Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Erl, He'd be secretly thrilled that his world domination plan seems to be working. :) Good luck with your Romulus. Amit, Chris, Thanks! Thumper does like to shine. He's also been very gallant about having another Riv in the bike stable. Manny, They already say I'm crazy. I just don't have an appropriately-named mountain to justify my insanity. ;-) I suppose this means I have to go on one of your rides if I'm ever in your neck of woods. -E. On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote: Thats how those rumors start and reputations are made. Soon folks will start calling them Eunice Rides where they will say you don't just get dropped you get abandoned. Saying you'll break cameras on rides all the time. Saying that the lady Eunce is crazy! These rides actually sound like a lot of fun! Keep the ride reports coming. Truly inspiring! On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:15:20 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: I've been meaning to write this since last year. Most of you know Seth Vidal, who frequented RBW list and who was killed in a hit and run two years ago. One of the things he liked was the ride reports. He'd share them with me and we'd plan rides. I joined the list a few months after he died, mostly just to update the group, but I've also read some of your ride reports, and they were very, very helpful on getting me back on the bike and rediscovering a new, but different, kind of joy that only bicycles can provide. I thought I'd contribute as well. It's also my small way of saying thanks for your support, intentional or not. I've organized rides of remembrance on the day he died, and I rode his Hilsen in both cases. This year, a friend of mine borrowed my QB for the memorial ride so two Rivs were well represented. :) The ride was roughly 2 miles- it was just a slow roll through the neighborhood to the area where Seth was killed, to where the ghost bike was, have a moment of silence, and then through a very short trail along Ellerbee Creek and back to the starting point. We went to a pub later. The most amazing thing was that when we all lined up in front of the ghost bike, traffic actually slowed down (it almost never does- it's a 35 mph but since it leads to highways on both ends, most folks go 45-50). I led the ride, but I am a terrible ride leader. Last year, I rode really fast ahead of the pack and it became a joke (after years of riding the tandem and having Seth tell me to pedal harder, it's kind of hard to break the habit). This year a friend took me for an impromptu 14 mile ride the day before and another friend made sure I had a few beers in before the ride. I apparently still went too fast, and someone kind of had to chase me down to make sure I waited for the group. And honestly, I tried to slow down. It's not my fault Rivs are extremely efficient machines. And I would have taken photos, except I managed to destroy my camera with the water from the bouquet of sunflowers (Seth's favorite) that I left at the ghost bike. So I've collected others' into this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/sets/72157655728650855 Keep riding and writing. You never know who you might reach. -Eunice still enjoying the ride Chang -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Point taken! On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Eunice Chang sleepyn...@gmail.com wrote: David, Ah, but you did. He was pretty real online, wasn't he? :) -E. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 12:11 AM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Eunice. I'm glad to read about and see the good people you have there. I have amazed by the random people that I've met online that knew Seth. Simple things like selling something on Craigslist, or posting on a mountain bike forum. A person will ask me Did you know Seth? I'll sheepishly reply that I only knew him online and not in real life. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:26 PM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Eunice: Thanks for taking the time to assembly those photos post. It's wonderful that a ride of remembrance continues. It's said that so long as a person is remembered, that person is still with us. dougP On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:15:20 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: I've been meaning to write this since last year. Most of you know Seth Vidal, who frequented RBW list and who was killed in a hit and run two years ago. One of the things he liked was the ride reports. He'd share them with me and we'd plan rides. I joined the list a few months after he died, mostly just to update the group, but I've also read some of your ride reports, and they were very, very helpful on getting me back on the bike and rediscovering a new, but different, kind of joy that only bicycles can provide. I thought I'd contribute as well. It's also my small way of saying thanks for your support, intentional or not. I've organized rides of remembrance on the day he died, and I rode his Hilsen in both cases. This year, a friend of mine borrowed my QB for the memorial ride so two Rivs were well represented. :) The ride was roughly 2 miles- it was just a slow roll through the neighborhood to the area where Seth was killed, to where the ghost bike was, have a moment of silence, and then through a very short trail along Ellerbee Creek and back to the starting point. We went to a pub later. The most amazing thing was that when we all lined up in front of the ghost bike, traffic actually slowed down (it almost never does- it's a 35 mph but since it leads to highways on both ends, most folks go 45-50). I led the ride, but I am a terrible ride leader. Last year, I rode really fast ahead of the pack and it became a joke (after years of riding the tandem and having Seth tell me to pedal harder, it's kind of hard to break the habit). This year a friend took me for an impromptu 14 mile ride the day before and another friend made sure I had a few beers in before the ride. I apparently still went too fast, and someone kind of had to chase me down to make sure I waited for the group. And honestly, I tried to slow down. It's not my fault Rivs are extremely efficient machines. And I would have taken photos, except I managed to destroy my camera with the water from the bouquet of sunflowers (Seth's favorite) that I left at the ghost bike. So I've collected others' into this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/sets/72157655728650855 Keep riding and writing. You never know who you might reach. -Eunice still enjoying the ride Chang -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
David, Ah, but you did. He was pretty real online, wasn't he? :) -E. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 12:11 AM, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Eunice. I'm glad to read about and see the good people you have there. I have amazed by the random people that I've met online that knew Seth. Simple things like selling something on Craigslist, or posting on a mountain bike forum. A person will ask me Did you know Seth? I'll sheepishly reply that I only knew him online and not in real life. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:26 PM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Eunice: Thanks for taking the time to assembly those photos post. It's wonderful that a ride of remembrance continues. It's said that so long as a person is remembered, that person is still with us. dougP On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:15:20 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: I've been meaning to write this since last year. Most of you know Seth Vidal, who frequented RBW list and who was killed in a hit and run two years ago. One of the things he liked was the ride reports. He'd share them with me and we'd plan rides. I joined the list a few months after he died, mostly just to update the group, but I've also read some of your ride reports, and they were very, very helpful on getting me back on the bike and rediscovering a new, but different, kind of joy that only bicycles can provide. I thought I'd contribute as well. It's also my small way of saying thanks for your support, intentional or not. I've organized rides of remembrance on the day he died, and I rode his Hilsen in both cases. This year, a friend of mine borrowed my QB for the memorial ride so two Rivs were well represented. :) The ride was roughly 2 miles- it was just a slow roll through the neighborhood to the area where Seth was killed, to where the ghost bike was, have a moment of silence, and then through a very short trail along Ellerbee Creek and back to the starting point. We went to a pub later. The most amazing thing was that when we all lined up in front of the ghost bike, traffic actually slowed down (it almost never does- it's a 35 mph but since it leads to highways on both ends, most folks go 45-50). I led the ride, but I am a terrible ride leader. Last year, I rode really fast ahead of the pack and it became a joke (after years of riding the tandem and having Seth tell me to pedal harder, it's kind of hard to break the habit). This year a friend took me for an impromptu 14 mile ride the day before and another friend made sure I had a few beers in before the ride. I apparently still went too fast, and someone kind of had to chase me down to make sure I waited for the group. And honestly, I tried to slow down. It's not my fault Rivs are extremely efficient machines. And I would have taken photos, except I managed to destroy my camera with the water from the bouquet of sunflowers (Seth's favorite) that I left at the ghost bike. So I've collected others' into this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/sets/72157655728650855 Keep riding and writing. You never know who you might reach. -Eunice still enjoying the ride Chang -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Patrick, You may have a point - here's a Yehuda Moon comic illustrating that. http://yehudamoon.com/comics/2010-05-19.gif -E. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote: Perhaps you have to ride ahead to ride with Seth. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 8:15:20 PM UTC-6, Eunice Chang wrote: And honestly, I tried to slow down. It's not my fault Rivs are extremely efficient machines. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
I think this is the comic you mean, Eunice? The link didn't work for me: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K2imiXsz7Vw/VaFs20ZEMCI/Ai0/iMsylkeIa4E/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-07-11%2Bat%2B1.20.49%2BPM.png On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 10:31:23 AM UTC-6, Eunice Chang wrote: Patrick, You may have a point - here's a Yehuda Moon comic illustrating that. http://yehudamoon.com/comics/2010-05-19.gif -E. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 9:02:45 AM UTC-4, Eunice Chang wrote: David, Ah, but you did. He was pretty real online, wasn't he? :) Yes, yes he was. He and I had many common points of reference (EH, MSL), so we had struck up a friendship; I'd hoped he'd have been able to make it to MSL when Grant's book tour swung through Bristol, so we could have met IRL, but, yes, he was just as real having even not having been at the same physical location at the same time. I still miss him on here. I'm glad you're on here now. -L -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Patrick, Yes, that's it! -E. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote: I think this is the comic you mean, Eunice? The link didn't work for me: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K2imiXsz7Vw/VaFs20ZEMCI/Ai0/iMsylkeIa4E/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-07-11%2Bat%2B1.20.49%2BPM.png On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 10:31:23 AM UTC-6, Eunice Chang wrote: Patrick, You may have a point - here's a Yehuda Moon comic illustrating that. http://yehudamoon.com/comics/2010-05-19.gif -E. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Leslie, I'm glad I'm here too. Thanks. -E. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Leslie leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 9:02:45 AM UTC-4, Eunice Chang wrote: David, Ah, but you did. He was pretty real online, wasn't he? :) Yes, yes he was. He and I had many common points of reference (EH, MSL), so we had struck up a friendship; I'd hoped he'd have been able to make it to MSL when Grant's book tour swung through Bristol, so we could have met IRL, but, yes, he was just as real having even not having been at the same physical location at the same time. I still miss him on here. I'm glad you're on here now. -L -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Keep riding and writing. You never know who you might reach. Beautifully said, Eunice. I'm always glad to see you here, and glad to remember Seth. Evan -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: ride of remembrance
Thank you Eunice. I'm glad to read about and see the good people you have there. I have amazed by the random people that I've met online that knew Seth. Simple things like selling something on Craigslist, or posting on a mountain bike forum. A person will ask me Did you know Seth? I'll sheepishly reply that I only knew him online and not in real life. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:26 PM, dougP dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Eunice: Thanks for taking the time to assembly those photos post. It's wonderful that a ride of remembrance continues. It's said that so long as a person is remembered, that person is still with us. dougP On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:15:20 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: I've been meaning to write this since last year. Most of you know Seth Vidal, who frequented RBW list and who was killed in a hit and run two years ago. One of the things he liked was the ride reports. He'd share them with me and we'd plan rides. I joined the list a few months after he died, mostly just to update the group, but I've also read some of your ride reports, and they were very, very helpful on getting me back on the bike and rediscovering a new, but different, kind of joy that only bicycles can provide. I thought I'd contribute as well. It's also my small way of saying thanks for your support, intentional or not. I've organized rides of remembrance on the day he died, and I rode his Hilsen in both cases. This year, a friend of mine borrowed my QB for the memorial ride so two Rivs were well represented. :) The ride was roughly 2 miles- it was just a slow roll through the neighborhood to the area where Seth was killed, to where the ghost bike was, have a moment of silence, and then through a very short trail along Ellerbee Creek and back to the starting point. We went to a pub later. The most amazing thing was that when we all lined up in front of the ghost bike, traffic actually slowed down (it almost never does- it's a 35 mph but since it leads to highways on both ends, most folks go 45-50). I led the ride, but I am a terrible ride leader. Last year, I rode really fast ahead of the pack and it became a joke (after years of riding the tandem and having Seth tell me to pedal harder, it's kind of hard to break the habit). This year a friend took me for an impromptu 14 mile ride the day before and another friend made sure I had a few beers in before the ride. I apparently still went too fast, and someone kind of had to chase me down to make sure I waited for the group. And honestly, I tried to slow down. It's not my fault Rivs are extremely efficient machines. And I would have taken photos, except I managed to destroy my camera with the water from the bouquet of sunflowers (Seth's favorite) that I left at the ghost bike. So I've collected others' into this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/sets/72157655728650855 Keep riding and writing. You never know who you might reach. -Eunice still enjoying the ride Chang -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
