Whoops, didn’t mean to include the bike shop Brompton. On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forgot to add that we got to 8,600 feet; my house in the Valley near the > River is at 4,980. > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris’s photos didn’t post when I last looked so here are my very poor >> ones, FWTW. >> >> Train from downtown ABQ to Bernaillo, East climbing 10 miles past >> Placitas to the “Unmaintained Road Beyond This Point” dirt section, and >> “unmaintained” was empirically verified to be true. >> >> 8 miles of very steep climbing, with sections up to 11%, on very rocky >> and, after the recent rain, rainwater-rutted and very rocky dirt. >> >> Chris on his all-purpose Homer sitting bolt upright and smiling during >> the steepest sections in a 28 X 34, Tyler on his all-purpose triple-ized >> Rambouillet with 28x24 granny gear and 35 mm Paselas (but he rides this >> same bike in 3” sand with less problem than I have on 54 mm Thunderburts), >> and I on the Roadeo with a 34X32 bottom gear and 32 mm actual Stampeded >> Pass extralights. >> >> The downhill on the other, paved, side of the mountain was terrifying as >> I have long lost any fast downhill handling skills after ~30 year of riding >> mostly fixed gears. I had new-to-me VO Grand Cru calipers that were >> certainly less anxiety-making than the Tektro 538s they replaced. >> >> I told a fellow parishioner, young 30-something who was a high-end >> amateur racer in Greece, that I’d set a PB on a hillclimb, averaging 3.73 >> mph with multiple rest stops and perhaps 1/4 mile of walking, and he >> graciously laughed. Chris and Tyler would have averaged at least a mph or >> more faster without me — tho’ the oldest in the group with a 29” bottom >> gear — and very kindly refrained from telling me to hurry the eff up. >> >> Altogether, at least after the fact, a fun ride, and I’m glad we did it. >> >> Patrick Moore, after blustery, 20-mile fixed-gear (72”) errand detour >> just now. >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfgtdmn-iR7NFoAR1jVP-OpMvxMpKcFqpuwA%2BSZvDy1du2A%40mail.gmail.com.
