Photos, please, and a precise weight record of your load. If it wasn't greater tha 45 lb, then I beat you. And this on a 11 oz Fly, *on* a light *tout* 531 racing frame (1973 Motobecane Grande Record), *and* I grunted this load up a 4/10 mile long very steep hill (gauging hills by the downhill, coasting only, whoo hoo speed, this one is a 40-mile-per-hour hill) in a 67" gear; so I am very great and wonderful.
Seriously, photos of Shopsack and Sackville panniers will be appreciated. And: what sort of rain cover do you use on your person? I like capes, not that we need them often in 9" per year citywide average abq. On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh the joyous delight of the everyday ordinary revealing the holy > extraordinary! Grin. > > The plan was to dodge thunder storm waves and pick up a bulk order that > just came in at noon (what happened to early morning deliveries?!). So I > left as that pea-sized hail was diminishing. Nice steady rain for the first > thirty minutes to the store, then it stopped. I arrived at the store, and > three employees hauled out my load to me. Gadzooks! You know you’re in for > a packing challenge when three people portage your groceries out to your > bike when you arrive! > > The rain started up again, and I realized I forgot the large Shopsack. The > case box of 15 doz. eggs would have to ride naked on top of the rack, > exposed to rain from above and wet, sloppy mud from below (the Shopsack > doesn’t zip closed over them, but put upside-down protects them nicely. I > had to repack the Sackville panniers once to get things to fit and be > balanced. Then I strapped the eggs on top using doubled Irish straps x2, > snugging them with a horizontal strap around the seatpost for lateral > stability. Between the fully loaded panniers widening the rack platform and > that third strap, I was amazed how stable it was. > > I LOVE riding in the rain! What a downpour! More sleet and hail, and sheer > delight in the glorious muck. With all that weight and the well softened > CR21 mud, I had to take things fast enough not to sink too deep and slow > enough to keep control — which was a small window of “just right” that > changed with the inconsistencies of the mud road. > > The egg box survived the trip, was soaked through and will never be useful > in box form again — but it gave it’s all to get those eggs home five miles > jouncing through the rain. Grin. > > Next time I’ll time it to hit the storms, though if I do that I’ll miss > them completely, and why would I want that??!! Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.ourholyconception.org> > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.mindyourheadcoop.org> > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
