Congratulations, Manny! That sounds and looks like an epic ride! Going long distance is a whole other beastie than the 40-60 mile range (distance can be deceptive, as terrain and road/trail conditions can make 10 miles be like 40 on pavement). My longest ride on my Hunqa is 70 (so far) with 3 mountain passes and all of it above 10,000 feet (Great Divide Mountain Bike Trail, Indiana Pass et al near past Summit, CO). I've found that being fat burning rather than sugar burning makes it far more enjoyable and so that I do not rely on food I carry. In fact, I rarely eat on a ride any more and find it wonderfully freeing, not to mention a slew of other, more primary benefits of shifting my diet to high fat, low carb.
>From your love of Slim Jims, it sounds like you may be in the fat burning camp? With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:35:25 PM UTC-6, Manuel Acosta wrote: > > Good time riding to nowhere and back. Doing my first Populaire last year I > got to riding with Esteban who told me when nearing the end of his 300k and > there's a zen feeling with nothing around you in sheer darkness. It was a > humbling opportunity to ride with so many strong and experience cyclists. > Some highlights. > -Riding with miles of wildflowers. > - Tagging along with Ian's group till River Rd. > - The beautiful rolling hills after Healdsburg. > - Coastal tailwinds all the way to the Marshal Store. > - Riding with and talking to Jenny Oh about her aspirations in finishing a > Randonneur Series( good luck to her) > > > Good sense of learning happened. > -Always jump on the tandem train. They can take you to wonderful places > when you are hurting. > - Riding in sheer darkness on a quiet road by yourself is zen-like. > - Jump in groups to break up the monotony of riding alone. > - Let groups go when you know your cooked. > - Understand the wonderful healing properties of Slim Jims. > - You can and will get dropped by everyone riding anything. > - Bring extra everything. Food, clothes, gloves, lights, stories, smiles. > You know the essentials. > - Getting stung by a bee sucks. Specially when you get stung near the > saddle area... > > Pictures Proved that it's pretty at nowhere: > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEhBB7R > > -Manny "What there's no burrito place open at 11 at night?" Acosta > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
