A great day indeed!
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Old Oly <bill.liec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Today my son and I stopped by the Rivendell shop and borrowed a > Hunqapillar for him to ride. Keven was more than accomodating and in > short order we were off to Shell Ridge on a glorious > 75 degree day with nary a cloud. I was riding a Rawland rSogn with > drop bars and knobby tires. The Hungapillar had albatross bars and > fat Scwalbe tires of some sort. Neither of us had ever ridden such > a bike before. Can't say either of us were sold on the albatross > bars but we both loved the solid and stable ride when descending. We > hit it pretty hard and had a great time exploring trails and getting > sorta lost. We had a copy of the Mount Diablo State Park trail map > and found it to be invaluable. We've never ridden on trails quite > like those that Shell Ridge offers. We are from the NW and are used > to mud, ferns, gnarly tree roots, and giant Doug firs and cedars. The > trails we were on were wide open, pretty smooth, and certainly had > plenty of ups and downs. I think we did about 2,900' of climbng over > 15 miles (including the ride from/to Riv HQ's). > > I can't think of another shop that would turn someone loose on a > $3,500+ bike for an afternoon of fun with virtually no questions > asked. Thanks again. It was a great day. > > Bill & Nathan Liechty > Olympia, WA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -*Mark Twain* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
