Awesome report. I'm sorry I wasn't able to ride with you but I'm glad that I didn't slow you down. Ty and myself were the last two finishers at 2:39pm. The wind over the bridge was like a wall.
Stephen On Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:28:29 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > Manny and I hooked up at the start at ~6:15 this morning and did the whole > ride together. Thankfully it was not raining at the start, but it rained > on us PLENTY throughout. Manny rocked the splats and absolutely killed it > for his first randonneur event. Many of the signed up riders were DNS, and > a few more bailed in the middle. Still more that decided to slog it out > treated themselves to extra stops with a hot meal, hot beverages etc. Not > me and Manny though. Stop moving and you get cold! We were the 2nd and > 3rd finishers. Besides the company, the highlights included some pretty > hard core winds. In the heavy rain descending into Olema the wind was > strong enough that both Manny and I complained of the pain of the rain > hitting us in the face. On the Golden Gate Bridge on the return it took > some serious effort to not be blown over altogether. Manny of course can > be counted upon to post pictures, to prove it happened. I took video with > my GoPro, and we'll see if any of it is worthy of sharing once I edit it > way down. > > On Friday, March 30, 2012 10:07:09 PM UTC-7, Smitty wrote: >> >> Kind of last minute here.... but... have fun out there! >> >> --Smitty >> >> >> On Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:10:06 PM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: >>> >>> Having been inspired by many people on the forum to ride a Randonneur >>> event, I'm planning to ride the populaire this Saturday. Anyone else >>> going? Any advice for someone who hasn't ridden a Randonneur event >>> before? I'm still kinda worried about the control cards and what not. >>> More importantly what do I wear? Hopefully I can tag along with >>> someone who knows what their doing. >>> >>> -Manny "What sport am I doing again?" Acosta >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/QA12U3CqpnMJ. 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.
