Rich: It's flipping up the brim that makes me so fast. Actually, I do that with all except my custom caps, so that I can see out from under the brim when in the hooks.
I'm very grateful to live in the bosque, and to have so many trails starting almost at my door. I just talked with my sister in Atlanta yesterday evening, and she said that you'd been getting a lot of rain. I'm glad to miss y'all's humidity. Tim: greetings. I'm strong for about 20 or 30 miles, then I poop out, whereas Tim had just ridden from Kansas or some such place, so don't take that too literally. We actually rode in the bosque, along the Paseo del Bosque paved trail, just a quarter mile east of the river. The big, main irrigation/drainage ditch alongside keeps the trees a bit further away than when you ride the dirt roads. Desert: very hot and very dry. I recall drinking a gallon of water just before, during, and just after a 15 mile commute home, and half of this route was downhill (tho' I was on a fixed gear). A quart before leaving, emptied 2 28 oz bottles, drank 3 pints at least upon getting home. Low 100s and about 5%, IIRC. Winds: It's not only in flat areas that this happens in the SW; we have mountains, and I live in a river valley some few hundred feet lower than the land on either side, but I find that, if I start a ride in late morning or very early afternoon, I can ride north into a NE wind and in an hour or so, turn around and find myself riding back home into a S or even SW wind. Of all my work commutes, I only had one where the wind was at my back both morning and evening. You might try tubeless on your tires, since I've found that sealants work to fix thorn punctures even at pressures below 15 psi, while with tubes the sealant didn't work below 30 or so. But I am thinking that a 650B plus wheelset might be a good investment one of these days. I don't think I'll switch over permanently from the nice 700C X 60 Big Ones, but for sandier periods, fatter and lower pressure would be nice. On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 11:56 AM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > Fellas, Patrick is a strong rider, to that I can attest. I rode with him > on the ABQ bike path last summer, and pretended I wasn't trying as hard as > I was, but when we parted ways on the path and I rode to my car, I was > going much slower. We didn't venture to the Bosque, but I, as a > midwesterner, love the desert. It's a good thing too, because that's where > my work has brought me. I'm in Casa Grande, AZ, partway between Phoenix and > Tucson. Lots and lots of dirt, gravel and dirt canal paths here. There's an > area about 2 miles from my house that, although somewhat strewn with > discarded mattresses, couches and the like, has some nice dirt riding. My > Hunqapillar, with 2.1" Thunder Burts at about 30psi, still sinks in the > loose sandy spots, and I have to walk it out to firmer ground, so I > occasionally wish for 3" plus clearance (the new Riv MTB?!?!?!) I'm still > trying to dial in the tubes+sealant+proper psi to navigate the goatheads, > but think I'm getting there. > > I love it here, even though 5 out of the last 6 weeks have had highs in > the triple digits and ALL of my riding/hiking is done between the hours of > 2:00-6:00pm. The 2 biggest differences for me are that I consume twice the > amount of water here on the same length ride. Two 24oz bottles will usually > last me 2 1/2-3 hrs at home (or, for that matter any of the other 27 states > I've ridden in) while I have to nurse the second bottle to finish a 1 hour > ride here. The other difference is that at home (KC) the forecasted wind > direction is accurate 80-90% of the time. Here, at least 50% of the time, > the direction of the wind differs from the forecast by 90 degrees. In other > words, the forecasted SW wind is often a NW wind. That can get tricky > because I try to plan out and back rides with a tailwind home. I think this > phenomenon is because CG is pancake flat but there are mountains that > circling the area in the distance, with the occasional random mountain here > and there within the circle. > > I will probably permanently relocate to the Southwest. I hate riding in > the winter. > > -- > 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. 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