Hey Esteban, The sweetest part is your comment on his blog, which apparently alarmed him a bit since he sort of apologetically responded to your post. I kind of like the names since that's what I do when I don't know the other riders around me. I once spent a whole ride giving knicknames to everyone I was riding with and those were people that I actually knew.
Great ride Esteban! Joe > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:53:38 -0700 > Subject: [RBW] Re: Riv rider as "Mr. Retro" > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > and he is riding an all carbon Trek.... with 20 spokes on the front > wheel. > tsk tsk.... > > ~Mike~ > > > On Mar 17, 5:39 pm, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dr. Mr. Retro spotted 3rd from the > > left:http://veloasana.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dvdstartline.png > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:38 PM, cyclotourist <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looks like the guy has done a few centuries and doubles. It would be cool > > > if Mr. Retro inspired him to try a more comfortable bike. Course maybe > > > he'll go all comfort and end up with a 'bent. > > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM, doug peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Esteban: > > > > >> That's an interesting write-up. Did you notice in the intro he > > >> mentions not finishing? Got 150 miles though; darn sight more than > > >> I'm ever planning for a single day. > > > > >> Let's see, his problems were: 1) sore bottom; 2) struggling on the > > >> climbs; 3) pavement roughness. Can't really tell much about the bike > > >> from the photo but it looks like low spoke count wheels (he mentions > > >> something about the spokes orienting "just so") & a carbonic looking > > >> fork, so we can guess at the rest of the package. I wonder how he > > >> would have done on a more comfortable bike with wider range gearing? > > >> Gosh, a Brooks saddle, 25" or 30" low gear and big fat 28 mm tires may > > >> have made his day! > > > > >> dougP > > > > >> On Mar 17, 8:46 am, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > I thought you folks would get a kick out of this. A friend sent me > > >> > this ride report of the Death Valley Double, which I finished at a > > >> > rather leisurely 15:17. > > >> > I show up in the middle as Mr. Retro. > > > > >> >http://veloasana.com/2010/03/10/unfinished-business-in-death-valley/ > > >> > "A rider catches me. He’s on an old steel-framed bike, complete with > > >> > fenders. He’s wearing a retro jersey. As he passes by, he exclaims, > > >> > “Some climb, huh?” .... Mr. Retro is descending faster than me. Within > > >> > a few minutes, he’s a mile ahead. But somehow, as the road levels off > > >> > near the bottom of the pass, I catch up. We round a corner and there > > >> > it is: the climb I forgot about. The other 12% grade – the backside of > > >> > Jubilee Pass. I brace for more climbing, but thankfully, this side of > > >> > the pass is fairly short. > > > > >> > I reach the summit just behind Mr. Retro. > > > > >> > “Well, that’s the last of the major climbing for the day,” he says." > > > > >> > Little does he know my Romulus is vintage 2003! > > >> > Here I am, Mr. Retro: > > >>http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/25671...@n02/4435969706/ > > >> > Here I am, Mr. Retro: > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > David > > > Redlands, CA > > > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > > > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > > > scientist guy > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > > scientist guy- 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850552/direct/01/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
