Good Luck with your ride!! Rainy and 37 here. I did get out on my new Sam Hillborne yesterday and had a nice ride around the city. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!! best, JimP > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:07:16 -0800 > Subject: [RBW] Re: Happy Holidays! > From: ericpl...@aol.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Only a short ride yesterday. Lots of other things on the plate > (figuratively and literally). Additionally, the snow and ice covered > roads aren't calling right now. The ride was not on my Sam > Hillborne. > > Highlight was stopping and conversing with a friend who was trying to > clear ice/snow off his roof. > > Hopefully can get a ride in this afternoon. The city came by and > scraped the streets last night. Might be tolerable riding today. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > On Dec 25, 10:50 am, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Merry Christmas to all !!! > > > > In between cooking and cleaning, I jumped on my Bombadil just after > > dark, for a quick loop through the park. There wasn't a soul to be > > found... Temps were in the high 20s, with a little bit of wind... As I > > was rolling down the path at rather high speed, I must have spooked a > > few deer on my left...I couldn't see them, but I could hear them break > > into a run and running alongside me... Deer love running out in front > > of headlights in my town, so I braced for a collision... One blazed > > across my front wheel, and I could feel another one brush just past my > > rear wheel.... WHEW!!... Close call.... scared the daylights out of > > me. > > > > I didn't see if they were reindeer... good thing... If the fat man in > > red was attached to them, it would have gotten rather ugly!!! > > > > I WILL get in a nice ride today, for sure... Happy New Year. > > > > BB > > > > On Dec 25, 7:41 am, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Same to you Angus! > > > > > In fact, Merry Christmas to all who observe it, and warm well wishes to > > > all > > > regardless. > > > > > My Ram and Joe's Sam went out yesterday with 5 friends for a Christmas > > > Eve day > > > ride. A bit chilly, but sunny and calm air, and we enjoyed 45 miles +/- > > > with > > > some steep climbing tossed in to remind us not to neglect hills over the > > > Winter > > > if we hope to ride them in the Spring. > > > > > Joe says he thinks his Maxy Fastys are faster than the Pari-Motos his > > > bike came > > > with. I disagree but he has declined my offers to trade him unused sets > > > of M-F > > > or Cypres tires for that pair of P-Ms... > > > > > Rain is expected today, but if it holds off, I'll go a few miles in the > > > afternoon. > > > > > Tailwinds! > > > > > Bruce > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Sat, December 25, 2010 6:30:41 AM > > > Subject: [RBW] Happy Holidays! > > > > > Happy Holidays everyone! > > > > > Hope y'all get some time to ride (or play with) your Rivendell today. > > > > > Angus "Who takes a short Christmas afternoon bike ride each year"- Hide > > > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.