Hi, all, First, congratulations Bill!
It is certainly worth a try, all you 200k you tire kickers. My first brevet was a 300k. I knew I had been served up with a nice Brown sauce when I found myself riding with Bob Fourney, RAAM champion, turning myself inside-out, and realizing that he was holding back for the difficulties to come. I bonked, lost my cue sheet, had to follow a faster group over the last 100k to find the course, and had a ball. I am still not a prolific randonneur, but have managed to finish a super randonneur series, PBP, and have had a ball generating a few permanents to inspire the intrepid here on the northern Front Range of Colorado. Come on out! A 200k is a century plus a bit. Nothing special but an achievement of distinction. Note: I have ridden a few brevets on Grant Petersen design machines. I prefer slightly different bikes these days, but Lon Haldeman, Henry Kingman, and the many others who have piloted a Rivendell machine on a 1200k or longer ride, finishing with distinction and an American style, cannot be too far wrong. Cheers, Will William M deRosset RUSA 2401 Fort Collins, CO -- 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.
