, makes your PBP 2011 a
gearly-man ride?
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Why all the miles
On Monday, December 10, 2012 8:35:15 PM UTC-5, JimD wrote:
Every ride we talked about he had ridden and had only negative comments.
This fellow seemed deeply involved and experienced and pretty grumpy about
it all. I've never really figured this out.
I too hear a lot of death-march
Patrick, I think you are right that Randonneuring is suited for a
particular set of personality traits (or disorders). One trait that I
think makes me well suited for Randonneuring is that I have a short memory
for bad experiences and a long memory for good ones. I think that's one of
the
What William describes (One trait that I think makes me well suited for
Randonneuring is that I have a short memory for bad experiences and a long
memory for good ones) is called randonnesia--forgetting all the bad b/w
rides. It makes it possible for many of us.
On Tuesday, December 11,
Sounds about right, Manny. Congrats! Now have a rest :)
Brian
Seattle, WA
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Got to tag along with some SF Randonndeurs, Ely from Ruth Bags, Ray from
Mission Bags and David on their Jittery Jaunt 200k
On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 23:38 -0800, Manuel Acosta wrote:
Got to tag along with some SF Randonndeurs, Ely from Ruth Bags, Ray
from Mission Bags and David on their Jittery Jaunt 200k Permanent that
took us to the small town of Valley Ford.
Interesting. That should not have been allowed, as it
Q: Why ride all the miles?
A: To obtain the smiles.
http://flic.kr/p/dzJi7d
- David G in SF
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Got to tag along with some SF Randonndeurs, Ely from Ruth Bags, Ray from
Mission Bags and David on their Jittery
Attain, too.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:05 PM, David Yu Greenblatt
david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Q: Why ride all the miles?
A: To obtain the smiles.
http://flic.kr/p/dzJi7d
- David G in SF
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Manuel Acosta
manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
David:
I think you've captured Manny nicely with that one. Even if he grumbled
later, looks like a good time there.
dougP
On Monday, December 10, 2012 3:05:58 PM UTC-8, David G wrote:
Q: Why ride all the miles?
A: To obtain the smiles.
http://flic.kr/p/dzJi7d
- David G in SF
On
I have to believe that Manny was being facetious about no buddy (or nobody)
liking randonneuring. I've been riding long distances for 30 years now (first
double century was in 1983), and I know it's not true at all that nobody likes
riding long distances. I, for one, like it.
I've done many,
Gearly! I'm gonna use that.
On Monday, December 10, 2012 4:32:17 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote:
I have to believe that Manny was being facetious about no buddy (or
nobody) liking randonneuring. I've been riding long distances for 30
years now (first double century was in 1983), and I know
This discussion reminds me of an brief on-road conversation I had with a fellow
who appeared to be about my vintage (old).
This gentleman passed be as we were riding down a boulevard punctuated by stop
lights. As he passed I saw that his seat bag was unfastened, he wore a
Randonneurs USA
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