Good report. Great photos and terrific looking bike. I am glad someone was out there today. I was not for the reasons you mentioned. I need to get some base miles for a tour in June but today was not the day for me to do that. Iron Crotch, indeed.
-jb On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 7:32 PM, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > Today was the 2011 Iron Crotch ride. (A lower key version of the MN > Ironman, one of the oldest and largest group rides in the country.) > Temps ranged from the low 30s to the lower 30s with a very stiff > wind. Probably constant around 20 with gusts near 30. Add to that a > few showers and snow flurries and it made for an interesting ride. > Ended up doing the longest circuit of 58 miles at an average speed of > 12 mph. A number of really steep climbs and associated downhills. > Peak speed was a bit over 36 mph. Did discover late in the ride I > need to adjust my front derailer. Couldn't get into the granny gear. > Luckily was able to grunt up that particular hill. > > Happen to start out about the same time as list member Dan A. He > quickly left me in the dust. Which was good, as I am slow and don't > like bogging down other riders. Didn't spot any more Rivendells > today. > > While my overall speed was poor, I do have an excuse, uh, reason, > there were parts on the latter half of the ride where I needed to > pedal to continue forward motion downhill. While not the most windy > I've ridden, it was pretty brutal when combined with the temps. A > bank thermometer at noon was displaying 34 degrees. > > A few pics here - http://tinyurl.com/6dkhj87 > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > -- > 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. > > -- John Blish Minneapolis MN USA -- 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.
