I saw and briefly met Kelly on his very handsome and stylish Quickbeam. Spotted another Atlantis and a few Rambouillet. Had a fantastic tour on my Atlantis. Managed to ride from Faribault, MN to Sioux City, IA to join in the fun of RAGBRAI for 4 days, then rode back home. Finished up 761 miles in 8 days of riding. The Atlantis was set up with Nitto racks front and rear, Arkel bags all around and a Wald basket zip tied up front for miscellaneous.
For those of you curious, the bike without bags but with racks, fenders, and basket = 42 pounds. Empty bags added another 9 pounds. I traveled with 36 pounds of clothing, food, tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, tools, etc. Total loaded bicycle = 87 pounds plus another 180 pounds of rider. My days were Faribault, MN to Saint James, MN 100 Paullina, IA 137 Sioux City, IA 85 Storm Lake, IA 70 Algona, IA 81 Clear Lake, IA 62 Charles City, IA 54 Roseville, MN 172 On Jul 21, 3:05 pm, Kelly <kingtw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm getting packed up for the drive out to Iowa and thought I'd ask, > who's ridingRagbrai? This will be my first time ridingRagbrai, and > I'm very excited. I'll be riding my orange Quickbeam, and this seems > the best year to do it. The main two gearing combinations I'll be > using are 40 x 15 and 32 x 15. I'll also have the 32 x 18 on the flip > side if I really need it the last day. > > Who else is ridingRagbrai? I'm hoping to see quite a few Rivendells > on the ride. Any last minute suggestions from veteranRagbrairiders? > Thanks, and I'll see you on the route! -- 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-bu...@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.
