Hey Manny, congrats on the birthday adventure. Planet of the Apes road looks like a blast! -Mike
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com > wrote: > What better way to spend your birthday then to bike with your family? > Biking with your family on Planet of the Apes road! My little brother and > my dad on his new bosco bar road bike tackled Planet of the Apes road in > typical San Francisco/Bay Area summer weather. Foggy. Maybe a half mile of > visibility we started with a flat at my parents house. Already I knew this > ride was going to be a good one. We get on the long BART ride to Daly City > to find the weather didn't improved. So we started riding. One trait I'm > proud to have taken from my dad was his ability to not quit without a lot > of cursing. Despite climbing his own personal best in terms of elevation > he was in good spirits, with plenty of stops and plenty of food albeit with > lots of cursing. The descent was by far a different story. At one point > while coming down my brother and I stop to take pictures, my dad still > figuring out the whole braking on dirt slides the bike underneath him and > instead of falling runs along uncontrollably down the hill. He eventually > stops himself and my brother and I couldn't help from laughing at the > scene. My dad made a fuss but we scolded at him about braking safety. > Lovely how the shoe fits on the other foot. We had a great time riding into > Half Moon Bay State Beach where we beat my girlfriend and the rest of my > family at the picnic area. Good times all around when you have tons of bbq > to eat. Glad I can celebrate another great day of riding with the family. > > Pictures proved that I'm one year older: > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBzL32q > > -Manny " I'm old enough" Acosta > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jcONjy0HYJYJ. > 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. > -- 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.
