Ryan, The RUSA groups around here adhere to the minimum requirements of climbing. So that usually leaves me out. Can do the climbing. Just doing the entire ride in the time limit would be the issue.
As to the disc brakes. An entirely different feel. Both work well. But the advantage of the discs is no problem if the wheel is out of true. The cantilevers on my Hillborne are set somewhat close for a firmer feel. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 12, 12:51 pm, RoadieRyan <rya...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Eric > > Chapeau!! I haven't done a century in about 3 years so hats off to > you. I did my own Populaire/Metric century on Saturday (100k). A > "poor mans" version of your real Century ride. > > I did a Populaire last year but finished well out of the 7 hour time > limit much too my disappointment. This year I was able to do it in > 5.5 hours total -must be the steel bike ;-), or maybe it was my buddy > trading pulls with me. If you can do the 100 miler then I say go for > it and do the 200k. I have to imagine there is a group of crazy > Randonneurs in your neck of woods putting on 200k rides http://www.rusa.org/ > > Just Curious, How do you like the disc brake setup on the fargo and > how does it compare to the brakes on your SamH? > > Look forward to your SamH long ride report. > > Ryan > W. Seattle > > On Jul 11, 3:48 pm, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > looks like a really nice day to ride, not to hot, a little breeze, > > what more could you want. Thanks for the pics > > > On Jul 11, 2:32 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Rode a century yesterday. Unfortunately, for the purposes of this > > > list, it was not on my Sam Hillborne. A couple of issues (mostly > > > resolved this morning) kept it from being the choice. > > > > Didn't die, get overly sick or fall asleep under a tree. Although the > > > last might have been fun. Only downsides were getting stung on the > > > leg when something got caught in my MUSA shorts, and a flat. The > > > latter happened just as I was rolling home. Rode down the hill to our > > > place on the rim. > > > > Photos here -http://tinyurl.com/333zafe > > > > Eric Platt > > > St. Paul, MN- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
