Well documented; I especially like the "mood" of the fog photos in B&W. Looks like a fun ride.
dougP On Jun 5, 12:36 pm, Manuel Acosta <[email protected]> wrote: > I find myself incredibly lucky and fortunate to be able to do rides this > far and this long. I have very supportive love ones and I'm lucky enough > that I have the time to do these rides. I find out more about myself every > time I do rides like these. For this Populaire I learned that it was okay > to ride for yourself. As social as cycling if you have to get somewhere you > have to get there under your own power(unless your riding on a tandem). > The start of this ride turned out to almost the same as the last populaire. > Cold, a chance of rain with a hint of fog rolling over the bridge. Great > group of people these SF Randonneurs got to meet a handful of them from > previous rides and a few from the Rivendell forum. Adam and Adam was there > participating in their first rando event. Rob was there to greet everyone > who was eager to warm up because they were freezing their booties off. > Luckly the fog burnt off and the rest of the ride was just about perfect. > Got to share the ride with Carlos and talked to him about touring. He's a > lucky man to have a love one who does these types of events with him. She > was working the finish control for that day. After the first control I got > the ride with Esteban who portrays a typical Randonneur. Wool Jersey, > awesome beard, self-fulfilling look of tiredness. Curious about how many > Rando events I have to do to get a beard like his. > Not like it matters to anyone else but me but I got to finish the ride 10 > minutes earlier then the last Populaire. I'm particularly proud of this > because I rode my road bike on the last populaire. Goes to show you that > the bike doesn't matter. > Felt good so decided to take the family out riding. Since I needed to stop > by RivHQ I decided to take them riding around Shell Ridge. A quick stop by > the shop never is quick when you end up chatting it up with everyone. Harry > showed me his new hat (for the life of me I forget where he got it from) > which was previously pink but turned to this awesome cream. I even got to > ride Harry's Brompton which rides normally despite being a tiny folding > bike. > Off on Shell Ridge the family had a great time. My father wanted to see > what these Rivendell bike's were all about so I urged him to ride it. He > seems natural on the bike and the learns how to ride with bar-ends in less > then two minutes. My father being a very reserved person approves silently > with huge grin coming down the hills of Shell Ridge. Not bad of a day to go > riding. > > Pictures Proved that the family enjoy themselves:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzRgwBC > > - Manny "It's okay to ride solo, sometimes." Acosta -- 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.
