Walking a hill is never a defeat. Believing it is a defeat is a defeat. Grin. And from the few roads I've ridden in Iowa you are right, where there are hills they do not bother to make the road longer. Grin.
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:08:47 AM UTC-6, Bob Cook wrote: > > On Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:53:51 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > >> Fantastic! Your's is a beautiful build of Homer's grace and handsome >> elegance. I agree with Michael though, I somehow missed the "not flat" Iowa >> pictures. Grin. >> > > Ha! Yes, Michael and Patrick, Iowa's hills are neither the Greens nor the > Rockies. But Iowa ain't Nebraska, either. (No disrespect meant to Nebraska, > but dang! *That's *flat.) I will say, though, that the 2010 edition of > RAGBRAI ascended a hill on the last day that defeated more than a few > riders from the mountain west. They said that, while they were used to > longer climbs, these tended not to be so steep (between 14% and 19%). > > -- > Bob > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
