HA, you guys (er, at least some sub-set of!) woulda loved it!!! Mikey S.- I sure hoped I'd have seen you! ;-)
Whether you came from the distant-iBOB-past, or merely have affinity for the technical / historical / social roots of cycling, you'd have loved this. Yes, it did have that re-enactment element to it, but rather than being cheesy it was totally mesmerizing - kind of like visiting a living history museum or encountering a steam locomotive. After reading the varying degrees of hand-wringing about prohibition of clipless pedals, aero levers and/or the replacing vintage road doubles with "cheater" touring-class gearing, everybody and I mean everybody who I saw that went out for it had a GREAT time. It was a synthesis of all the elements- the location, the route, the bikes and the people that really made it. It was a 3-day party in a festival environment. I started late and got later during my day on the middle route. Rode with several local and distance-friends who frequent this and other lists, and spotted both a Hilsen AND a Betty Foy (black widow paint!) out there during the ride. My photos are pretty middling compared to those of the "pros"- the most scenic moments I was hardly going to get off the bike for! - but here you go: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/sets/72157651944172331 I'd suggest, play your best hand and get in the game next year! =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 4/15/15, Mike Schiller <[email protected]> wrote: > keeps out all the Riv-raff too ( pre '87 rqmnt)! everyone needs a real > vintage bike. Hoping to be there next year but I need a bike for just one > event like a hole in the head. > > ~mike > Carlsbad Ca > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 9:10:12 AM UTC-7, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> I'm guessing that next year year this is going to blow up huge! That's >> great as the original as well as Cino http://www.cinorider.com/ look >> absolutely fantastic. >> The vintage requirement is a touch precious, but I get it as it keeps the >> >> Strava crowd from showing in force on their MCRBs >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
