I'm doing the Outback this year with a friend or two. We'll go at the "just ride" pace of six days.
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Mike Schiller <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > Anne, If you call riding 120 miles a day for 3 days "just riding" yes. > Most of the riders that I know or read about were on that schedule. I was > signed up to ride that 'event but figuring if I rode only 90 miles a day I > would be behind most of the others and I would run into empty shelves at the > few and infrequent tiny stores along the way so I decided to wait until next > year. At least that was what the organizer said to discourage the 300+ riders > that signed up. I'm signing up for next year and will give it a go. > > Others that I know went at a different time and did the ride over 5-6 days. > More tour then the "event". > > As far as the referenced site, most of those rides in the Midwest are very > race oriented, I'm sure some participants were more laid back in their > "ride" but are in the minority. > > ~mike > >> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:36:53 PM UTC-8, Anne Paulson wrote: >> Take a look at the reports for this gravel race, the Oregon Outback: >> http://theradavist.com/2014/05/bikes-faces-oregon-outback/#14 >> >> A lot of the gravel riders are riding just to ride. >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Mike Schiller <mikey...@rocketmail.com> >> wrote: >> > not quite decades... but certainly for the last few years. Many Rivs from >> > the late 90's wont fit anything larger than 32mm tires. And lest we forget >> > many sport tourers from the 60-70's fit 35mm tires. ....and of course >> > those >> > demi-balloon 40-50 mm tired bikes from France. >> > >> > as far as "gravel" riders.... the gravel races are races, full lycra kits >> > and an emphasis on speed ... certainly not unracers. >> > >> > >> > ~mike >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 9:21:18 AM UTC-8, Noah Deuce wrote: >> >> >> >> Hyperbole, sure, but the drum GP has been beating for decades (better >> >> tire >> >> clearance, too much emphasis on racing, etc.) has finally turned into a >> >> product "category" that may save the industry from itself. >> >> >> >> Just see the latest by Guitar Ted: >> >> http://www.gravelgrindernews.com/less-about-the-rock-and-more-about-the-roll/ >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > > -- > 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.
