Great to hear you're planning on the Cascade! I think you were on the fence about it for a while.
Kickstands are GREAT! I don't like the way the tear up the stays though. Need to get a bike with a plate installed! On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's a beautiful sunny morning here in PDX. Sadly today is my Monday and > I'll be working through the weekend. Still, it's one of those days when you > can feel summer on the way. Looking through Manny's and other list members' > photos has me thinking about Rivish summer adventures. What are your plans? > s24o's? Mixed road explorations on new roads? Bike modifications? > > For myself I've got the Cascade 1200k next week which isn't very Rivish > but after that I plan on doing the majority of the rest of my summer riding > on platform pedals and in regular clothing. I'm definitely planning on > doing some s24o's in the Mt Hood NF. I'll probably do Larch Mtn a couple of > times. While it's a long ride from my house to the summit and back (80 > miles) there's nothing to keep one from just going at a reasonable pace, > making a day of it and enjoying the ride. > > As for bike mods? I'm all fired up about kickstands. I may put them on all > my bikes. I put a double legger on the Hilsen yesterday and love it. Most > likely that kickstand will go on my LHT and I'll get a single legger for > the Hilsen. Hell, when I was on a 600k brevet last year I saw one of the > faster rides had one on his bike. I was standing around looking for a place > to put my bike when he rolled up to the control, put the kickstand up, got > his card signed and went on his way. There was something so incongruent > about the kickstand and his bike and yet it all made perfect sense. > > I'll probably give Albatross bars a try on the Hilsen. I'm just really > intrigued by that set-up. > > With my growing appreciation for rambling through summer in regular > clothes I'm sure wishing RBW was selling their MUSA seersucker shirts. > Those sure were a great deal. They had some nice features. I did just order > a seersucker shirt with a fairly nice print through LL Bean. They have them > on sale so be aware. > > Okay, that enough out of me on the glorious caffeine fueled morning. > > --mike > > -- > 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/-/Rvt9ChWat3EJ. > 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 ** “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” -- 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.
