Re: [RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-07 Thread Robert F. Harrison
Great job and wonderful report! Glad it hear it went well. Keep it up! On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 3:53 PM, René Sterental wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm exhilarated at having completed the 72 mile bike ride around Lake > Tahoe today! I was quite apprehensive last weekend, but then

Re: [RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-06 Thread Deacon Patrick
Learn to feel your shift, both through your shifter and through your pedals (riding in minimalist shoes without cushioning will help a LOT with this). With abandon, Patrick On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 12:59:41 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote: > > Sometimes on descents I get my chain all whacky because

Re: [RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-06 Thread Lungimsam
Sometimes on descents I get my chain all whacky because with the wind in my ears I cannot hear the drivetrain enough to ensure clean friction shifts. Funny how much audio feedback one relys on for shifting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW

Re: [RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-06 Thread Patrick Moore
Well done, and very well written - a pleasure to read. If your chain "bunched" during high speed descents, that seems to me as if there is too much drag in the freewheel. I've never had a chain do that. On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:53 PM, René Sterental wrote: > Hi all, > >

[RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-05 Thread Joe Bernard
Nice job! I did that ride some years ago on a recumbent. I don't recommend that much climbing on a bike that doesn't let you stand on the pedals ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-05 Thread murphyjrfk
Cheers to you Rene. Well done. Great write up! -- 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

Re: [RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-05 Thread Tim Butterfield
That was awesome, René. Thanks for the report. Tim On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:53 PM, René Sterental wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm exhilarated at having completed the 72 mile bike ride around Lake > Tahoe today! I was quite apprehensive last weekend, but then took control > over

[RBW] Lake Tahoe 72 mile ride succesfully completed!

2016-06-05 Thread René Sterental
Hi all, I'm exhilarated at having completed the 72 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe today! I was quite apprehensive last weekend, but then took control over my negative thoughts and decided to just ride it and see how far I got. And I got to the end! I drove to LT yesterday and brought my Homer.