The route sounds and looks amazing. I hope a Rivendell Rally can be setup like this on the west coast
On Sunday, June 3, 2012 5:22:21 PM UTC-7, EricP wrote: > > Ted, > > Excellent photos. Glad to have finally met you in person, both at the > shop on Thursday and the ride on Saturday. Today's part of the ride was > another adventure, but I bailed out before the last serious gravel climb of > the day. All told, the trip was 80 plus miles with about 20 or so on > gravel roads. And six water crossings. In fact, the Red Wing, > Minnesota water crossing today was up about 6 inches from yesterday. Only > time I got my feet wet. > > The part Ted rode with us was on multiple back roads in Wisconsin, with > lots of climbing. We scaled the bluffs twice. And were rewarded by two > amazing downhills. One at high speed, the other, not so fast, but perfect > road conditions and essentially no auto traffic. Could have been better. > Saturday night the group that was left stayed in Wabasha, Minnesota, either > camping or at a hotel. Had a late start this morning, and immediately > began climbing for about 4 miles. Not the most difficult grade, but > persistent. Figured it couldn't have been that steep as I didn't use > the small chainring today while on Saturday my Sam Hillborne used all of > the 21 gears available. The views from the road was fantastic and the > descent into Lake City, MN was exciting to say the least. Topped out at > 37mph which is the fastest the SH has done with a camping load. After a > stop, wound up on another country road that turned to gravel, and then back > to pavement. After a bit of decisionmaking near Frontenac, decided I would > ride back to Red Wing by way of Highway 61. A decent paved road, but with > heavy traffic on a weekend. The rest of the group ended up heading over to > Hill Ave to climb another bluff on a gravel road with a pretty serious > descent. (Have done the road in the past and didn't feel up to it today.) > > Highlights of my ride back included seeing a number of deer, including one > doe and fawn at the corner where Hill Ave. dumps back onto 61. We also saw > an immature bald eage with a fish fly directly above us in Lake City. Was > also great to meet a few other folks and just have a great bike riding > weekend. > > My pictures are here - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/sets/72157630035172498/ > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Frank Brose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the pics Ted. One ride I wanted to attend was this but my >> work load said no way. I knew Jim would put together a great ride. >> Jim looks like he's going to cross te continental divide. Nice >> pictures and now I'll try to slip out of my state of manic depression >> for not being able to make it. >> >> On Jun 3, 12:12 pm, Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The weather gods smiled upon Jim Thill's excellent organization of the >> Riv Rally Midwest. Unfortunately, I had to leave at the end of Saturday. >> I'm sure they're enjoying another epic, scenic tour today. >> > >> > Some photos from Grant's appearance at Hiawatha, the ride from >> Minneapolis to Red Wing on Friday, and the ride from Red Wing to Wabasha on >> Saturday. Outstanding riding and company. Thanks, Jim. That was fantastic! >> > >> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7627416@N06/sets/72157630029377718/ >> > >> > Ted Durant >> > Milwaukee, WI, 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. >> >> > -- 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/-/66M6dXuffxQJ. 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.
