Re: [RBW] Re: ‘25: My best year yet. A recap.

[Leah Peterson]

 Jay - sounds like you feel about Leo how I feel about Charlie. Comfort and the quickness…it makes for dreamy road bikes, doesn’t it? Jason - I think I’m going to love your new bike when you get it built (he snuck it in my DMs and it’s gonna be good, y’all!). Color, color, color. You can’t regret color.  I did another 37.3 mi today in high 30s/low 40s. I’m at 4065 for the year now. 4200 is maybe in reach.  I like Jason’s idea of focusing on camping trips over mileage. You take enough trips, the mileage will come. One of the women in my bike club went with her husband out their front door and rode 350 miles in Michigan on one trip. They credit card tour, but it’s a great way to get your miles AND your adventure, and they rode right out the garage. I kind of want to do her route. Maybe. On Nov 1, 2025, at 9:02 PM, Jason Fuller <jtf.ful...@gmail.com> wrote: Love the recap!  Nothing like your fresh romance with Charlie to make you feel alive, no doubt.  4000 miles takes consistency!  I tend to come in right around that as well, though I'm counting in kilometres - usually crack 6000 km but that's still a little under 4000 miles. Raspberry's transition to camping Platy is both surprising and lovely to see. It makes perfect sense, though. I've said it before, but I'm so glad you're traveling and touring by bike now. It's such a wonderful way to see the world, and the novelty never wears off!   My 2025 was good, I got out for three multi-night camping trips which exceeds my average of one or two per year.  I have lofty goals for 2026 to double the nights I spend in a tent compared to 2025.  Two of those trips were aboard the drop bar Bombadil, which has been my adventure pal all year.  One was on my Stooge trail bike, excessively robust and capable of steep and technical trails that the Rivs are simply no match for (as I've learned the hard way before..) I'm currently building a new bike for 2026 adventures, and it's not a Riv I'm afraid, but I think you'd quite enjoy it, Leah. I should send you some sneak peeks and solicit some feedback ... it's a colourful one!  My two Rivs aren't going anywhere, though. Sam will always be my road bike, even if he's a little thicker than the more athletic road bike types, and the Bombadil will always be my forest exploration bike.    -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/ooTOGINzu9A/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/26ce6c9f-111b-4f12-8a6a-d32d2b1ab4f4n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A8118AAB-85D4-40BF-B93E-FF3F638AF219%40gmail.com.