. On the decent of Diablo this > afternoon could have been substantially less optimal. Starting towards and > up Diablo about an hour late, we were pretty sure it would be dusk-to-dark > when we arrived. It was a great ride up the mountain, road essentially all > to ourselves. We saw a pair of EPIC wild turkeys showing off their tail > feathers to the same hen. There was a moronic family of quails that ran away > from us by running up the center of the road in a very slight serpentine. > > We arrived in camp at about 8, which was pretty good time considering how > late we started. Dustin and Anne were there. We got out several stoves and > feasted on veggies and sausages from Dustin, and bacon wrapped hotdogs from > Manny. My pitiful supplies went unopened, but I was happy to help cook and > clean. We made a pretty respectable campfire and hit the hay at about 11. > Manny rocked the hammock. > > I got up around 6 and packed up. Manny and Anne got up and we had > coffee/tea/oatmeal before I headed off to work. The rest of them are > presumably watching the race. I did go ahead and summit first. It was a > lovely morning. > > I'll post some pictures later this afternoon. > > Bill > > On Monday, May 14, 2012 2:02:33 PM UTC-7, EastBayGuy wrote: > Not getting the Early start I had anticipated. See everyone at the Top..... > > Dustin G > > > -- > 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/-/jr_f5J_5JJwJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
