What a wonderful thing to do on a sabbatical! I remember marveling at getting up, going to Home Depot, coming back to work on my condo (paint, tile, paneling) and still getting paid! The second one, I used in conjunction with maternity leave, so that one just flew by. Ah, Silicon Valley.... I thought sabbaticals had all but disappeared (except of course in academia). And now that you have a number of people following your adventures, perhaps a bit vicariously, your commitment has passengers. Enjoy!
On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 12:46:26 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I get a six week sabbatical from work from late August to early October. > I had a bike tour plan, but it was going to be solo, so my family nixed > that. My wife and kids are all quite busy, and I'm trying to really savor > where I live and the blessings I have, so I'm doing a six week stay-cation. > The two main activities will be riding a bunch and handyman projects. I'm > a numbers guy and I like measurable goals. I'm also really happy with my > fleet and how every bike in my fleet is dialed. One of the reasons I keep > the entire fleet dialed is for 'wear-leveling'. I use them all so each of > them lasts a REALLY long time. So, the measurable goal I've set for myself > is to ride 200 miles on each of 10 different bikes during the 92 days of > August+September+October 2017. I started out with my oldest bike: my > late-father's 1973 Windsor Carrera Sport, which I restored shortly after > his passing. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sL8DjZtMHuo/WYTMMgcY8KI/AAAAAAAADeA/ceN91X7dBk0WUf9ScxARSLzypnQmkP0pgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2002.JPG> > > > Riv content: Albatross bars, Wald Basket, Sackville Shopsack Medium, > Saddle triangle, Sneaker pedals, Sugino XD2 crankset, Newbaums tape, Atus > Rear Der, Twin Hollow rims, Nitto bag protector, Hammer bell, hub shiners. > On this bike I'm doing simple bike/Bart commuting to my office, but I take > 'the long way'. Instead of 2-3 mile legs between home-Bart or office-Bart, > I'm taking 6-7 mile legs, which gets you up to 25-30 miles per day on a > work day. I'm about 80 miles into my 200 mile goal for bike #1. > > Today I did my first 'long ride' on Bike #2, my most contemporary bike, > which I call my Niner-Seven-Fiver. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GiUAo8xaDuQ/WYTNKANMHLI/AAAAAAAADeE/HsU9-lQiQ4USt4rH4-6nRZFL5w5BxmZfACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_2008.JPG> > > > Riv content: hoo-boy, not much....Newbaums tape, Edelux Lamp, reflective > triangle, King cages, Water Bottles designed for Lucky Duck Bike Cafe by > Sean Hipkin, Dutch taillight. That ride featured some solid underbiking to > get around this road closure on local trails. The ride is ~40 miles with > ~3000ft of climbing through the East Bay Hills. > > The challenge will feature four Rivendells: R05C0 8U883 road, Rosco > Medium Mountain Mixte, Sam Hillborne, and HubbuHubbuH. The plan only > includes one REALLY long ride, and that's the San Francisco Randonneurs > Marin Mountains 200k in the middle of October. Only if I'm on-schedule or > ahead of it will I be ready for a 130 mile ride, 25% off road, with 13,000 > feet of climbing. > > I will post progress from time to time. I'm posting photos on Instagram > just about every day, so the kids on my mountain bike team can keep up. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, Ca > -- 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.
