Hey Charlie... was good to meet you. I caught Grant's spiel but by the time I rousted the wife and 2 kids out of Powell's children's section then got mobilized on the bikes we too missed the ride to Velo Cult. We set off towards VC on our own but it was too nice a day to not stop at the fountain for a few minutes. About half a mile from VC I ran into list member Norman riding his All Rounder home and he told me the party was winding down, but me and mine figured we were almost there so may as well press on and at least check out the shop. By the time we got to VC the last of the Rivsters we're leaving (Allan in Portland and Charlie were the only list members I recognized) and Grant was already long gone. Oh Well. The talk was entertaining and there are worse ways to spend a sunny afternoon than riding around town on bikes with the family. We stopped for dinner at the "a la carts" food cart pod and had tacos, burgers, banh mi, and ice cream.
My family regularly do group rides but usually we're the only ones on Rivs. We were both looking forward to a ride where Rivs were the norm. Maybe next time we'll make it to the start on time. --Andy On Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:51:49 PM UTC-7, charlie wrote: > > Yes we drove the 270 mile RT to Portland and managed to miss the talk > (but did get a signed book, yaaay!) Also missed the ride due to a slow > bike assembly three blocks away from the starting point, doh! Then to > top it off, couldn't find the Velo Cult store until 'G dog' almost > left but he was kind enough to chat a short minute and shake hands so > I'm happy. My wife read the book some on the drive back and I have a > personal signed copy as a gift for my riding pal.....The Velo Cult > store has some nice beer (I managed one) and I purchased a few > consumables I was in need of. Next came a blast back home with my SO > jammed in the back of our 92 Suzuki Swift. My thoughts on downtown > Portland....a madhouse and not very accommodating to automobiles but a > kind soul or two helped us in our frantic moments making the day at > least memorable. Also had the pleasure to meet 'Smitty' from the > Owners group who was out with the wife and children both riding > Rivendells a Betty and a Hilsen. Wished we could have stayed longer > and visited maybe next time............ > > On May 12, 7:26 pm, Michael Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > > I shot some not very good photos. Grant spoke at Powells and said he was > > deviating from his standard spiel. It was good - funny in a dry way, > > opinionated, natch. Talked a lot about un-racing, and how he spent a lot > of > > years riding a lot of miles, most of them thinking mostly about getting > to > > the end, and how that's no way to ride - or live. And then we rode to > > Velocult, which is about the perfect place to end a ride like that. > Beers, > > lots of chatting, the biggest collection of Rivendell bikes I've seen in > > one place in Portland, and a lot of nice Bridgestones as well. Got a big > > smile for my '85 MB-2. > https://picasaweb.google.com/116897251123335733984/GrantPetersenPDX51... > > > > -- > > Michael Mannhttp://baiku-velomann.blogspot.com/ -- 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/-/vKlXw-WpqrQJ. 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.
