"Beautiful Godzilla" and "strident spandex hamsters"..I'm clearly behind on the latest cycling terminology! 😂
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 7:31:07 AM UTC-7 Marc Irwin wrote: > It was just a few months ago Leah and her family moved to Kalamazoo from > Las Vegas, several people suggested she contact me about riding in the > area. She was a self described "Beautiful Godzilla" (Bike Snob p. 75) who > had never ridden more than 17 miles and never with anybody else. I > introduced her to the women in the local club and she reluctantly > participated in a few rides. She is now a brilliant example of a > "Godzilla" in recovery who has moved on to bigger things leaving the poodle > behind. Actually, she found out from riding with a regular group that she > is a lot better at this bike thing than she thought. I don't see her > challenging the strident spandex hamsters on her gorgeous platypus, but... > > Marc > > > On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 11:42:23 PM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: > >> What a great story. Very impressive. >> I think you've earned biking R-E-S-P-E-C-T. >> Congratulations. >> On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 4:42:29 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> My first 100k ride is in the books! >>> >>> Every year my bike club does a tour around the county. You choose a >>> route and sign up. I was going to do a 50 mile ride; my longest ride so far >>> is 35 miles, so I thought this would be a good starting point. I’ve never >>> been on a tour, and I don’t know how fast the Club expects one to go - is >>> this like a weekly club ride or something different? >>> >>> T talked me into a metric century. I’ve said before, I have stars in my >>> eyes for this amazing woman and if she says I can do 62 miles, I’m doing 62 >>> miles. My MNR leader was heading up the group, 15-16 mph would be the pace. >>> There would be 2 SAG stops. Here is my Racing Platypus before the ride: >>> >>> -- 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/7f2ce686-2fdc-478b-ae54-ef0cde116499n%40googlegroups.com.
