Great thread. Truly retro would be wearing a merino wool Christmas sweater with snowflakes and reindeer.
On Mar 18, 1:59 pm, RoadieRyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Eddy is on a Rodeo! > > On Mar 17, 11:19 am, Sean Whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To be fair to those outside of the Fully Lugged / Wool-wearing / RBW inner > > circle...if you consider the typical Aluminum Trek w/ Carbon fork cyclist > > frame of reference (a cycling Magazine)...just take a look at this cover > > from THIRTY-FIVE years ago, and look at your bike / clothing setup: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/8729...@n02/2353591876/ > > > Mr. Retro, indeed. And I find it comforting that you'd look more at home on > > a ride with Anquetil and Merckx than the current crop of > > Postal / Discovery / Radio Shack fans who make up the bulk of > > "serious" riders who do double centuries. > > > It is fair to forgive someone for being confused. I think the best part of > > it is that Mr. Retro dropped the post author...and that you weren't tagged > > as "Mr. Older and Heavier" - one of the other names he came up with. > > > Cheers, Happy St. Patrick's Day. > > Sean > > > --- On Wed, 3/17/10, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Esteban <[email protected]> > > Subject: [RBW] Riv rider as "Mr. Retro" > > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:46 AM > > > 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]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- 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.
