I was part of the fendered crew (shake-down ride on the Nobilette!). Made it to Prineville the first night (or was it morning? -- 3:30am). I was so blown from the rain, squishy roads and fatigue that I decided to call it and ride to Bend.
In hind sight, it wish I brought camping gear so I could have pushed on and broken up the last 140 miles if needed. But as it was, it was do or die. and I wasn't willing to die! :) Looking forward to seeing your trip report -- you guys had a solid crew! Best, Tim Clark On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 9:51:39 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > That was me! Yes, I did it on the Atlantis. It was excellent. I snapped my > derailleur in half at the bottom of the descent out after Prineville, > single speeded it 70km until a nice fellow sold me the derailleur off his > bike after calling it a day. I was looking for other Riv's, didn't see any! > Were you in the parking lot at the start? > > I also saw a number of fendered bikes. A number of guys I rode with had > them actually. One was a custom bike with 42mm Compass tires (rear tire was > slashed and destroyed right where my derailleur died. He had a backup, > which was later slashed as well!), the other was an Elephant with the same > tires. They were pulling mud out of them fairly often though. Oh, also > there was a Nobilette-built Velo Cult rando bike with honjo's. It was > gorgeous. > > > I'll be posting a full report in the next few days, just need to > decompress, download the 1,200 photos I took... and do a write up. Also, my > Atlantis never arrived on the plane with me coming home... I'm hoping to > find out where it is today. > > > > On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 1:33:51 AM UTC-5, Allan in Portland wrote: >> >> FWIW, yesterday I shuttled an Atlantis from Deschutes SP back to PDX. I >> don't recall his name, but it was owned and operated by a Canadian. >> >> Cheers, >> -Allan >> >> On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 6:13:43 PM UTC-7, stonehog wrote: >>> >>> I just finished the Oregon Outback on my 54cm Hunqapillar. I used a >>> hodgepodge of bags (Riv Med SaddleSack, Swift Paloma, and Orlieb) to carry >>> the often times large loads. After 360 miles of rain, mud, dust, and lots >>> of gravel roads, I am happy to report no mechanicals. The Hunqapillar was >>> rock solid. There were 40+mph downhills with 30mph wind gusts, and I never >>> felt under biked. Kudos to the 2.1" Thunder Burts. I had an almost flat the >>> first day, but a little air and spin, and the Stan's sealant did its work. >>> No problem for the next 300 miles. I will get a better write up with pics >>> in the next few days. No other Rivs sighted, but I heard there was an >>> Atlantis on the ride. >>> >>> P.S. Thumbs up for fenders. Mine was the only fendered bike I saw, and >>> they kept my water bottles usable. >>> >>> Brian Hanson >>> 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 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.
