No photos, and not on Thanksgiving (I was suffering from two nights of little sleep, and it was very windy, and...and...and) but today, a brief but hard 15.3 miles on the Riv commuter; hardly epic but 1 hr 4 min of fixed 69" gear riding with much uphill against a stiff NW headwind.
Patrick "short is good (sometimes)" Moore On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Robert F. Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like you had a great time. I love the images too. > I didn't take any images, but I did up Thanksgiving on my Quickbeam as well, > riding the 25+ miles from Honolulu to Kapolei to my sister's place for the > Thanksgiving repast and then retracing my steps. It's a lot more urban than > your ride but did some interesting views on the Pearl Harbor bike path. It's > essentially flat. Again, no pictures, but I did trace the route at > MapMyRide. > http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/hi/honolulu/589129080937035477 > It took just over 2 hours to get there (earlier than I expected so there's a > little jog off the track to get some coffee and hang out). I attribute my > slowness to age, lethargy, and the fact that it is urban riding so there are > stop lights and such to deal with. I was pretty sure coming back would a be > a lot slower because 1) it was against a fairly strong wind and 2) I was > full, really full. Still it only took 20 minutes longer to get home and that > included a quick stop at a grocery store. Go figure. > > We really should make the Quickbeam the "official bicycle of Thanksgiving." > :-) > Aloha, > Bob > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Happy Thanksgiving, all! Hope you all were able to enjoy some peaceful >> downtime in your own particular fashions :) Thanks to the Quickbeam, I >> was able to enjoy a nice Thanksgiving in my particular fashion. Here's >> a Flickr set of the adventure: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/2etedo3 >> >> Now, let's see some of those post-Thanksgiving ride picture sets come >> in! >> >> Take care, >> Lee >> SF, CA >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Robert Harrison > [email protected] > statrix.statrix.com > > -- > 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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- 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.
