[RBW] Texas Riv Ride Your Age Accomplished

[st nick]

Thank you.
Nick , that's a good idea... perhaps metric equivalent next year.
Paul in Dallas box_liam on Instagram 

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Re: [RBW] Texas Riv Ride Your Age Accomplished

[Ryan]

Very nice! Congratulations to all of you!

On Monday, April 15, 2024 at 2:11:11 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:

> Congratulations! Your ride certainly encourages me!
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>> There are 5 or 6 Riv owners that I'm aware of in the greater Dallas area.
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>> I'm sure there must be more in an area this size that I've just not met 
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>> Three of us got together yesterday , Sunday,
>> for a long ride.
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>> Luis is in a blue shirt Jim in a yellow one and me, Paul, in an orange 
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>> Jim and Luis have Homer's and I have the orange Sam. 
>> Well, Jim actually has a total of 3 Rivs.
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>> Jim recently had a birthday (numero 75)
>> and proposed a ride your age ride.
>> He had never gone behind about 55 miles as I recall so it was an 
>> ambitious goal.
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>> I'm just a year behind Jim in age.
>> I guess we are officially geezers.
>> I had done a few rides in my cycling years of this distance so figured I 
>> could if we paced ourselves and took plenty of breaks.
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>> Note , none of us are speedsters.
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>> I told him I was in to go for the full 75 miles.
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>> Two other local non-Riv gents joined us and got in 40.  I think Luis 
>> wound up with 55 miles.
>> He's the youngster of the group, about 15 years younger.
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>> I think the temperature was mid 60's starting out at 8 AM and topped out 
>> in the low 80's so pretty good there. 
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>> The south wind varied from about 10 to 15 mph was a factor when riding 
>> south but tolerable enough for determined riders and we were determined, 
>> especially Jim.
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>> I applaud him. He hung in there and kept pedaling until my cycle computer 
>> on my Sam and my phone mileage app concurred we had 75 miles.
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>> We did not finish until about 6:50 PM.
>> It was a long day in the saddle.
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>> We did take a lunch break of 30 minutes or so and plenty of brief stops 
>> along the way to rest the legs and back sides as well as multiple photo 
>> opps.
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>> It was a long but very satisfying day with some great comraderie, mutual 
>> encouragement , can do attitude and even some downtime Dallas site seeing 
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>> In the end there was also an immense sense of satisfaction that we had 
>> actually done it.
>> We have the sore derrières to prove it this morning.
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>> I asked Jim if we had bragging  rights for another year and he thought so 
>> but at our age I'm not sure how many more we can continue to 'ride our age' 
>> but I think we'll keep trying until we cannot.
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>> I read of amazing athletic accomplishments of folks even older than us so 
>> I know it's possible.
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>> Well, apologies for the long post but I hope it encourages others as they 
>> get into their 60's , 70's and beyond.
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>> Paul in Dallas
>> box_liam on Instagram 
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Re: [RBW] Texas Riv Ride Your Age Accomplished

[Nick Payne]

It's a bit easier in this country with metric units. One of our cycling 
friends who recently turned 80 celebrated his birthday with an 80km ride.

Nick Payne
Canberra

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