Okay, so Jim got to do all the fun stuff last weekend. But April 1st was predicted to be silly warm and windy in Minnesota and Wisconsin. High temp predicted to be 80. Took the day off work, grabbed the Sam Hillborne, and decided to do the shorter version of Jim's ride. Didn't do his ride due to many factors, including their speed and the fact I had a gig that day.
Ended up having a fine time by myself. Per Jim's suggestion, took one of the detours. Hill Rd is truly an understatement. At one point was in my lowest gear and still wondering if I could make it up. Having done about 65 miles at that point didn't help. The downhill was worth it, though. The Hillborne handled everything with aplomb. The 700x40 tires were quite good on the unpaved section. Still zippy feeling on the pavement. Even when totally exhausted, the bike behaved beautifully. Drops were high enough that it wasn't too much of a chore to do a couple of miles at a time in the hooks. That's not something that could have happened a couple of years ago. Enough of that, here are some photos. http://tinyurl.com/yjzdhkf Eric Platt St. Paul, MN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
