That looks like a memorable ride! it seems like the rides where it's a bit of a struggle (or maybe a lot of a struggle) are the ones that stay with you. I'm thinking of how to be inclusive of people that are up for riding something like 30 miles and some that might not be able to do that. My current idea is that we'd meet somewhere (maybe Bike in Coffee, if you like the setup there), do some introductions and bike ogling, and then maybe divide into a shorter ride group and a longer ride group. But I'd float that idea past everyone first to get their reactions. If everyone wants to ride 30, we'd only need one group. But if someone wants to come meet with us and ride 10-15 miles, that's totally fine with me. And if someone just wants to come and see the bikes and not ride in a group, that's also OK. What do you think? We can talk about this on Wednesday.
Chris P.S. My friend Ann and I did a meandering, not very fast ride around the South Valley yesterday and I ended up doing 51 miles by the time I got home. We are both excited about trying that 50 mile ABQ activity loop sometime after I get back from Costa Rica. She rarely drives and rides all over the city, so she is a great person to talk to about routes. She's also ridden outside the city a fair amount too, including many times up to Santa Fe, taking the Railrunner back. On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > PS: It will be much, much greener, with far, far less wind and dust, and > probably much hotter too on this 2015 ride, whether we ride the same Paseo > del Bosque path or some other route. > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don’t think he’ll mind me sharing this. He wants to participate in the >> 2025 ride. >> >> https://flickr.com/photos/65167088@N00/sets/72157604133469712 >> >> That March 16 2008 ride was exceptionally windy and dusty even for >> Albuquerque’s strong spring winds. We had Corrola-sized tumbleweed >> aggregations barreling towards us at 30 mph as we rode South. In fact, one >> participant bailed shortly after we got to the main No/So RG trail because >> it was so windy. >> >> I think I had to fix 2 flats during our 30 or so mile ride; this back in >> pre-sealant days. And I am surprised to see how low my bar was back when I >> was a spritely, lissome 53-year-old. IIRC, bar was ~6 cm below saddle; >> about 2012 I adjusted all my road bikes to ~3 cm below saddle but with >> longer reach bars. >> >> I think that RBW listmember Eric Norris still has that Motobecane that I >> sold to him what, 10 years ago? I put many miles on it before converting >> the 2003 Riv Road custom gofast into a fixed gear commuter, itself replaced >> in 2020 by Chauncey’s fixed/IGH clone. >> >> We had a group post-ride recovery meal at Taj Mahal that, in those days, >> was at our Corrales shopping center starting point. I do think that a >> post-ride group meal is very much called for for our 2025 ride. >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/HRq72QR_NI8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvqgaKurjaEAW7p2Vfymnz5acZ72g%2BNXVFq15WY-m_Xxw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvqgaKurjaEAW7p2Vfymnz5acZ72g%2BNXVFq15WY-m_Xxw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAC_3U-0sMQkngmOdC7F1_NvO7sKzU%3DQGLA5po1ZEfNifThF%2B6w%40mail.gmail.com.
