The ride worked out well. Grant had to leave for the airport by 7:30, so we had to cut out the out and back to Golden Gardens, but the ride to the locks, and back along both sides of the canal was really pleasant. We didn't have much foot traffic to contend with when crossing the locks, and even got a short stretch of dirt along the railroad track in...
Brian On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Lawnsbyt <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm so bummed I couldn't make it to see Grant last night, had to be at > work and all. How did the ride go? Hope he enjoyed seeing that part > of Seattle. > > On May 12, 6:31 am, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm with Alex: go. It was a nice event in Seattle, a great way to > support a > > local business (in our case Kathleen and Freerange Cycles), and a > pleasure > > to hear Grant speak. His talk was, as you'd expect, low key, open, and > > appropriately opinionated, but sort of delivered at perfect pitch. Grant > > makes bikes get built and doesn't do book tour talks each day, but he's > > pretty good at both. > > > > Many of us on this list have learned more than we might realize over the > > years about "un-racing" ourselves, and that's the point of the book. I > was > > struck by the notion that if I simply gave a copy of this book to anyone > > who, noticing that I ride a lot, and presuming some degree of correlative > > expertise, inevitably asks me for bicycling advice. Happens at least > once a > > week. If they started off with this book and nothing more, they'd find > > themselves well served. I ordered four more copies for just that reason > > this morning, and will keep one on the bike (you know, I have a place for > > it, being a guy who rides with bags and all) to give away when warranted, > > sort of like carrying an extra tube for someone who didn't. > > > > My 9-year old took my dog-eared copy into the fray and came out with an > > inscription that said "George, I hope this gets you off to a good start. > > Grant". Seemed like the right thing to say. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, May 11, 2012 10:56:06 PM UTC-7, Alex Moll wrote: > > > > > Go - it was fun to hear him this evening in Seattle. Glad I went. > > > Alex > > > > > On May 11, 7:42 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Received my copy of Just Ride via the brown pony a couple of hours > > > > ago. So much good stuff. I liked the ending of chapter 19--Don't be > > > > cheap and dead. > > > > > > I also love the illustrations. I have a feeling it'll be a pretty big > > > > seller at Powell's here in Portland for a few weeks. Nice that it > came > > > > out before summer. If it's really slow at work I may take an extended > > > > lunch break and go down to Powell's to hear him. We'll see. > > > > > > --mike > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
