wow the route looks amazing! Thanks for the pictures
On Apr 11, 9:38 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's some pictures from yesterday's 3 capes 300k. I rode my Hilsen > for the second year in a row and it performed flawlessly although not > quietly. My rear derailer and rear fender were making some odd noises > at times. I'll try and figure out what's going on later this week. The > Jack Brown greens are great and I like them much more than the blues. > > The highlight of the ride for me was the first 100k which we covered > pretty fast. This includes summating and descending the coast range. > We had an amazing tailwind which pushed us up the climb. There was ice > on the road for the beginning of the descent but minimal traffic so we > just took the lane and bombed down for the first couple of miles of > the descent until it mellowed out. There was quite a large group of us > descending and it was exhilarating. The tailwind pushed us right into > to Tillamook and out to the beginning of the Cape Meares climb. > > I love this ride and I love the distance. It was my third year doing > the ride. I had been hoping to finish in just under 13hrs but dawdled > a little too much at some of the controls. Perhaps next year. Still, I > finished with a solid time fo 13hrs 48min. My company for the ride was > great. It was just a really good time. > > I was bummed my point and shoot digital camera crapped out. The climb > up Hwy 6 to the summit of the coast range was pretty cold. Right as I > took my camera out to get a shot of the summit sign the camera froze > up. Bummer. It's a lot easier to take pictures with that than it is > with my camera phone (Motorala droid). > > Here's some > pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/sets/72157623831454890/ > > It's dry out now and in spite of feeling a little fatigued I'm think I > might head out for a little 30 mile or so jaunt around Sauvie Island. > > --mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
