Bill, The Legolas is looking good. What's the story on the fixed gear Pogliaghi? Columbus spirit tubing, it should have a sweet ride.
JohnS On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 3:41:30 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Nice one Tony > k. > > On May 2, 2026, at 11:09 AM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alfred Nobel patented Dynamite in 1867 and it made him enormously > wealthy, leading him to sponsor the Nobel Prize. > > The Giant Powder Company in San Francisco was the first company to > manufacture dynamite on Nobel's patent. Business was brisk, but the > factories kept exploding. They wanted to stay in business while killing > fewer people so over the next several years they kept moving to more and > more remote locations, finally settling at Point Pinole in the > nether-regions of Richmond, CA. > The old site of the Giant Powder Company (which was acquired by the Atlas > Powder Company) is now a large park, crisscrossed by a network of trails, > all small-gauge-railroad-graded. Some are paved, most are dirt or gravel. > Some are brick. It's a great place to ride, walk and run. If Richmond CA > was the USA, then Point Pinole is the Olympic Peninsula (Seattle) of > Richmond. > > I was out there today on Legolas: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/55244744000/in/datetaken/ > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:36:40 AM UTC-7 Tony Lockhart wrote: > >> [image: IMG_9846.JPG] >> Sam outside of the Pacific Asia Museum >> <https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/> in Pasadena, CA. >> >> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 4:54:14 AM UTC-7 Ryan Fleming wrote: >> >>> You're lucky to have a nice brother like that :) Always did like that >>> early XTR stuff. Very nice >>> >>> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1:22:08 AM UTC-5 John Dewey wrote: >>> >>>> How many miles on that beautiful back-country gravel? Looks to be easy >>>> on the tires. >>>> >>>> Do the local farm dogs enjoy a spirited chase? Just can’t let ‘em get a >>>> good angle. >>>> >>>> Jock >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> First ride of May, and my first time riding in Colorado. Pal Eric gave >>>>> me a tour around Longmont. Alas, we did not ride into the town of >>>>> Berthoud, >>>>> where my saddle might have felt at home except they pronounce it funny >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> [image: IMG_3650.jpeg] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ted Durant >>>>> Milwaukee, WI, USA >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/4bf4f33e-fc92-405c-a288-d80534d058c6n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4bf4f33e-fc92-405c-a288-d80534d058c6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- > 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/c7f047d7-c046-48ba-beb0-0c4bd31fc297n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7f047d7-c046-48ba-beb0-0c4bd31fc297n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/013dd81d-e5ee-43bd-8787-ac50f248f6e6n%40googlegroups.com.
