Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Rally East Pics!!!
Gunnars are fantastic bikes, nothing to be modest about there!!! :-) A 29er Rockhound is on my short list of entries under the title Next Bike. On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Rick P crowsf...@windstream.net wrote: it was cool to so many different Rivendells all together. And nobody dissed my Gunnar either. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Rally East Pics!!!
Maybe next year, a little later on the calendar and not conflicting w/, say Mothers Day? On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote: Today we wrapped up the first Riv Rally East with another spectacular ride. After yesterday's brief brush with heavy weather, we were prepared for more of the same today. Much to our delight we were greeted by the most magnificent weather...Sunny, cloudless blue skies, and cool. We sampled a few of the awesome dirt roads that traverse the hills around Wellsboro. Wow, these roads were beautiful; perfect for a Riv ride...long gradual climbs, deep woods, flowing streams, beautiful vistas, screaming descents... it had it all. Thanks to all who made the long drive out to Wellsboro from distant locations: Bruce Oppenheim and Rick Porter (Cleveland, OH) Steve Palincsar (Alexandria, VA) John Philip (Syracuse, NY) Andy Philip (Washington, DC) Norm Rosenblum (Upper Montclair, NJ) (I drove from Belle Mead, NJ) And SPECIAL THANKS to Wellsboro native Bill Yacovissi, for sharing his love of riding along these beautiful roads in this special region with a bunch of complete strangers... Thanks, Bill !!! (More photos to come - in the mean time Andy Philip posted a few nice ones... Thanks, Andy!! - http://tinyurl.com/3c2b8ly) Peace, BB On May 7, 10:43 pm, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote: Today Riv Rally East kicked off with a stellar ride through the beautiful Pine Creek Gorge in North Central Pennsylvania. Our group numbered 8, with folks coming from as far away as Cleveland and Washington DC. The weather started out perfect, and remained so for the first half of the ride. But eventually the clouds rolled in and we got our first 10-minute rain shower, followed by more gorgeous weather. Then the BIG clouds rolled in, and we got a nice dousing of heavy rain, wind and lightning... NOW WE HAD OURSELVES A RIDE!!! The rain only lasted 30 minutes or so, but we were compelled to seek shelter after getting soaked for only 10 minutes. Then the weather turned gorgeous once again... such is spring in the wilds of Central PA. It was a beautiful ride through some beautiful country... Our group enjoyed today's ride; tomorrow we'll choose a slightly shorter route. By all accounts, Riv Rally East has been a success so far... There is definite interest in a Riv Rally 2012. Here are a few pics...http://tinyurl.com/66re7ty Peace, BB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
RE: [RBW] Re: Riv Rally East Pics!!!
It would be very cool. I'm in. -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Montclair BobbyB Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:25 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Riv Rally East Pics!!! Robert: Yes, we all agreed we need to push it a little later. I'm conscious of potential conflicts with graduations and other events later in May/ June, but I do agree that we should never try to compete with Mother's Day (even though my mom and my wife/mother of my children claim to have forgiven me for my apparent mistake). In fact we're already talking about Riv Rally 2012. One idea (still in the early stages) would be to do a 2-day point-to-point light touring ride along a section of the Great Allegheny Passage trail, where we would travel by train/bike to the starting point. (Amtrak has apparently announced plans to offer roll-on/roll-off service between Washington DC and Pittsburgh beginning this summer!!!) How cool would that be??? Peace, BB On May 9, 6:57 am, robert zeidler zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe next year, a little later on the calendar and not conflicting w/, say Mothers Day? On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote: Today we wrapped up the first Riv Rally East with another spectacular ride. After yesterday's brief brush with heavy weather, we were prepared for more of the same today. Much to our delight we were greeted by the most magnificent weather...Sunny, cloudless blue skies, and cool. We sampled a few of the awesome dirt roads that traverse the hills around Wellsboro. Wow, these roads were beautiful; perfect for a Riv ride...long gradual climbs, deep woods, flowing streams, beautiful vistas, screaming descents... it had it all. Thanks to all who made the long drive out to Wellsboro from distant locations: Bruce Oppenheim and Rick Porter (Cleveland, OH) Steve Palincsar (Alexandria, VA) John Philip (Syracuse, NY) Andy Philip (Washington, DC) Norm Rosenblum (Upper Montclair, NJ) (I drove from Belle Mead, NJ) And SPECIAL THANKS to Wellsboro native Bill Yacovissi, for sharing his love of riding along these beautiful roads in this special region with a bunch of complete strangers... Thanks, Bill !!! (More photos to come - in the mean time Andy Philip posted a few nice ones... Thanks, Andy!! -http://tinyurl.com/3c2b8ly) Peace, BB On May 7, 10:43 pm, Montclair BobbyB montclairbob...@gmail.com wrote: Today Riv Rally East kicked off with a stellar ride through the beautiful Pine Creek Gorge in North Central Pennsylvania. Our group numbered 8, with folks coming from as far away as Cleveland and Washington DC. The weather started out perfect, and remained so for the first half of the ride. But eventually the clouds rolled in and we got our first 10-minute rain shower, followed by more gorgeous weather. Then the BIG clouds rolled in, and we got a nice dousing of heavy rain, wind and lightning... NOW WE HAD OURSELVES A RIDE!!! The rain only lasted 30 minutes or so, but we were compelled to seek shelter after getting soaked for only 10 minutes. Then the weather turned gorgeous once again... such is spring in the wilds of Central PA. It was a beautiful ride through some beautiful country... Our group enjoyed today's ride; tomorrow we'll choose a slightly shorter route. By all accounts, Riv Rally East has been a success so far... There is definite interest in a Riv Rally 2012. Here are a few pics...http://tinyurl.com/66re7ty Peace, BB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting,
Re: [RBW] Re: Riv Rally East Pics!!!
On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 09:56 -0700, charlie wrote: Now this looks like fun...riding, swimming, camping, wow ! You probably wouldn't do a ride like this very comfortably with Lycra,carbon, skinny tires and no camping gear. We stayed in a nice motel in Wellsboro, so no camping. And I'm happy to report, nobody fell into the river so we never got beyond wading. Not to say there weren't a couple of anxious moments - the current was quite a bit stronger than I expected. But it would have taken a real expert to do this ride, or the one we did today, on 23mm or even 25mm tires. I have no doubt such experts exist, as I know at least one rider has done the Deerfield Dirt Road Randonnee (and the 100 mi version, too) on 23mm tires. I was quite happy to have my 42mm Hetres, and thought they were just perfect. As for lycra - I thought it was pretty chilly up in Wellsboro. It was 43 degrees when we started riding this morning, although we did warm up pretty quickly once we started climbing the mountain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
