Highs in Death Valley itself were in the low 90s, which is about 10 degrees above normal, I believe. For a nice chunk of that, we were up above 4000ft where the temps were nicer (but where the headwinds were a killer).
When we woke Sunday to go home, the winds were really roaring. So overall, I think were were pretty lucky! The poor guys who raced the Furnace Creek 508 in DV a few weeks earlier had 30-40 mph winds for a very long stretch. Dustin > From: JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:07:06 -0700 (PDT) > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [RBW] Re: Death Valley Century/Double Ride Report Fall 2009 > > > Dustin: > > What were the temps in Death Valley for the ride? Were they near > seasonal averages? > > On Oct 26, 12:55 pm, Dustin Sharp <dsh...@runbox.com> wrote: >> Rub it in? Missed out? Doooood! Do you know how friggin' cool Death Valley >> was? :) >> >> Man, 200 miles was tough, but what a spectacular place to do it! My butt is >> still sore, but I'm already thinking about the spring version of the death >> valley double. >> >> Hope to catch the next Riv ride too! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dustin >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 26, 7:53 am, "Andy.M" <andy.e.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The OC ride was a helluva lot of fun, I'm not going to rub it in and >>>> say that you boys missed out, but here's a link to the >>>> pics...http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwqandy/sets/72157622542481011/ >> >>>> -Andy >> >>>> On Oct 25, 8:32 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> The AdventureCorps Death Valley ride was Saturday, and Dustin and our >>>>> friend Jacek and I drove up to participate. I rode a mere 120 while >>>>> Dustin and Jacek conquered the double. A new baby kept me off the >>>>> bike for longer than I'd wish during training time... but I'm >>>>> emboldened for next year. >> >>>>> The ride was remarkable, taking us generally from Furnace Creek up to >>>>> Scottys Castle and beyond into Nevada and back -- and administered >>>>> very well. Death Valley is a striking place. There was great >>>>> camaraderie among the riders and there seemed to be a large cohort who >>>>> reveled in the suffering. >> >>>>> Besides Dustin's Kirk and my Romulus, another Romulus and a Heron >>>>> rounded out the Bobish bicycles. Our friend Bradley rode a nice 80s >>>>> Miyata road bike. I did see a lovely Waterford fixie, and another >>>>> fellow rode a red Soma Rush fixie for his fixed triple crown. Most >>>>> folks were are well appointed MCRBs. >> >>>>> I didn't take many photos, and had a little p&s, but here they are: >> >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157622538208323/ >> >>>>> Wonder how the Orange County Riv & Friends ride went... >> >>>>> Esteban >>>>> San Diego, Calif.- Hide quoted text - >> >>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
