[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Nice. It makes me want to visit Colorado with my bike. And that's a lot for a Vermonter to say in autumn! I'm always amazed by people who avoid riding on dirt roads. Just as your photo essay shows, they provide the best combination of beautiful views and light traffic. Glad to read that your recovery is going well. We're just back from our Block Island trip. I'll try to pull together a little report to share. Michael On Sunday, September 28, 2014 3:33:34 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Deacon, Your set made me use up my monthly allotment of favs! I'm so happy to see you back in the saddle and recovered. Clearly, your piece of heaven helps in the matters of healing body mind. I really need to make a trip out there! ~Hugh On Sunday, September 28, 2014 12:33:34 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
@ Jim: My iPhone has been my only camera since I got my first one (the second version), and they have now improved the camera to such a degree that there are very few times I think I wish I had a DSLR I hauled everywhere with me. It handles macros amazingly well as well as being much improved with low light situations. I am very impressed with iPhone 6's camera. @ Michael: Vermont gets amazing colors -- I've never been out east for autumn but love seeing photos. Perhaps someday! Our window of aspen color tends to be fairly brief, but is extended by variations in altitude and micro-climates, so you can squeeze 2 weeks out of it if you time the spots well. @ Hugh: It was amazing to get out and ride, almost like normal. I still feel things a bit and can't run down trails, but I've been running up them for about 4 days now. Still, I'm amazed at how fast the healing is happening -- a real blessing! With abandon, Patrick -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Amazing looking ride! Super landscape and what appears to be ideal weather. Great photos to boot :-) KJ On Sunday, September 28, 2014 3:33:34 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Looks perfect! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Kieran J kjo...@gmail.com wrote: Amazing looking ride! Super landscape and what appears to be ideal weather. Great photos to boot :-) KJ On Sunday, September 28, 2014 3:33:34 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Truly God's Country. Glad to see you are on the mend. Dennis in PDX On Sunday, September 28, 2014 12:33:34 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Thanks, all! The weather was brilliant for my ride, Kieran. Of course, there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Grin. In the last picture, the clouds on the horizon unleashed a fantastic autumn rain for 3-4 hours not long after I got home. With abandon, Patrick -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Glad you are healing up so well and on the bike again so soon! Congrats! -- 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/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
My Quickbeam ride's background wasn't quite so pastoral: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/15198239980/ But a good time nonetheless! Cheers, David it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:43 PM, lungimsam john11.2...@gmail.com wrote: Glad you are healing up so well and on the bike again so soon! Congrats! -- 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
Patrick, Beautiful pics.I'm happy you are back in the saddle again. Did you ride from your house? Thanks for sharing! On Sunday, September 28, 2014 1:33:34 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: I headed out this morning at 7, wheels crunching through the thick frost. I had no idea how far I would go, but had in the back of my mind that I’d ride the Rampart Reservoir loop if I kept feeling good. Mile after mile, I kept feeling great. I’m surprised how little of the core abdominal muscles I use standing to climb. Lower back, yes. Abdominal, far less. That’s a good thing, 9 days out from surgery! Grin. Aspen colors are stellar. What a wondrous gift to get to ride these roads and trails out my front door! Oh, I nearly hit a deer while climbing (go figure). She was grazing on the side of the road. I watched her as I approached. Single speeds are quiet. I remember that now, not then. She startled into the road as I was nearly next to her, only just quick enough to evade my front wheel. Then she went really fast. Anyone know the best way to get deer hair out from my teeth? Sardonic grin. Photos tell you I either had a brilliant ride, or hired someone to have one for me. Grin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157648130349591/ With abandon, Patrick *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org* *www.OurHolyConception.org http://www.OurHolyConception.org* -- 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/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Autumn Quickbeam Ride!
@ David: Yeah. I'm rather spoiled. @ Jon: Yeah. See above. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- 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/d/optout.
