Haha. That was funny. I let my dad use my 29er for the rest of the ride after I found them, and I think he really liked it. Boy, there was a lot of new rock debris!
Just wait until I take them on their first singletrack ride with an exposed drop-off on one side. They will love that! On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 8:54:11 AM UTC-8, KC wrote: > > Well, I may just be in for some surprises. But I'm sure it will be an > adventure & a great day. > > A little off-topic, but I think appropriate re "surprises" - Chuck and I > went on our first ride on a Wrightwood fire road. We parked our car at > Grassy Hollow and arranged for Dave to pick us up at Jackson Lake. He told > us exactly how to follow the roads and guessed it would be an hour ride for > us. And we told him to send help if we didn't show up eventually. We > really had no idea where we were going and at one point thought we might > have taken the wrong turn, but we didn't. It did take us about 45 minutes > extra, but I think we had good excuses. After all our warm weather, I had > assured Chuck the roads had to be clear. So we were pretty surprised when > we hit our first ice patch (and remember, we didn't know if we were on the > right trail - we were though). The ice patch in the photo was the first of > about 15, most very slippery and unrideable. But we were really surprised > to find the tree down on the trail. That was so much fun I can't wait to > do it again. I'm sure the scenery was beautiful all around me, but I was > pretty busy avoiding all the rocks on the trail. > > My Riv-riding kids never explained to me what a total difference the > "right" bike can make. I'm about 2 weeks shy of my Cheviot first > anniversary and that purchase made me realize that I actually might like > riding on the dirt trails in Wrightwood and that it was worth buying a > mountain bike to test that out. Only took me 23 1/2 years of living here > to figure that one out. > > > > > On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:25:15 PM UTC-8, Doug Peterson wrote: > >> Kathy: >> >> Sorry but this isn't Melanie's sort of ride. She's a bit leery of >> unpaved roads. We'll have a good group of 50k riders anyway. Jim Warren & >> I have never set any speed records but we can polish of a pint fairly >> quickly. >> >> doug >> >> On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 1:51:37 PM UTC-8, kathys...@gmail.com >> wrote: >>> >>> I just registered Chuck and myself for the 50K (next year I'll get him >>> to do the 100K). Dave and Steph are registered for the 100K so it will be >>> a major Wrightwood contingency. >>> I'm really excited for my first official "ride". And it will be a >>> really special day as the 2 guys share the 19th as their birthday. >>> >>> Doug - please tell Melanie I registered. Does the 50K count for her >>> commitment to ride if I did? >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 9:08:19 PM UTC-8, cyclotourist wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com/2015/11/were-putting-stake-in-it-march-19-2016.html >>>> >>>> A very Rivendell-friendly event! Hope to see some of you there! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> David >>>> >>>> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >>>> >>>> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
