Not riding but would like to try it someday.....my personal limits are 60 miles per day max but the potential camaraderie might make it worth trying. I enjoy riding for pleasure and read your link to Velocio's seven rules. Makes perfect sense to me.......the STP route goes right past my house. I would like to ride it on one of my vintage machines.
On Jul 13, 10:48 pm, Rob Harrison <robha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Look for me toodling along on my butterscotch Saluki with white > Hetres, probably wearing a red, yellow and green wool Bouré > jersey...and say hello as you pass me! :) > > This will be my first time riding the Seattle-to-Portland in 15 years, > as well as my first centuries since back then, and since a heart > attack two years ago. I'm a bit nervous. Not about the heart thing-- > I'm good to go according to my cardiologist. More about whether I'm > ready to go that distance. The ride is 204 miles in two days. I feel a > bit undertrained, but I am going to take Velocio's "contemplative > cyclotouring" notions to heart, and ride slow and enjoy the scenery. > (Velocio's Seven Rules were linked to in another conversation about > Saluki-riding: <http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/article.php?id=1187>) > Just had Bob Freeman at Elliot Bay have a look at my bike fit, and > adjust the front deraillieur, and the bike feels great. > > I mean, what about riding 200 miles with 9,999 other cyclists couldn't > be fun? :) > > Rob in Seattle -- 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.
