Even so, I'm guessing the odds of it becoming a garage queen are about as remote as some of the Vancouver backcountry huts that we'll be seeing it leaned up against in future pics. Hope you remembered to get touch-up paint!
Willet M. On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:14:24 PM UTC-7 duh...@gmail.com wrote: > Wow Jason, that looks smoking! > > Great take on PG/SG, can't wait to see it built up again. > > On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 11:26:55 AM UTC-8 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> Funny you should mention that Willet... I just got home from picking the >> Bombadil up after a couple months away getting reborn... >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 29 December 2021 at 09:30:34 UTC-8 wille...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Sounds as though the Bombadil might be doing a stint in rehab??? >>> Looking forward to seeing the eventual unveiling, which we know will be >>> beautifully photographed (and probably involve a wooden rails-to-trails >>> bridge in the backcountry and/or giant trees dripping with moss). >>> >>> Willet M. >>> >>> On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 12:32:19 AM UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: >>> >>>> I know I've been lacking on adventure content on the Bombadil the past >>>> couple months. This is actually because the Bombadil is not available to >>>> ride right now... more on that in the new year but it's a good thing. >>>> >>>> But this past weekend I had a lot of good experiences with the >>>> Hillborne - there was a low-key organized gravel ride "CXmas" happening on >>>> the Sunday, but the weather looked terrible, so I chose to get out for a >>>> long-ish, road-ish ride on Saturday. 75km total with about 15km of gravel >>>> paths. >>>> >>>> [image: PXL_20211211_211628193.jpg] >>>> [image: PXL_20211211_214339886.jpg] >>>> >>>> Buuuuut then I decided to get up early and go on the gravel ride anyway >>>> despite being a bit stiff and sore from the previous day. In my mind, I >>>> was >>>> going to ride to the meet point (coffee shop about 10km from home) and >>>> play >>>> it by ear. >>>> >>>> The ride started with a series of rooty, steep trails that connected >>>> through the neighborhood to the start of the forest. The route then >>>> followed a network of trails up the Seymour valley, which is the same >>>> valley featured in nearly all my Bombadil photos. The Hillborne was on >>>> extralight Babyshoe slicks, which are certainly a bit under-gunned for >>>> these trails but keeping mindful of that, no issues. >>>> >>>> [image: PXL_20211212_181408181.jpg] >>>> >>>> The rain started at the start of the ride, and became heavier as the >>>> ride went on. At the ~20km mark, the rain turned to snow. It snowed hard, >>>> and the snow was wet. It was a particularly slippery snow, but the gravel >>>> underneath provided enough traction most of the time - definitely had to >>>> be >>>> careful though; spinning out when trying to pedal up hills reminded me >>>> there wasn't a lot of traction available. >>>> >>>> [image: PXL_20211212_200359035.jpg] >>>> >>>> By the time we reached the lake at the end of the valley, there was >>>> about 3" of snow on the ground and traction was so bad that even on flat >>>> ground, my pedaling did not result in forward motion at all. My fenders >>>> packed with the wet snow to the point that my wheels wouldn't spin when I >>>> pushed the bike, they just dragged. I was 30 km from home at this point >>>> and >>>> 10km of it would be in these conditions. Wooops. >>>> >>>> [image: PXL_20211212_201142090.jpg] >>>> >>>> But thankfully, even though I was the only member of the group with >>>> slicks (and with tight fitting fenders), the group agreed that the paved >>>> path was too slippery to ride and we took the gravel service road (not >>>> open >>>> to the public, but given the safety risks of the parkway, we felt we had a >>>> good argument if we got stopped); and I broke all the snow out of the >>>> fender with a stick (which I had to use once more before we got far enough >>>> out that conditions improved). >>>> >>>> [image: PXL_20211212_201627208.jpg] >>>> >>>> A good adventure with the "road bike" for sure! I sure as heck love >>>> the Hillborne. I've had it 25 months now, and am nearing 6000 km on it >>>> which is the most mileage I've had on any bike - and I am as sure as ever >>>> that I would never sell this bike! There has never been a bike I could say >>>> that with such conviction before. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/13747bee-fa39-48a1-9857-f06dd25f9881n%40googlegroups.com.
