Re: [RBW] who needs carbon? (but needs capital letters and paragraphs)

2010-07-18 Thread donald compton
no comment
On Jul 18, 2010, at 6:11 PM, James Valiensi wrote:

> Hi,
> That's great! I love the way steel bikes ride too.
> Cheers!
> 
> On Jul 18, 2010, at 5:52 PM, dpco wrote:
> 
>> six of us rode the 100k healdsburg century this weekend together. our
>> goal was to average 18+ mph( ride time). i like to ride my roadeo on
>> these rides because: 1) i am extremely comfortable on the bike ; 2)
>> the bike has the uncanny combination of being extremely stable on
>> downhills and carves turns like a mini cooper ; and,3) my roadeo is a
>> cool bike. after leaving the start, we eventually settled into a
>> 20-22mph cruise and were easily above 18 average into the first stop
>> with everyone( 2men, 4 women, ages 53-59 ) feeling great. leaving the
>> stop we slowly got up to our pace and when we hit the hills we would
>> slow to a pace comfortable to the slowest climber. we rode like this
>> until about we made the turn towards home and had, predominantly, a
>> tailwind. we climbed faster and picked the speed on the flats and
>> ended up with an 18.2 average. nobody got dropped. at the end we were
>> tired, but everyone was smiling like a bunch of kids. it just can't
>> get any better.
>> don c.
>> 
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> 
> James Valiensi, PE
> Northridge, CA
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Re: [RBW] who needs carbon? (but needs capital letters and paragraphs)

2010-07-18 Thread James Valiensi
Hi,
That's great! I love the way steel bikes ride too.
Cheers!

On Jul 18, 2010, at 5:52 PM, dpco wrote:

> six of us rode the 100k healdsburg century this weekend together. our
> goal was to average 18+ mph( ride time). i like to ride my roadeo on
> these rides because: 1) i am extremely comfortable on the bike ; 2)
> the bike has the uncanny combination of being extremely stable on
> downhills and carves turns like a mini cooper ; and,3) my roadeo is a
> cool bike. after leaving the start, we eventually settled into a
> 20-22mph cruise and were easily above 18 average into the first stop
> with everyone( 2men, 4 women, ages 53-59 ) feeling great. leaving the
> stop we slowly got up to our pace and when we hit the hills we would
> slow to a pace comfortable to the slowest climber. we rode like this
> until about we made the turn towards home and had, predominantly, a
> tailwind. we climbed faster and picked the speed on the flats and
> ended up with an 18.2 average. nobody got dropped. at the end we were
> tired, but everyone was smiling like a bunch of kids. it just can't
> get any better.
> don c.
> 
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James Valiensi, PE
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