I rode a 400k that I also organized, with two fellow randonneurs. There was quite a lot of hill climbing early and once we got in a flatter part of the route, the wind kicked up to a ferocious gale. Later after dark the wind died down some but even so we did not make it to the penultimate control by midnight so there was nothing open. It was then I remembered that I stashed a water bottle in my Carradice earlier and was thankful for my foresight, however unintended. We made it back to the start at 2:46 am for a total time of 20:46.
Here is the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7177029 I didn't take any pics but my friend and fellow Rivendell custom owner did so let me see if I can find some of those :) On Mar 29, 2015 10:07 PM, "JohnS" <sharp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Trying to instigate a discussion on everyone's weekend ride. I'll start. > My wife and I got out for a short ride of about 7 miles on Saturday > . It was the first ride of the season for Suzanne so we didn't plan to go > to far. The cold stiff wind and and overcast sky didn't help either. We > have to start training for the NYC 5 Boro tour on May 3rd. We'll be doing > that with your 12 year old son and a friend of ours. My son will be riding > our '80's Rodriguez tandem with me. Next year he'll be able to ride on his > own. > > On Sunday I got out by myself for a 35 mile. The wind wasn't nearly as > bad and the sun was shining which helped a lot. I was using the low gear > for about 10% of the ride, more than I'll think I'll be using later in the > season. It did get me up all but one really tough hill so it definitely is > helping. I was pretty tired till I got home. The picture shows my small > Sackville sack in the Wald basket. All my gear was in there. The bike is > leaning against an old corn crib, shed. You may also notice the shoots near > the front wheel, signs of spring. Thank goodness! We're experiencing a > prolonged winter here in PA. > > How was your ride? > JohnS > > -- > 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.
