on 1/3/11 11:10 AM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the write up. I'm ramping up for my first 200k brevet on > the 22nd. Several key points for me: > > 1. It's possible, even if it's cold windy and rainy > 2. Be happy how well my bike handles with a largish handlebar bag > 3. Fill said handlebar bag with food > 4. Commit oneself to consume said food
William, for your ride, I'd add "Know the route" I think you are talking about the SFR 200K Lighthouse Brevet. There are a few routing challenges early on (and the last 20 miles), so if you aren't familiar with the course, you might run just the first leg (to Fairfax) and back. Each time I've ridden it, we've picked up "out-of-towners" who had gotten themselves good and lost (mostly on the return leg). The leg out to the Lighthouse can be challenging. No services or water easily accessible once you roll past Inverness. It's very exposed once you get past the oyster farms, and the Lighthouse Point looks vvveeerrrryyy far away when you first glimpse it. But, most of that is just a mental challenge. It is a gorgeous, wonderful ride, and the SFR group is top drawer. - Jim "Work schedule making me miss that one this year..." -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Three T-shirts Now Available: "I've Got Downtube Shifters..." S/S T-shirt Cyclocross - "More Cowbell" L/S T-shirt "One Cog - Zero Excuses" L/S T-shirt http://www.cyclofiend.com/stuff Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes -- 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.
