I got a couple 100k rides under my belt last year and have been thinking about having a go at a 200k this year. Seeing this and Manny's recent 300k report have me thinking it'll be fun. Thanks for sharing.
--Smitty On Monday, March 11, 2013 10:55:51 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: > > My 2nd 200k with the Seattle Randonneurs happened on Saturday. We had > a glorious sunny day that made it up into the 60s. I rode the whole way > with fellow Rambouillet riv-guy CurryBruce, and saw one other blue Ram on > the ride. The Hilsen did pretty well other than one nice chainsuck that > caused a bulged front derailleur. Easy enough to bend and I was back in > shifting business. On the Cypres front and Jack Brown Blue back it was like > smooth sailing the whole way, and no flats. Noodles with cotton tape and > wool gloves were painless. I rode for quite a while without gloves, even. > It's nice to have a comfy bike with a good fit in place. > > We had over 100 riders and a nice chili feed at the end of the ride. The > best part was that the start and end was a mile from my front door. > > Pics and a short write-up: > > http://stonehog.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/spring-200k/ > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEhF3EV > > Brian > Seattle, WA > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
