I really enjoyed three long rides. About a dozen of us went for a weekend trip to Bodega Bay. I used roads that San Francisco Randonneurs use on several of their routes to go from Embarcadero BART to Dillon Beach. It was about 70 miles, and was fun for several reasons, including the fact that all my other friends were so impressed that I rode there. I pre-rode the first third of the upcoming Marin Mountains 200k brevet. That first third includes about half the climbing and about 60% of the dirt that this mixed terrain brevet will offer. It was my first time to ride over Mount Tamalpais in a long time, and my first time ever on several of the trails. It's very steep and very loose and rocky in some places, absolutely requiring you walk with a road bike. That was memorable for feeling like a real adventure. I also really enjoyed my summit of Mount Diablo last weekend. It had been a few years since I had done that. Measuring my progress in the BHS Time Trial on Strava, and comparing my times to those of "my" racers on the ECHS team is also really fun and memorable. Tying it back to this group, I was thinking of Patrick Moore on today's road ride, which I did on my two-speed single speed. I was feeling strong enough to tackle Wildcat Canyon on the "low" gear of my two speed. Forced to get on top of the gear and stay on top of it (discipline!) I managed a PR on the 2.3 mile ~700ft climb. There are more and I won't pick a favorite. Hopefully there are more yet to come. I'm not picking a favorite or most enjoyable bike, either.
On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 3:24:33 PM UTC-7, lum gim fong wrote: > > OK Bikk: > > 1. I understand you are not ranking the bikes. > > But please tell us: > > 1. Which ride was the most memorable and why. > 2. Which bike you enjoyed riding the most. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
