Manny: Thanks for the photos & story. Looks like Grant's commute is a good place for test rides. A lot of that turf looks familiar from photos on Riv's website, especially that sequence of pushing bikes up a ridgeline.
dougP On Monday, December 17, 2012 7:22:20 AM UTC-8, 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/-/wkxv4t8O78kJ. 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.
