Ski to Sea (aka the Bellingham Olympics) is a 93 mile, 7-leg relay race from Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay. My principal and a group of teacher buddies have been doing this event for a few years. XC Ski-downhill ski-run-road bike-canoe-XC bike-kayak. Their mountain biker decided to retire, so I was asked to join the team. The mountain bike leg is about 13 miles long and mixed terrain and surfaces, but not extremely technical. They started allowing cyclocross bikes a couple years ago, and though the mountain bike would be more comfortable in a lot of spots, the 'cross bikes are faster overall. They also decided to change the name of the leg to "Cross-Country Bike."
Country Bike? Sounds like a job for my Riv! I have a couple of mountain bikes, but knew the Riv would be faster overall. I pre-rode the course on Saturday with JB greens. What fun! The tires worked great on the fairly dry course. Alas, it rained all night, and all day Sunday - which required a last minute switch to 'cross mud tires. The Michelin Tires were labelled 700x30, but actually measured 34mm (pleasant surprise!) The Silver sidepulls had plenty of mud clearance, and worked fine in the muck. I did have one mishap fairly early in the event - I leaned over to far on wet pavement, lost the front and laid it down. Luckily, it was a slow/tight/technical 90 degree turn. That did cause me to be a bit more cautious, and possibly the minute I needed to crack Top 100 glory. So, the bike did great and the engine wasn't as weak as I'd feared. I finished 170 out of nearly 500. Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39151498@N07/sets/72157633729826500/ -- 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.
