Hey Kelly, be sure to share photos with us of your adventures and your tandem when it arrives. Sounds like a great summer.
--mike On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:18:11 AM UTC-7, Kelly wrote: > > mike, > > We here in Missouri had a early start to summer. At this point we've > already done the Tour de Hills, Three State Three Mountain Challenge, > Horsey Hundred, Tour de Cure and a loaded bike tour between Kansas City and > St Louis. All that and I'm still the infamous pot bellied cyclist. > (thanks for the moniker grant) However only being 15 days into June and > looking forward there is still a lot to come. June is mostly local rides > and fun stuff, followed by the Denali Tour with Adventure Cycling in July, > then the MS150 in September, C&O/Allegheny self contained first week of > October, Hilly hundred third week of October I think and finishing up with > the Tour de Cape. > > Equipment wise my wife and I are expecting, (pause for effect) the > delivery of the custom lugged Bilenky Tandem in the next month or two. The > build has started and all looks good. I have a 68cm Schwinn Traveler on > the work stand just back from paint ready for assembly if I had more time > to work on instead of ride bikes. Not to mention every time I go to work on > it I have to make a trip to the hardware store or am missing a nut or bolt. > Seems everything is clamp on.. cable stops, water bottles, everything. > Example the screws I need for the down tube mounts for the cable stops for > some reason are american thread instead of metric and stopped me last > night.. now off to hardware store again. Front derailur may be a problem > too, though I'm attempting to ignore that for now. The Bombadil is in the > stand on the other side being prepared to be boxed and checked out for > Denali. I've been thinking about a fancier looking crank for my AHH but > the 500 plus bucks keeps me from pulling the trigger. Other than that I > may trim the heard and sell my mountain bike, and one of my fixed geared > bikes that I just don't ride anymore. > > Summer in full force.. gotta love it. > > Kelly > > > > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 8:44:01 AM UTC-5, Mike 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/-/69kqC2xNaTIJ. 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.
