I am impressed; I wish I could average 18+ mph for 62 miles. Regarding the Mini Cooper: you mean the original, not the modern travesty, I hope. I remember hitching a ride in one of the originals, circa age 15, 1970, outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, and the young Brit hitting 80 on the 1/2 miles straights of the narrow, shoulderless, winding Limuru road just north of Muthaiga. But straight line stability, intuitive cornering is for me a hallmark of Riv bike design.
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:52 PM, dpco <[email protected]> wrote: > six of us rode the 100k healdsburg century this weekend together. our > goal was to average 18+ mph( ride time). i like to ride my roadeo on > these rides because: 1) i am extremely comfortable on the bike ; 2) > the bike has the uncanny combination of being extremely stable on > downhills and carves turns like a mini cooper ; and,3) my roadeo is a > cool bike. after leaving the start, we eventually settled into a > 20-22mph cruise and were easily above 18 average into the first stop > with everyone( 2men, 4 women, ages 53-59 ) feeling great. leaving the > stop we slowly got up to our pace and when we hit the hills we would > slow to a pace comfortable to the slowest climber. we rode like this > until about we made the turn towards home and had, predominantly, a > tailwind. we climbed faster and picked the speed on the flats and > ended up with an 18.2 average. nobody got dropped. at the end we were > tired, but everyone was smiling like a bunch of kids. it just can't > get any better. > don c. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
