Cycling is one of the only sports that I know where you don't get gratification of what you've done until you're finished. So true in the sport of Randonneuring. If I had to sum up the Last weekend's even in one word it was wet. So wet in fact that out of the 70ish people that registered for this ride only 40ish actually came out. That means 30ish people stayed inside because they were smart enough that 50 mph winds and heavy downpours is not ideal bike riding weather. Gladly I met a handful of people on the forum, Stephen and Bill. At least I wasn't the only dumb one trying to ride in the weather Despite all the rain it was a fairly warm 60 degrees out there. Warm enough that I figured rain pants wouldn't be needed until the first control. Oh how wrong I was. Lucky enough I had Mr.William to show me the ropes of what to do with the brevet card, receipts and controls. Once the rain started coming down it didn't really stop. Figured the rain pants were useless to put on at that point so they stayed in the jersey pocket. Overall I had a great time mostly due to the company I got to ride with. I find it interesting that it only takes one ride to really get to know someone. Having never met Bill in person before I love how with just 71 miles of riding in the rain you can find out so much about someone. We exchanged stories, Bill told me a couple of Filippino jokes, talked about life stuff and made fun of the weather yelling "At least there isn't any lightning!" secretly hoping that our statement wouldn't be ironic. There's always a point in any hard ride where you get one of those WTF moments. My WTF moments was trying following Bill through dirt section of Samuel P Taylor park. At this point the rain was coming down so hard that mini streams were washing along the trail and the wind was blowing so hard that it felt someone was consistently slaping me in the face, and the dirt getting kicked up from my non-fendered bike was getting on the inside of my clothes. My only goal was trying to keep my bike upright and keeping up with Bill. My only thought at the point of the ride was that I wish I was riding a bike with fenders right now. Like any true ride you only get the best of the weather when you're done with the ride. We finish at Chrissy Field with the SF Randonneur volunteurs hosting the post ride picnic complete with coffee and goldfish crackers! Big thanks to Bill who had to deal with me. It was a pleasure to ride despite the weather. I can see why people like doing events like these in good weather.
Pictures proved that my camera didn't break: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyMDFuJ - Manny " My shoes feel like aquariums!" 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/-/YcQ_wkPWI0AJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
