You folks that ride brevets, never mind a SR just amaze me! I can do a flat 100K if I push myself, but that's about the limit.
Bon route to you all! On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > William, congrats on the brevet. Sounds like a good time. I know that > route and have ridden variations of it multiple times. I hope someday > to make it down there for a brevet with SFR. I hope you'll consider > doing a full Super Randonneur series (200, 300, 400 and 600k). As hard > as it can be I assure you it's, overall, a great experience. > > My first brevet of the year will be the Birkie 200k in March. This > will be my 4th time riding it. The first time I did it it rained for > every single kilometer of the ride. The second time it rained for most > of the ride. Last year it was gorgeous and I was able to finish in > just under 8hrs. This year... who knows what the weather will do or > how I'll choose to ride it. If my rando bike is finished and together > I'll ride that but if not I may ride the QB. There's really only one > climb so it's doable on the QB. If I ride the Hilsen I may opt to do > it in platform pedals. I did a 200k last year like that and it wasn't > so bad. We'll see. > > Anyway, congrats on the brevet William. I'm at work so I can't view > the pictures but I'll check them out when I'm back home tonight. > Thanks for posting your report and link to the pictures on the list. > > --mike > > -- > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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-bunch@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.
