The ginormous 5" tires! The ICT just rolled over everything, like a monster truck, powered by grins.
The sparkly blue paint job ain't bad, either. But the sparkly black on one Moonlander is the best Surly paint I've seen so far. On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > What was it that people liked about the Ice Cream Truck? What made it fun? > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery > <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > We broke the MCBR weekend into 4 parts. Friday night we rode to a Saint > Paul establishment for dinner and drinks. I think there were around 15 of > us at the start. There were at least two Rivs in attendance: Marc's > gorgeous Hunq and Tim's first-year Riv Road. Lillian was riding a San > Marcos. Hope I'm not forgetting anyone. The rest of the group was riding > various other brands of "Country Bike". > > > > Saturday morning, we tested several fat bike models on some dirt trails > in Fort Snelling state park. Some park employees and other passersby came > over to try the bikes. The new Surly Ice Cream Truck seemed to be a hit. > Highlight for me: My wife's non-cycling 61yo aunt rode the XS ICT over some > challenging off-trail terrain and smiled the whole time. > > > > Saturday afternoon, the group rode a section of the Minnesota River > Bottoms. This is basically a mostly flat, non-technical dirt trail along > the Minnesota River. The trail is unofficial and mostly maintained by > volunteers. Unfortunately, the state park people recently "cleared" the > portion of the trail that runs through the park. Their hearts were in the > right place, but it looks like they used a bulldozer, and just pushed sand > and trees around, leaving the trail worse for the wear in places. Most of > us were on fat bikes or mountain bikes, but Sean showed up with a Hilsen > and JB tires, which handled the dirt with ease, and made the rest of us > feel kinda silly. > > > > Sunday was the pavement ride. We started from HC, and followed the > Minnehaha Creek bike trail to the Minneapolis chain of lakes. One of the > ride participants lost her wallet and phone the night before at an ice > cream shop in Uptown, so we stopped there to ask if they'd found it. > Luckily, they had, and everything seemed to be in order. We had a small > conference on where to go next, and decided to head to a nearby coffee shop > that features a gay leather/bondage theme. I restocked my supply of > leather-scented body wash. So that was fun. From there, we hit the Bryant > Ave bikeway, Loring Park, Downtown Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall, Hennepin Ave > bridge, Saint Anthony Main, Stone Arch Bridge, University of Minnesota, the > new Dinkytown greenway, U of MN transitway, Como Park, Frogtown, downtown > Saint Paul, then across the river to climb the infamous Ohio St hill, > Cherokee Park, followed by a thrilling descent on Hwy 13 into Mendota. I > said my goodbyes and headed home from there, happy to have shown the riders > such a broad cross-section of the Twin Cities amazing cycling opportunities. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
