Eighth summit on my eighth bike in the eighth month today. This time it was on my Crust Single Speed Lightning Bolt, set up with a Gates Belt drive and a 3-speed hub.
The album is updated: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720313832831/ Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 12:42:51 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Because I've gotten in the habit, I have kept my streak going of riding to > the top of Mount Diablo every month in 2024. My seventh month in a row was > on my seventh different bike. It was HOT, but nowhere near as bad as it > could have been. The max I saw on my Wahoo was 37C. > > I can see a path to going 12 for 12, including the forthcoming RoadUno > being one of the bikes this Fall. I stopped by Riv HQ to straddle the 54.5 > and the 58 RoadUno, just to make sure I want to go HUGE. The standover on > the 58 is "right there" but riding it is so perfecto, that I've just got to > go big. > > The seven for seven album is updated: > > https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720313832831/ > > BL in EC > > On Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 4:45:47 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> One of my 2024 goals is knocked down. I stated the goal: >> >> Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes >> >> I did my fifth summit of Diablo today on my fifth different bike. Pics >> prove it: >> >> https://flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/albums/72177720313832831/ >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 6:48:14 AM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Often we do a goals thread, and there seems to me that there's a schism >>> on how to approach goals. Some folks have very specific goals: i.e. >>> "average 10 miles a day over the year". Others enjoy eschewing the >>> specificity: i.e. "have more fun on the bike". >>> >>> I'm a devotee of S.M.A.R.T. goals, which are (S)simple, (M)easurable, >>> (A)chievable, (R)relevant, (T)imply. The notion of the S.M.A.R.T. goal has >>> improved my life in several ways and maybe in a way has saved my life. I'm >>> a compulsive person and I'm a numbers guy. I'm going to be compulsive about >>> *something >>> , *so if that something can be achievable and healthy, then that's a >>> good thing. I've gotten into the habit of setting up tons of tiny >>> S.M.A.R.T. goals, and it sets me up to have a regular pattern of taking >>> W's. >>> >>> My big picture goals for 2024 include: >>> >>> 10,000km ridden >>> Summit Mount Diablo 5 times on 5 different bikes >>> Put myself in the position to attempt my first 400k brevet >>> Complete the Marin Mountains 200k brevet >>> Complete 25% of every city in Contra Costa County on Wandrer >>> Complete 25% of Marin County on Wandrer >>> Ride 55 miles on my 55th birthday and kick off riding my age on my >>> birthday as a regular event >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >> -- 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/30b26011-6373-407f-9383-3c22a48eb6d3n%40googlegroups.com.
