Yeah, and my one fender bike -- Riv #3, "03 Curt -- is with Chauncey Matthews for a new custom rack. I've been caught twice this season, probably only because I don't ride enough. OTOH, we do get our rain "all at once" -- last Friday, my mother's area got 2" in one hour; AND our runoff control system involves using quiet streets (those you choose if you are on a bicycle) as conduits to major roads with gutters, or to concreted arroyos, all leading to The River, eventually. (We've had at least one arroyo death so far this year in the city).
Must put Ryan Watson's donated 35 mm SKS fenders on the Ram .... On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, here in VT. we are not rain rejuvenated but rather rain deluged, > with 4 consecutive months of record rainfall. We headed out for a ride > late this morning and about 4 miles in it started to sprinkle. My stoker > became anxious but we forged ahead. The sun came back out but about 10 > miles in the skies darkened and again my stoker became anxious. I said the > bike has fenders, you have a rain jacket and I don't care; so what's your > point. When the skies opened and poured on us, she said she didn't want to > get hit by lightening. I said I had never heard of a cyclist hit by > lightening. She said it happens to golfers all the time. I said, trying > to add some humor to the dismal situation, that golfers stand around with > rods in their hands, of course they get hit. Cyclist move to fast. > Unfortunately riding down a dirt road in the country doesn't offer a lot > of good options in a thunder storm. We were about two miles from a covered > bridge, where we encountered a couple of friendly Norwegians, also seeking > shelter. > > Michael > > > On Sunday, August 4, 2013 4:45:43 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Short rides, that is. Feeling indisposed and slightly bilious this >> morning, I nonetheless girded my metaphorical loins and rode the Fargo the >> 7 miles through our rain-rejuvenated bosque to Liturgy. Green in profusion, >> baby goathead plants in profusion, too, to augment last year's bumper crop. >> But luck or Stan's kept the Exiwolfs whole and the trip, though sweaty with >> humidity at almost 50%, was (after I warmed up) very pleasant. >> >> Photos to document the insignificance of this journey to anyone but >> myself are attached. >> >> Just three or four weeks ago all the area acequias were closed off from >> Rio Grande water because of the dougth, and the river was in places this >> far south mostly mudflats. The plentiful rains (thank God) of the last four >> weeks have filled the acequias, as you can see. >> >> Patrick "no bicycle incident too trivial to document" Moore >> >> -- >> >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> patric...@**resumespecialties.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> >> >> >> Albuquerque, NM >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
