Chris, it should be a really fun ride. I have done many of the pieces of the route, but never all at once they way it was put together for this brevet. I know you are a strong rider, but put some thought intio your gear range, there are some pretty serious hills thrown in there, mostly in the middle. Casitas pass has taken me by suprise with the lack of breeze and steepness, it can get hot and long on the back side of the lake, even on days when it is cool everywhere else. I would pack layers and have a few extra teeth in the rear jus in case.
I was thinking about doing this ride as it is the closest to my home, but 300k on this route is not where my fitness is at the moment, maybe I will see you guys out there though I hope to be riding in the mid day. Rob On Jan 25, 4:29 pm, "XO-1.org Rough Riders" <adventureco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, William. Those are Velo-Orange Grand Cru brakes on my Roadeo, > but I'm in the process of making all my bikes VO-free Zones, so Velo > Cult is ordering me some Paul's Racer M's (center-mount since I don't > have the braze-ons) to run instead. Those will go on the bike along > with the "new" Classic Silver bars, stem, and post by Ritchey in the > next week or two. I also sent off a twin of the Dura Ace 7800 cranks > to Tom Davis atwww.perfectperforations.comto have them polished up > nice and silver. So the whole shiny silver treatment, and "final" set- > up of the bike will be done soon. Once it is, I'll post a slideshow of > all the images. It's a great bike, to be sure! > > I'm planning to wear my Woolistic Velo Cult jersey at my 300km this > Saturday, unless it's predicted to be well into the 80s, in which case > I will wear a Rough Riders: Any Bike, Anywhere jersey with a thin Ibex > wool base layer. I hope to see some other Rivendell riders out there. > > - Chris Kostman > La Jolla, CAhttp://www.XO-1.org > > On Jan 25, 4:24 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Looks great, Chris. I saw a guy rocking a "RoughRiders Anybike > > Anywhere" jersey at the SFR Lighthouse 200k this weekend. He rode a > > fixie. Nice guy. Oldtimer with a great grey beard. > > > What brake calipers are you running on your Roadeo? > > > On Jan 25, 4:05 pm, "XO-1.org Rough Riders" <adventureco...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Thanks to Sky, Tom, Anthony, and the rest of the Velo Cult team for > > > their amazing service as San Diego County's premier bike shop which > > > caters to everybody except the mainstream - which means we fit right > > > in! Today they have featured two of my Rough Riding bikes, and their > > > recent work on them, on their blog: > > > >http://www.velocult.com/blog/post/raleigh_competition_rivendell_roadeo > > > > Click on over to their always fascinating blog which is always VERY > > > well illustrated with incredible photography. Today their blog > > > features my 1983 Raleigh Competition, which Tom outfitted with a 3- > > > Speed Fixed Wheel set-up, and my 2010 Rivendell Roadeo, on which Sky > > > installed hammer Honjo fenders and Challenge Paris-Roubaix 700x29 > > > tyres. They do superb work and are great people. And don't my bikes > > > look as awesome as they ride??? (I'll be riding that Roadeo in a 300km > > > brevet this Saturday, from Moorpark to Santa Barbara and back.) > > > > Velo Cult is located in the South Park area of San Diego, just a bit > > > south of University Avenue and west of the 805, in a really neat > > > neighborhood with a great restaurant next door (Whistle Stop Bar) and > > > a classic coffee shop (Rebecca's) on the corner. Velo Cult often show > > > films or have other social events at their shop in the evenings,. They > > > are a driving force behind the San Diego Tweed Ride and they also > > > created the San Diego Bike Commuter online forum and the > > > SDBikeCommuter.com Discount Program through which local merchants give > > > discounts to customers who arrive by bicycle. > > > > Related links:http://www.sdbikecommuter.com/ > > > andhttp://www.sdbikecommuter.com/find_businesses/ > > > > - Chris Kostman > > > La Jolla, CAhttp://www.XO-1.orghttp://www.adventurecorps.com- Hide quoted > > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
