Eric Thanks for the disc review. And as for the 200k good for you for remembering that all important bike rule #1.....Bike riding is supposed to be FUN! Hope you get to enjoy a long ride on the Sam soon.
Ryan On Jul 12, 5:25 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > 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.
