Too cool Andrew! Looks like a GREAT century route! On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:12 PM, andrew hill <[email protected]> wrote:
> update on the ride.. i did it :) > > here are some pics of the Sam on the ride, fully kitted out, including > rider: > http://salamander.net/stage/LARiverRide2010/ > > the ride itself was pretty awesome. first several miles were through the > hills of Griffith Park, and then onto the LA River bike path.. then a > handful of mile through downtown LA.. back on a river bike path.. to Long > Beach Aquarium, then through into Orange County (Seal Beach). > > here is a route map: > http://tinyurl.com/232chez > > the only problems I had were with my right knee having increasing issues > starting around mile 50.. after about 20 more miles i figured out it was due > to having not enough float in the clip-in pedals on that side. i thought > ahead and had brought some light canvas shoes (and had pedals with a flat, > non-spd side) so swapped to those shoes for the last 25 miles and found > myself sprinting the last portion after my knee freed up and stopped > hurting. > > the Sam performed flawlessly - an extremely comfy if somewhat slow ride - > it took me about 8 hours to do the whole thing... a lot of that slow time > was due to meandering around downtown LA and urban Seal Beach with lots of > stops and starts, lights, etc.. but i felt tall and sporty, especially > compared to the elephants-on-tricycles look that 95% of the riders on their > tiny road bikes had. > > everyone loved it too - i got dozens of "nice bike!!" comments.. and a few > "wtf is that?!?". people were very impressed with my emcorkened bar ends, > too :) one of the booth mechanics who helped me adjust the indexed shifter > (which was skipping a ring) wondered if i'd restored a classic. > > i also saw another Sam on the River path - not doing the ride, but he had > come down from downtown to take advantage of the nice day.. though i saw him > with the bike up-ended and fixing a flat.. i'm forgetting his name - Matt? > - he is on this list, though a lurker.. but it was funny to see another Sam. > i didn't see ANY other Rivs, though someone told me there was yet another > Sam on the course ahead of me. > > sooo.. my first Century down. not my last, though i might carry less on > the bike next time or swap in a lighter wheelset/tire setup. > > best, > andrew > > > > -- > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
