[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread Call Me Jay
I did 21 of the 116 miles of the Detour de Connecticut on my Custom with my nine year old on Saturday. On Sunday, I drove to New Hampshire to pick-up my new project "beater bike"---a 1970s Peugeot PX50. I took the PX for a 1.5 hour spin and quickly missed the more generous gearing of my

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread LeahFoy
Mark - Super sweet photos of you and your boy. And you've got that Backabike bag STUFFED. On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 9:33:45 AM UTC-7, peec...@yahoo.com wrote: > > About 20 miles out along the Root River valley in SE Minnesota the rain > started and continued for some time at a heavy

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread 'peech1...@yahoo.com' via RBW Owners Bunch
About 20 miles out along the Root River valley in SE Minnesota the rain started and continued for some time at a heavy rate. Tried to wait it out but finally said to "heck with it" (or something along those lines - haha) and rode home in the rain. Got soaked. Stayed warm though. Tim On

Re: [RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread Eric Norris
The day *before* Labor Day, but I spent a few hours riding through California’s gold country on my Riv Road: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/10887848 Here’s a video from the steepest section on Prospector Road, where the gradient stays at 10% or more

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread Marc Irwin
> The weather in Michigan was absolutely perfect. Temps ranged between > 55-75 with little or no wind or humidity. I spent several days riding > through the wine country to the shore and back. I guess you would call > it an S960. >

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread David Banzer
I just started packing up to move shortly - staying at in-laws for a couple weeks - so I rode a couple bikes (Black Mountain Monster Cross & Riv Clem) over to our temporary home while my wife drove a loaded car load of stuff over. Only about 5 miles per ride, but I got to do it twice. Wasn't

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-06 Thread 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch
The weather here in the lower Hudson Valley was spectacular. My 6-year-old and I did our regular thing on Sunday, down to the farmers market and river park on the two-seater, via mostly trail, then a stop along Fishkill Creek on the way back to town. There was a crew from something called the

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-05 Thread RoadieRyan
Nice easy 15 miler along Alki beach in West Seattle On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 1:26:47 PM UTC-7, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Anyone accomplish some projects or

[RBW] Re: How was your (Bike) Labor Day?

2016-09-05 Thread ascpgh
Three trips to work and back. Better luck next year, whatever the weather. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 4:26:47 PM UTC-4, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Anyone accomplish some projects or get a good ride in? > > I knocked out a couple satisfying but relatively minor