*What I took away from this experience is that while on the ride I barely had time to take a picture, I kept looking at all the amazing dirt roads we were passing and that's where I wanted to ride. *
*... no smiles just grimaces...* SO TRUE!!! ... Maybe a little pre-ride gospel: *Take time to see and enjoy the beauty, and the world always looks brighter from behind a smile...* Peace, BB On Monday, November 18, 2013 12:31:34 AM UTC-5, hsmitham wrote: > > Mike, > > Timely, I was going to make a similar post...an old riding partner > returned to Los Angeles after living in Massachusetts for three years I > always rode race bike mode with him and wore a sausage suit, this Summer I > was cleaning out my Bike clothing closet and stuffed all my kits into two > bags and stowed them in my attic preferring comfort clothing. > > While he was living out East he complained about the road conditions and > traffic and the only real option was to ride on dirt roads, hearing that I > suggested he look into Rivendell that's about the time I drank the kool-Aid > and bought my AHH. So leading up to this Saturday he offers to loan me a > skinny tired bike I said thank you very much I'll stick with my 42 mm's All > the old suspects showed up and some new faces I showed up with the AHH in > my comfortable clothing, bandanna, tennis shoes and low saddle long flap > saddle bag...off we rolled on a climby 30 mile loop and I gotta say I kept > up only falling off the back on descents but up top with no problem...later > while having lunch the topic of clip-less pedals came up and they were all > surprised I was not using them (while on the ride one of them fell down and > was unable to disengage from the pedal and gave up some skin to the asphalt > Gods) and how efficient I was. I got to spread the "Riv" gospel a bit. > > What I took away from this experience is that while on the ride I barely > had time to take a picture, I kept looking at all the amazing dirt roads we > were passing and that's where I wanted to ride. The area was bursting with > racer types no smiles just grimaces...yeah I'm not going back! I may ride a > road bike with 28 mm tires but won't be wearing clingy aero wear. > > ~Hugh > > On Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:21:23 PM UTC-8, Mike wrote: >> >> I was getting ready for today's ride and trying to decide between getting >> kitted up in bibs, jersey, clipless pedals or my standard rambling >> kit--Sambas, Chrome knickers, wool undershirt and t-shirt. I just couldn't >> get excited about the bibs and all that. Over the past year I've pretty >> much done less than 5 rides in a "traditional" kit. I'm not anti clipless >> pedals and clingy cycling clothes. My riding today is more like a hike >> rather than a trail run so I just don't see a need for the bibs and all the >> other stuff. It's so much more comfortable in my rambling kit. I even did >> multiple 80+ mile rides in this kit. >> >> And as for my bikes... I've been preferring my LHT to my Hilsen as the >> LHT is even more Riv'ed out than my Hilsen. just a tad more comfy and >> stable. Although contrary to Grant's preferences, I prefer the one pannier >> for holding my lock, yams (the new corn dog), book, layers, tools, etc. >> >> On today's ride I couldn't help but think, have I gone past the point of >> no return? >> >> Images from today's ride: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335973@N00/sets/72157637785515593/ >> >> --mike >> > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
