might be around; what are your dates? Love to meet up with you! On Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:11:15 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Interestingly enough, my summer plans are to head up to beautiful sunny > Portland (Minneapolis West) with the fam. Just spent a couple weeks down by > the beach ("shore" for you East Coast folks) where I did a lot of 29er > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/09/> > tire<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/12/>MTB > > adventures<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/archives/date-posted/2012/06/13/>and > now have a week off before a work conf. in Sacramento (anyone around to > say hi?). Then a few weeks full of keeping three kids under 10 from leaving > permanent marks on each other, leading to a aforementioned mid-July trip up > north to PDX. > > Was going to be me + one kid, but looks like the entire brood plus spouse > are going to attempt it. Will be interesting to say the least. So if any of > you PDX people are available are available mid-July, would love to say hi, > drink a beer at Hopworks, ride Forest Park, probably timed around the July > 22nd Parkway extravaganza. > > That and hang out at the community pool!!! > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's a beautiful sunny morning here in PDX. Sadly today is my Monday and >> I'll be working through the weekend. Still, it's one of those days when you >> can feel summer on the way. Looking through Manny's and other list members' >> photos has me thinking about Rivish summer adventures. What are your plans? >> s24o's? Mixed road explorations on new roads? Bike modifications? >> >> For myself I've got the Cascade 1200k next week which isn't very Rivish >> but after that I plan on doing the majority of the rest of my summer riding >> on platform pedals and in regular clothing. I'm definitely planning on >> doing some s24o's in the Mt Hood NF. I'll probably do Larch Mtn a couple of >> times. While it's a long ride from my house to the summit and back (80 >> miles) there's nothing to keep one from just going at a reasonable pace, >> making a day of it and enjoying the ride. >> >> As for bike mods? I'm all fired up about kickstands. I may put them on >> all my bikes. I put a double legger on the Hilsen yesterday and love it. >> Most likely that kickstand will go on my LHT and I'll get a single legger >> for the Hilsen. Hell, when I was on a 600k brevet last year I saw one of >> the faster rides had one on his bike. I was standing around looking for a >> place to put my bike when he rolled up to the control, put the kickstand >> up, got his card signed and went on his way. There was something so >> incongruent about the kickstand and his bike and yet it all made perfect >> sense. >> >> I'll probably give Albatross bars a try on the Hilsen. I'm just really >> intrigued by that set-up. >> >> With my growing appreciation for rambling through summer in regular >> clothes I'm sure wishing RBW was selling their MUSA seersucker shirts. >> Those sure were a great deal. They had some nice features. I did just order >> a seersucker shirt with a fairly nice print through LL Bean. They have them >> on sale so be aware. >> >> Okay, that enough out of me on the glorious caffeine fueled morning. >> >> --mike >> >> -- >> 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/-/Rvt9ChWat3EJ. >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America > that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I > love.” > >
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