Jason, Your Homer is lovely -- it was good to talk to you -- and delightful to get home and sleep in quiet air-conditioned comfort!
Julian On Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 3:52:19 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Hey Julian, > It was great getting to meet you during the ride. (I had the blue Homer > with the fenders and racks.) I also met Rusty and another rider whose name > escapes me. Seeing other Rivendells in the wild was a fun experience. I > got to see a couple Hillbournes, a Rambouliet (super fast rider), and a > sharp looking Roadini was parked at Oelwein Friday night. > Bummed I didn't get to see the Platypus or the HubbaHubba. > This was my first RAGBRAI but probably not my last,...that said I won't do > it again sleeping in a tent. Too many hours riding and too few hours > sleeping. > Thanks for slowing down to chat along the ride. > > Jason "glad to be sleeping inside again" Willey > Dayton, OH > > > On Monday, July 28, 2025 at 3:49:44 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> This year's RAGBRAI was shortish and flattish (406 miles, 10800+ feet in >> 7 days), but had only one day with tailwinds, and several days with strong >> head and side winds, and moderate to heavy rain for a few hours on the last >> day of riding. Still a fun ride -- all sorts of bikes and all sorts of >> riders. This was my 3rd RAGBRAI -- my first was in 2018 -- as expected, >> less and less steel bikes each time -- this year I was struck by the >> increase in e-bikes -- still a small minority, but a strong growth in their >> numbers. >> >> There were a few lovely old classics on the ride, and a decent handful of >> Rivendells. I rode my 68cm Toyo Atlantis, saw Rusty several days on his >> Hillborne, had several good conversations with a woman on a Platypus (whose >> outfits nicely matched her bike's colors), talked to a fellow on a Roadini, >> saw a HHH, several other Atlanti, two AHHs, and several customs. >> >> I also saw several folks on Surlys or Riv'ed-up old MTBs wearing MUSA >> shorts or other Riv-items (including a guy I saw at a stop on a high-zoot >> carbon bike wearing a Riv lug bandana under his helmet!). Lots of folks >> recognized the Atlantis as a Rivendell, including several who had read the >> NY Times article a while back and were dreaming of a Riv of their own. I >> did not take very many photos -- should have taken more. >> >> Julian Westerhout >> Bloomington, IL >> >> >> >> >> [image: cb6283a663ed984fcf9f46c459a3203041af324f.jpg] >> [image: PXL_20250720_112853739.jpeg] >> >> [image: PXL_20250721_145136389.jpeg] >> > -- 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/d867b409-2cce-4265-b547-98f03fde197fn%40googlegroups.com.
