Kelly, looks like you got a lot of good stuff planned for the coming year. Last year I was super ambitious with lots of randonneruing related plans--R-12, SR series, 1200k, Fleche--and multiple 3 day bike camping trips. Things didn't pan out as planned. I did 200k, 300k and 600k brevets. No R-12, only two 200k perms, and only two overnight camping trips that were tons of fun but left me wanting more. I did manage to ride and finish the Cascade 1200k which was pretty neat but I don't know, not quite as much fun, or even as difficult as I anticipated. The weather was horrible for the event. A combination of unexpectedly adopting a puppy and a loss of motivation curbed my grandiosity. But I did have a lot of fun urban rides explores roads and stretching the legs on roads closer to home during our glorious summer that we had this year here in Portland.
For 2013 things are pretty toned down. I'll definitely do 200k and 300k brevets although I won't be bike touring this summer. There's some things going on later this year that just trump cycling. I may try and get out for a winter camping trip in Feb or Mar but even that is gonna be hard. I think for the most part I'll be making do with shorter rambles in the 4hr/max range that include Forest Park and the West Hills. After 5yrs of big mileage it's probably good to tone it down for a year. I've been cycling now for 20yrs and hoping to cycle for another 30 to 40 more. With less time on the bike I'm looking forward to being less tired and staying up later reading. Happy New Year to everyone on the list. Looking forward to following your adventures as you post about them here. Which reminds me. One other plan for this year is to get together with the PDX Riv enthusiast crew from the New Year's Day ride and doing more riding. --mike -- 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/-/6NTMU_Jihk4J. 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.
