Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread Anne Paulson
Great writeup! And it sounds like a fantastic ride. Yikes, broken bike. Was it under warranty? On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Shawn Granton urbanadventurelea...@gmail.com wrote: Hello folks! Right before Labor Day holiday weekend, my friend Ed and I took Amtrak from Portland to Tacoma, and

Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread WETH
I thoroughly enjoyed your description and the photos of the trip. Thanks for sharing the link. -Erl -- 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

Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread Shawn Granton
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.comwrote: Great writeup! And it sounds like a fantastic ride. Yikes, broken bike. Was it under warranty? I don't know. I know that Ed was going to check, but I haven't heard back about it. -Shawn --

Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread Mike Schiller
Looks like a fun trip even with the rain and broken bike. The rSogn was never intended to be a touring bike BTW. Skinny tubes and lighter weight tubing. OK with a light front load but not really designed for that use. Even the larger sizes have tubing lighter than a Hilsen for example. The

Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread Shawn Granton
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Mike Schiller mikeybi...@rocketmail.comwrote: ...The rSogn was never intended to be a touring bike BTW. Skinny tubes and lighter weight tubing. OK with a light front load but not really designed for that use. Even the larger sizes have tubing lighter than a

Re: [RBW] Ride/Camp Report: Carbon River Valley, Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park, 29-31 August 2013

2013-09-08 Thread cyclotourist
Quite the adventure packed into a few days! Sorry to hear about the bike, that's what happens when you ride carbon (river valley). On 9/8/13, Shawn Granton urbanadventurelea...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Mike Schiller mikeybi...@rocketmail.comwrote: ...The rSogn was