I agree with Austin agreeing with me. :) More clarification of the MC slot in my stable: I'm a devoted member of San Francisco Randonneurs and my favorite part of the SFR calendar is their adventure series. On the adventure series they have two 200k brevets that very well might be the two hardest 200k brevets in America. Assuming equivalent weather and wind, I know of no other routes that are as tough as La Ruta Loca 200k and Marin Mountains 200k. I love those rides so much that I maintain a slot in my stable just for the execution of those rides, and my Black Mountain Monster Cross is my weapon of choice. Here's a music video I filmed when I first completed La Ruta Loca. 126 miles, 12,500 feet of climbing, roughly 50 miles of dirt. Not only am I repping El Cerrito with my racing kit, the music is also the El Cerrito High School Jazz Ensemble. For coffee snobs, the song is Kopi Luwak.
La Ruta Loca Movie <https://youtu.be/nS4yKEjR0xs> BL in EC On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 4:24:39 PM UTC-8, Austin B. wrote: > > So I own both a Roadeo and a BMC Monstercross amongst others. Road racing > is not something I've ever done nor will ever do, so my comments below do > not apply to that category. > > That said, the BMC Monstercross is actually a pretty road bike as well. > Even Bill rated it a 5 as a road *racing* bike. Take the word "racing" > out of the equation and I'd rate it higher. > > Before I got the Roadeo, the Monstercross was my primary "endurance" road > bike running 38mm Barlow Pass tires. I had a couple calls with Mike V. > trying to choose between a Road and a MC and have no regrets with my > choice. When I want to enjoy the rougher stuff, I swap out my wheelset for > one with 43mm Gravelking SKs. Brilliant! And the Roadeo is a damn fine > road bike--no quarrels there. > > Bottom line, I concur with Bill's ratings based on my experience. > > Austin > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5e869690-ce5c-4e43-bf73-11414bdd7f3a%40googlegroups.com.
