Another cyclist, in another venue, remarked that he'd rather stick a pencil in his eye than ride such distances. Chacun a son gout.
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Lee Legrand <krm2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thats crazy. I also think that randonneuring is a form of extreme > activity in which people can take a cool thing as riding a bicycle for long > distance and going way too far. > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Orc <grr.grr....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 3:40:17 PM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: >>> >>> Dude was riding the hardest gear for the last 100km because his cables >>> failed, a 50 and a 12. He said it was very hard but very nice. >>> >> >> Was he riding through? If so, I could see how pushing a 5:1 would >> sort of mix together with the other hallucinations at that point. >> >> >> -david parsons >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> "TC" (what is your name?): When I ordered my second custom (stripped >>>> gofast fixie) from Riv, 18 years ago, I shyly told Grant, "For me, 30 miles >>>> is a long ride." He replied, "It *is* a long ride!" So I felt >>>> validated. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the link. >>>> >>>> Patrick Moore, who rides fixed on the road, which multiplies his >>>> effective mileage by 5, in ABQ, NM >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 4:14 PM, tc <tdc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Some likely already know of the movie "Brevet >>>>> <https://vimeo.com/ondemand/brevet>" on Vimeo, about randonneuring, >>>>> specifically the Paris - Brest - Paris (PBP) cycling marathon done every 4 >>>>> years. Heck, some of you have probably done it. English or French >>>>> subtitle versions available. My longest rides are 30 miles or less ... >>>>> which is laughable in comparison to 1230KM journey depicted in this movie. >>>>> Maybe one day I'll enter a populaire and see how far that will take me. >>>>> Anyway, if you haven't watched it, it's a great movie that focuses on 3 of >>>>> the 5K or so people that entered a recent PBP, one of which was 68! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>>> Other professional writing services. >>>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>>> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >>>> ************************************************************ >>>> **************************** >>>> *Interested in trading resume, LinkedIn, and other writing work for >>>> professional (professional) help with marketing and growing my resumes, >>>> etc. business. 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