Well, we'll see about that! I'm going to concentrate on completing 200k this spring for my next endeavor.
I did see an article with an aside about Len Haldeman riding his custom Riv with a similar setup as a Quickbeam on a PBP. He uses cogs rather than chainwheels. http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/bicycle/PBP/ (scroll down a bit for the Riv) Inspiring. That guy's a monster. Actually that's the kind of inspiration that'll probably get my knees in trouble. I've also got you're website bookmarked (campy only) and get a lot of inspiration reading about your QB exploits. I'm with you. It's cool to see someone riding distance on a Quickbeam. Thanks for sharing them. On Dec 4, 12:20 pm, Eric Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Always a pleasure to see someone pushing the QB far beyond its > intended use! PBP 2011 is coming in less than three years--start > training now! > > --Eric > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Elfardo wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > An introduction is in order as I lurk more than join in the > > conversation here. My name is Clif Wright and I've had my Quickbeam > > for about three months now. It's a fabulous ride and the first bike > > I've owned in over twenty years that fits as it should. I live in > > Austin, Tx. (Any other Quickbeam riders in Austin?) > > > I've been working up to a century ride on the Quickbeam and got a wild > > hair last week when I found myself with a free day to ride. I'm > > probably a couple of months from optimal fitness for a quickbeam > > century but with cedar pollen on it's way to Austin I may be off the > > bike for a bit soon. (If you don't know about cedar season in Austin I > > can assure you that you don't want any part of it.) > > > Saturday morning I was up and off and headed to the Weatherford - > > Mineral Wells Trailway. > > >http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells... > > > It's a 20 mile run one way and I was figuring on doing the trail two > > and a half times. Ideally I like to loop but I was thinking that I > > could use my truck as a support stop and not have to worry about > > carrying too much. > > > As for the redundancy of re-riding the trail a few times, I had no > > cars to deal with all day and the countryside was really beautiful so > > no problem there. It gave me the chance to brag about my off road, > > single (okay dingle) speed, solo century so that's cool too. > > > Weather was in the low 50's with some slight afternoon wind and rain > > that gave me a bit of grief and then blew on. I was quite comfy with > > my woolens on except for the last five miles which are all downhill > > and I completed after sunset. Brrr. Passed a handful of joggers and > > cyclists and a couple of families out for a weekend hike all day. > > Overall it was pretty deserted. Especially after around four in the > > afternoon. > > > The Quickbeam performed great, as expected. No shoulder / neck issues > > at all. I kept it in high gear about 70 percent of the time as the > > trail is railroad grade with no steep climbs. There are a few long, > > shallow uphills that I geared down on a couple of times. > > > I was putting my An-atomica saddle to the test and it felt pretty good > > until around 75 miles or so but that's more my lack of butt > > conditioning. The ride as a whole was fairly pain free until around 75 > > miles when various and sundry muscles and joints started to protest. > > Like I mentioned I was probably jumping the gun on my conditioning. > > > I didn't carry my camera with me but got a couple of (poor) shots > > before I departed. > > >http://flickr.com/photos/clifwright/3082020225/ > >http://flickr.com/photos/clifwright/3082859218/ > > > Later, > > Clif > > --Eric > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
