Thanks Steve. Yes, an ode to Woody of course, although also inspired by the Riv-specific "This Hillibike Kills Fascists" sticker that popped up a little while ago on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrlNXDiLsLm/?img_index=1
In the comments of that post someone mentions a "This Machine Kills Traffic" shirt. I copied their idea and got a few stickers printed. Thanks, Kat On Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 3:27:11 AM UTC+10 Steve wrote: > Kathryn, I like your 'This Machine Kills Traffic' sticker. Inspired > perhaps by the phrase Woody Guthrie painted on his guitar? Nice ride > report & photos. Thanks for sharing! > > Steve in AVL > On Monday, July 7, 2025 at 5:29:31 AM UTC-4 Kat wrote: > >> Day 2: >> >> [image: 2025_07_05_12.jpg] >> >> We had breakfast at the cafe at Linville and then kept heading south. >> After a quick break at Moore, we were looking forward to a cold soft drink >> at Harlin, especially because the only real hill of the trail is just >> before Harlin! Due to a dispute with the landowners, the trail deviates >> from the original rail corridor here and is quite steep! >> >> There was nearly a disaster when we realised the petrol station was >> closed - I thought I might have a mutiny on my hands if I didn't get >> something cold and sugary into everyone quickly! Fortunately the pub across >> the road was open so we were able to get a Coke there. >> >> We continued on to Toogoolawah for lunch. It was quite hot so we put our >> heads down and pedalled to get out of the sun. >> >> At lunch (at the pub of course!) we unexpectedly bumped into some other >> bicycle-loving friends of mine who were also out on a weekend bike tour! >> They were doing a longer loop incorporating some sections of the trail. >> Earlier, those same friends had crossed paths with another mutual biking >> friend! It seems everyone had the same idea about what to do on the >> weekend. >> >> The final section from Toogoolawah back to Esk was probably the nicest >> section of the whole trip. The afternoon sun was warm without being harsh. >> The surface was smooth hard clay - as nice as concrete. The landscape >> opened up into rolling hills and glorious Australian gum trees. It was a >> beautiful way to finish the trip. >> >> The bikes performed admirably. None of the group had any flats, which was >> a good test of my Hatcher Pass Tyres over some often quite rough gravel. I >> had new WTB TBU tubes in - I can't say I have noticed much of an >> appreciable difference from rubber, but a little weight saving doesn't >> hurt. >> >> One thing I have decided or noticed is that I would prefer to carry more >> weight on the back of the bike in future. My last bike was a porteur style, >> designed for a front rack. I always rode it that way and preferred it. With >> the Appaloosa being more high trail I am finding that putting all the >> weight into the front basket makes it a bit less nimble and lively than >> when the front end is unloaded. I'm holding out until the next run of >> HappiSacks and will probably grab a Nitto R10 to go with it. >> >> I have done several other tweaks on Jo since she was first built which I >> will make a separate thread about, but safe to say Jo is nearing her "final >> form" and I am very happy with her! >> >> Thanks, >> Kathryn >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bb27c230-7525-4673-8e19-8d063c6b22ban%40googlegroups.com.
