Great description and slideshow! So, contrary to the subject, for Grant this actually is a "typical ride"?
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 07:22 -0800, Manuel Acosta wrote: > Amit was/is in town. We went riding. Not really knowing where to go > with the overcasted weather I figured Diablo can't disappoint for > someone who never rode to the top. So I called some Rivendell guys and > soon it was on. Plan was to meet at Rivendell after hours and ride to > the top of Mt.Diablo. Amit was on amtrak time constraint so the ride > had to be short and sweet. But like most trips at Rivendell things > don't always go as planned. When we were ready to go, I asked Grant if > he wanted to join us. He told us, "Well I'm have other things to do > but I'm going to do a short ride that I always do before or after > work." Figured since Amit needed to catch his train Grant's shorter > ride seemed best. So a bunch of us tagged along with Grant while he > went on his "typical ride". The ride was shortish but the hills were > grunty. Through the twist and turns of the lovely homes of Walnut > Creek Grant takes us through a couple of sections of dirt. Reaching to > the very top of the ride we ended up kinda of stuck due to the trail > being closed. So without really making a big deal about it Grant just > walks off the trail down the hill. We follow suit and continue along > our way. After a couple of turns and descents we make it way back to > towards Bart. Grant tells us, "Well I'm going home now if you want to > go to Bart just go that way." Joe, Jim and Sean decided to keep going > while Amit, Will and I have to cut the ride short and catch a train. > And usually this happens on rides that I do. Most of it is made up > with no destination. Usually we ride till we don't want to. We ride > with the sense of adventure, exploration and a little bit of > recklessness. Thanks to Grant for allowing us to tag along. Amit is > here for a bit so expect so more shots of him before the year is > over. > > > Pictures proved that pizza is good biking fuel: > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjDdQWmk > > > > > > > -Manny "I guess we go with Grant" Acosta > -- > 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/-/pTi_gZhzqysJ. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch > [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.
