[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Okay, now you folks are making me really jealous. Am not going to be out to the San Diego area until August, though. Even then, the bike I have won't be true Rivendellian. Merely a Brompton. I know the real reason Jim wants to get out there and ride - this winter is miserable in the Twin Cities. Roads are ice and snow covered. If you don't slide on ice, you slide on oatmeal a slushy snow pack that makes controlling a bicycle near impossible. And we have three months more to enjoy. Eric (jealous of folks riding in nice weather) Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 27, 8:21�pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58�pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. �So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. � One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. �Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. �Basically north county for you guys. �Might be fun to explore further south. �Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58�pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. �We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. �I'm back in town from SF after the new year. �There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21�pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. �The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
David - Well, January 10 will be the third PCH Randos 200K ride, and definitely the flattest. Don't believe what the PCHR website says about 3000-3500 feet of climbing. I rode a nearly identical route in September (the Montecito Malibu Meander 203K RUSA permanent) and it clocked 1900 feet of climbing. (I guess I should pass that info on to the PCHR webmaster!) See you down the road, Randy Graves David Estes wrote: Hi Randy, I've toyed with the idea of doing the PCH-R 200K last spring, but didn't quite get around to it... Looks fun! DE On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Randy Graves rwgra...@cox.net mailto:rwgra...@cox.net wrote: SoCal Rivendellians - You might also want to check out http://www.pchrandos.com/html/brevets.html for a 200Km *FLAT* coastal ride on Jan. 10 starting in Ventura, where you'll encounter Riv folk like the one shown at the event's link to the type of rider http://www.pchrandos.com/images/P1120718.JPG you might meet on the ride. The 200K brevet ride goes South to Malibu then back North to Montecito (Santa Barbara) then back to Ventura. The scenery is impressive. Randy Graves -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Atlantis, Rambouillet, AHH, Glorius, Wilbury, Grant, Nitto, quill, wool, leather... whooo, that was scary for a moment, Eric... On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 5:56 PM, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: I know. Blame my cousin, who is getting married down there. That's where they are finishing off the doctorates. Plus, my wife has never been there. (27 years for me.) And Jim thinks I'm better than reality. Don't mind cold and snow as much as ice. Seen too many good musicians get screwed up permanently from falls on the ice. So it freaks me out more than it should. Always say I ride like an old man in winter. Actually want spring to show up again to get back out on the Atlantis. (There. Have actually steered this back to some real Rivendell content.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 28, 9:54�am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Eric, you have it all backwards: �August is the time to stay put in St. Paul... right now is when you should be rolling your 20 wheels down by the ocean!!! �:-) On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 4:48 AM, EricP ericpl...@aol.com wrote: Okay, now you folks are making me really jealous. �Am not going to be out to the San Diego area until August, though. �Even then, the bike I have won't be true Rivendellian. �Merely a Brompton. I know the real reason Jim wants to get out there and ride - this winter is miserable in the Twin Cities. �Roads are ice and snow covered. �If you don't slide on ice, you slide on oatmeal a slushy snow pack that makes controlling a bicycle near impossible. �And we have three months more to enjoy. Eric (jealous of folks riding in nice weather) Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 27, 8:21 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: � It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
And I'm enjoying ride planning vicariously here in snow-bound Michigan...B-) -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com on behalf of Randy Graves Sent: Sat 12/27/2008 2:06 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Cc: b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Please don't take it off-list! I'm watching and contemplating. Some of those hills East of Fallbrook have been my nemesis on past San Diego brevets, but I may go for it at the last minute... Randy in Santa Barbara (Orange Rambou) David Estes wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.com mailto:b...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com mailto:proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net mailto:dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com mailto:fourf...@gmail.com wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com mailto:cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net mailto:dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Randy, would be great if you could make it down the coast... I have to start consulting Metrolink schedules, myself... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Randy Graves rwgra...@cox.net wrote: Please don't take it off-list! I'm watching and contemplating. Some of those hills East of Fallbrook have been my nemesis on past San Diego brevets, but I may go for it at the last minute... Randy in Santa Barbara (Orange Rambou) -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
We're a busy bunch... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Wow! Leave you guys alone for 12 hours see what happens! I haven't met any of you I think I like this group. I'll try the Flickr thing see how it works. This multiple reply to all emailing is a bit cumbersome. And we'd better get off list before we further contribute to the depression of people in snow country. We should discuss fine tune the route, especially in deference to not knowing each others abilities interests and to not deter the SS guys. Not being a SS rider I'm not sure how limiting that may be but lets take it into account. Someone else mentioned not wanting to do killer hills so we'll avoid Sleeping Indian. I'll check the Flickr see you there. dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Cc:* b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net; rwgra...@cox.net; sterc...@gmail.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! OK, there's a flickr group I set up real quickly... we can discuss date/time/logistics in that discussion area, but also post finalized info here on RBW. Anyone can view the flickr discussion, but you have to log in via a Yahoo account to contribute to it. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/ Let me know if there are any better ideas floating out there... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.comb...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Ok, I responded on the flicker group as well. To the SS guys and any who may be timid about the length/pace of the ride. Not sure about anyone else, but I'm no cyclotourist at this point... you don't have to worry about getting dropped! :) It sounds like this is going to be more a social thing then a hammerfest. (I hope) Chris F On Dec 27, 2:25 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: We're a busy bunch... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Wow! Leave you guys alone for 12 hours see what happens! I haven't met any of you I think I like this group. I'll try the Flickr thing see how it works. This multiple reply to all emailing is a bit cumbersome. And we'd better get off list before we further contribute to the depression of people in snow country. We should discuss fine tune the route, especially in deference to not knowing each others abilities interests and to not deter the SS guys. Not being a SS rider I'm not sure how limiting that may be but lets take it into account. Someone else mentioned not wanting to do killer hills so we'll avoid Sleeping Indian. I'll check the Flickr see you there. dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Cc:* b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net; rwgra...@cox.net; sterc...@gmail.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! OK, there's a flickr group I set up real quickly... we can discuss date/time/logistics in that discussion area, but also post finalized info here on RBW. Anyone can view the flickr discussion, but you have to log in via a Yahoo account to contribute to it. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/ Let me know if there are any better ideas floating out there... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.comb...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Yes, yes, yes... social is what it's about. Put some faces to the email monikers, drool over some great bikes, and toast our patron saint: Granteous Petersenous. Sounds like a flatish ride up the river trail, with the option of doing some more demanding terrain on the return trip IF we want to. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I responded on the flicker group as well. To the SS guys and any who may be timid about the length/pace of the ride. Not sure about anyone else, but I'm no cyclotourist at this point... you don't have to worry about getting dropped! :) It sounds like this is going to be more a social thing then a hammerfest. (I hope) Chris F On Dec 27, 2:25 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: We're a busy bunch... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Wow! Leave you guys alone for 12 hours see what happens! I haven't met any of you I think I like this group. I'll try the Flickr thing see how it works. This multiple reply to all emailing is a bit cumbersome. And we'd better get off list before we further contribute to the depression of people in snow country. We should discuss fine tune the route, especially in deference to not knowing each others abilities interests and to not deter the SS guys. Not being a SS rider I'm not sure how limiting that may be but lets take it into account. Someone else mentioned not wanting to do killer hills so we'll avoid Sleeping Indian. I'll check the Flickr see you there. dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Cc:* b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net; rwgra...@cox.net; sterc...@gmail.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! OK, there's a flickr group I set up real quickly... we can discuss date/time/logistics in that discussion area, but also post finalized info here on RBW. Anyone can view the flickr discussion, but you have to log in via a Yahoo account to contribute to it. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/ Let me know if there are any better ideas floating out there... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.comb...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would
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Sounds great to me! I'm all in! On Dec 27, 5:25 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, yes, yes... social is what it's about. Put some faces to the email monikers, drool over some great bikes, and toast our patron saint: Granteous Petersenous. Sounds like a flatish ride up the river trail, with the option of doing some more demanding terrain on the return trip IF we want to. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I responded on the flicker group as well. To the SS guys and any who may be timid about the length/pace of the ride. Not sure about anyone else, but I'm no cyclotourist at this point... you don't have to worry about getting dropped! :) It sounds like this is going to be more a social thing then a hammerfest. (I hope) Chris F On Dec 27, 2:25 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: We're a busy bunch... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Wow! Leave you guys alone for 12 hours see what happens! I haven't met any of you I think I like this group. I'll try the Flickr thing see how it works. This multiple reply to all emailing is a bit cumbersome. And we'd better get off list before we further contribute to the depression of people in snow country. We should discuss fine tune the route, especially in deference to not knowing each others abilities interests and to not deter the SS guys. Not being a SS rider I'm not sure how limiting that may be but lets take it into account. Someone else mentioned not wanting to do killer hills so we'll avoid Sleeping Indian. I'll check the Flickr see you there. dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Cc:* b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net; rwgra...@cox.net; sterc...@gmail.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! OK, there's a flickr group I set up real quickly... we can discuss date/time/logistics in that discussion area, but also post finalized info here on RBW. Anyone can view the flickr discussion, but you have to log in via a Yahoo account to contribute to it. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/ Let me know if there are any better ideas floating out there... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.comb...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range
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It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Jim, if this works out, it might be nice to have a socal get together every couple of months... might just have to have one in your honor! I bet you'll find someone to ride with, and definitely bring your SS Atlantis on this one (that's what you did it for, right!!!). David Aleady thinking ahead... Estes On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
David spell check is off Estes On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:28 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, if this works out, it might be nice to have a socal get together every couple of months... might just have to have one in your honor! I bet you'll find someone to ride with, and definitely bring your SS Atlantis on this one (that's what you did it for, right!!!). David Aleady thinking ahead... Estes On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
David, That's exactly what I was thinking! We need to make this a regular thing, might even have to make a trek into the wilds of the OC! :0 Chris F On Dec 27, 6:28 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, if this works out, it might be nice to have a socal get together every couple of months... might just have to have one in your honor! I bet you'll find someone to ride with, and definitely bring your SS Atlantis on this one (that's what you did it for, right!!!). David Aleady thinking ahead... Estes On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
I must say, I get a bit jealous from reading about the Bay-Area rides... :-) Yes, OC and maybe, dare I mention it, the INLAND EMPIRE... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: David, That's exactly what I was thinking! We need to make this a regular thing, might even have to make a trek into the wilds of the OC! :0 Chris F On Dec 27, 6:28 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Jim, if this works out, it might be nice to have a socal get together every couple of months... might just have to have one in your honor! I bet you'll find someone to ride with, and definitely bring your SS Atlantis on this one (that's what you did it for, right!!!). David Aleady thinking ahead... Estes On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: It's a way off, but, as I just learned, my wife is probably going to drag me to the Vista/Oceanside area in mid-March. Despite the fine scenery and weather, previous trips there have been miserable for me, since I'm not into golf or power shopping, and I don't really have a way to get around on my own. On one trip, a relative loaned me a bike of the non-Rivish persuasion and we rode along the beach highway about 40 miles, somewhat faster than my comfortable pace (this guy does Ironman triathlons for fun, and I was sporting my winter pelt). That was great, but that relative hasn't been around to entertain me on my subsequent visits. Plus I really wanted to get up in the hills and explore a little rather than time-trial on the highway. The next time I found some trails to hike, but would have of course preferred to ride them on my bike... But now I have a SS coupled Atlantis, and will travel. I still hate to leave Minnesota, but since I'll have my bike this time, I have a ray of hope, and less incentive to concoct excuses. Anyway, if this ride happens, and it happens to happen as late as mid- March, I would like to join the group. Heck, if I don't make this ride, maybe I could get together with some of you local to that area for another ride. Funny, in writing this, I suddenly really want to make this trip and ride with you folks. On Dec 20, 11:58 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
SoCal Rivendellians - You might also want to check out http://www.pchrandos.com/html/brevets.html for a 200Km *FLAT* coastal ride on Jan. 10 starting in Ventura, where you'll encounter Riv folk like the one shown at the event's link to the type of rider http://www.pchrandos.com/images/P1120718.JPG you might meet on the ride. The 200K brevet ride goes South to Malibu then back North to Montecito (Santa Barbara) then back to Ventura. The scenery is impressive. Randy Graves David Estes wrote: We're a busy bunch... On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net mailto:dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Wow! Leave you guys alone for 12 hours see what happens! I haven't met any of you I think I like this group. I'll try the Flickr thing see how it works. This multiple reply to all emailing is a bit cumbersome. And we'd better get off list before we further contribute to the depression of people in snow country. We should discuss fine tune the route, especially in deference to not knowing each others abilities interests and to not deter the SS guys. Not being a SS rider I'm not sure how limiting that may be but lets take it into account. Someone else mentioned not wanting to do killer hills so we'll avoid Sleeping Indian. I'll check the Flickr see you there. dougP *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Cc:* b...@san.rr.com mailto:b...@san.rr.com; fourf...@gmail.com mailto:fourf...@gmail.com; proto...@gmail.com mailto:proto...@gmail.com; dougpn...@cox.net mailto:dougpn...@cox.net; feltov...@gmail.com mailto:feltov...@gmail.com; foun...@bikecommuter.com mailto:foun...@bikecommuter.com; Rob Harvey; mungo...@verizon.net mailto:mungo...@verizon.net; rwgra...@cox.net mailto:rwgra...@cox.net; sterc...@gmail.com mailto:sterc...@gmail.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! OK, there's a flickr group I set up real quickly... we can discuss date/time/logistics in that discussion area, but also post finalized info here on RBW. Anyone can view the flickr discussion, but you have to log in via a Yahoo account to contribute to it. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/ Let me know if there are any better ideas floating out there... :-) On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com mailto:cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Just down the road, I think you have to go! On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM, sterc...@gmail.com mailto:sterc...@gmail.com wrote: If you take this off-list, please add me to the group. I'm in Rancho Santa Fe and may try to make all or some of the ride. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com mailto:cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I think option A sounds great! If there are some more Quickbeams/SS bikes, I'd prefer to bring mine. Friend Rob can be talked into his (I think). Esteban, you going to roll on the QB? Riding a QB with a bunch of geared bikes is not the most fun in the world for me... :-) I'm free anytime throug the 12th, so will let the rest of you come up w/ a good date/time. Should we start taking this conversation off list? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:43 PM, RM b...@san.rr.com mailto:b...@san.rr.com wrote: Doug's option A does sounds good--south of Escondido you can go through Elfin Forest/Del Dios and then back to the coast at Encinitas then up to Oceanside. Hilly, but not heinous. I can join on my Quickbeam. I live in Coronado and can Coaster up to Oceanside. Rob On Dec 26, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Chris wrote: Doug's idea sounds good to me also. As far as milage, I'm good to up to about 50 as long as we don't do any heinous climbs... Chris On Dec 26, 6:42 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com mailto:proto...@gmail.com wrote: Doug's Option A sounds pretty good - I've never ridden East from up there, and it seems convienent for most OC IE and SD people, using rail is a bonus. We can do other rides next time. I'm on winter break, so free anytime (weekends OK too) except Mondays. -Esteban On Dec 26, 5:38 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net mailto:dougpn...@cox.net wrote: The Oceanside train station
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Hi Randy, I've toyed with the idea of doing the PCH-R 200K last spring, but didn't quite get around to it... Looks fun! DE On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Randy Graves rwgra...@cox.net wrote: SoCal Rivendellians - You might also want to check out http://www.pchrandos.com/html/brevets.html for a 200Km *FLAT* coastal ride on Jan. 10 starting in Ventura, where you'll encounter Riv folk like the one shown at the event's link to the type of rider http://www.pchrandos.com/images/P1120718.JPG you might meet on the ride. The 200K brevet ride goes South to Malibu then back North to Montecito (Santa Barbara) then back to Ventura. The scenery is impressive. Randy Graves -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC IE people can get there on Metrolink SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range. Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (b!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Three cheers for the gainfully employed Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... David uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now Estes Redlands, CA On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not the entire loop in one day, OK? dougP -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after that. On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something together before then, I'll just make the next one. On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming days? Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... DE On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with some people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in Ventura County. It was a circus a lot of fun. The actual race group goes by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's one of those getting there is half the fun gigs. The course is probably posted we can figure it out. Coming up soon. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen Escondido...sounds good to me Chris On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin feltov...@gmail.com wrote: Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in O'side and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the Marine base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth thinking about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth and final stage will start in the Escondido area. Brian On Dec 21, 11:20 am, David Estes cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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Toe jams for the shorties might be remedied by turning Monkeys into Gazelles http://www.flickr.com/photos/9623...@n04/1334068153/ On Dec 20, 4:02 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on 1500. I often am reluctant to ride when I'm tired or busy, thinking that if I can't ride hard for at least 20 miles (road) or 15 miles (dirt roads) it doesn't count -- a strange fixation since I've never raced and most of my riding has always been errand riding and commuting. But I've been trying, as I age, to ease off and ride for the sake of riding, not for some nebulous inner time trial goal. I find that off road riding -- which for me is dirt road riding -- is more relaxing, since I don't have, quasi programmed into me after so many years, the need to cover so much distance in so much time; the conditions on dirt are simply different enough that the mindset gets shut off. In short, I tend to ride in a more relaxed way on dirt. Fortunately, I have access to miles of nice doubletrack and acequia (old irrigation ditch) roads literally a stone's throw from my front door, and they actually serve to get me to places -- church, store, Mom -- so that they are becoming a relaxing alternative to heartrate hell road riding. Now if only I could get a Rivendell ss/fixed 29er that will take true 60s and fenders ... Patrick not gonna look at my odometers until after Jan 1 Moore On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: My riding partner and I were doing a new loop in San Diego today and while we were waiting for the ferry to Coronado, up rolled a beautiful Red/Creme Saluki. Jim and I talked Rivendell for a while... It was nice to see the Suluki next to my Bleriot, I couldn't tell much difference. The Saluki did have more ornate lugs. Anyway, I pointed Jim to this group, hope he finds it. Chris BTW- I reached my yearly goal of 1500 miles today! :) I realize 1500 isn't much, but this was my first serious year of riding... I'm shooting for 3000 in 2009! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
David: Were you the guy who was looking for a route from Santa Monica to LA Union Station a few months ago? I recall someone in LA having what sounded a good route. If you have that, could you forward it? I'm mulling over a route skipping LA is tempting, especially using a proven route from PCH to Union Station. Looks like we've got to get a ride together with the guys in San Diego. Starting a kitchen re-model in January but once that's done, it's touring season. Doug Peterson _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:21 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
That sounds good to me! On Dec 21, 5:20 pm, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: David: Were you the guy who was looking for a route from Santa Monica to LA Union Station a few months ago? I recall someone in LA having what sounded a good route. If you have that, could you forward it? I'm mulling over a route skipping LA is tempting, especially using a proven route from PCH to Union Station. Looks like we've got to get a ride together with the guys in San Diego. Starting a kitchen re-model in January but once that's done, it's touring season. Doug Peterson _ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:21 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Yep, that was a plan... didn't quite come to fruition though... let me check my archives and I'll forward it to ya'! On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: David: Were you the guy who was looking for a route from Santa Monica to LA Union Station a few months ago? I recall someone in LA having what sounded a good route. If you have that, could you forward it? I'm mulling over a route skipping LA is tempting, especially using a proven route from PCH to Union Station. Looks like we've got to get a ride together with the guys in San Diego. Starting a kitchen re-model in January but once that's done, it's touring season. Doug Peterson -- *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes *Sent:* Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:21 AM *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to Oceanside, S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and then can Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even San Clemente if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, but an option...) DE On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, I've only run into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an Atlantis, he lives about 5 miles away. One of the things my touring buds I do is take Metrolink down to Oceanside either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken the Sprinter out to Escondido ridden from there. Downtown for an overnight or loops back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might be fun to explore further south. Keep me in the loop. dougP -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Chris On Dec 20, 1:02 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on 1500. I often am reluctant to ride when I'm tired or busy, thinking that if I can't ride hard for at least 20 miles (road) or 15 miles (dirt roads) it doesn't count -- a strange fixation since I've never raced and most of my riding has always been errand riding and commuting. But I've been trying, as I age, to ease off and ride for the sake of riding, not for some nebulous inner time trial goal. I find that off road riding -- which for me is dirt road riding -- is more relaxing, since I don't have, quasi programmed into me after so many years, the need to cover so much distance in so much time; the conditions on dirt are simply different enough that the mindset gets shut off. In short, I tend to ride in a more relaxed way on dirt. Fortunately, I have access to miles of nice doubletrack and acequia (old irrigation ditch) roads literally a stone's throw from my front door, and they actually serve to get me to places -- church, store, Mom -- so that they are becoming a relaxing alternative to heartrate hell road riding. Now if only I could get a Rivendell ss/fixed 29er that will take true 60s and fenders ... Patrick not gonna look at my odometers until after Jan 1 Moore On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Chris fourf...@gmail.com wrote: My riding partner and I were doing a new loop in San Diego today and while we were waiting for the ferry to Coronado, up rolled a beautiful Red/Creme Saluki. Jim and I talked Rivendell for a while... It was nice to see the Suluki next to my Bleriot, I couldn't tell much difference. The Saluki did have more ornate lugs. Anyway, I pointed Jim to this group, hope he finds it. Chris BTW- I reached my yearly goal of 1500 miles today! :) I realize 1500 isn't much, but this was my first serious year of riding... I'm shooting for 3000 in 2009! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
on 12/20/08 12:52 PM, Chris at fourf...@gmail.com wrote: BTW- I reached my yearly goal of 1500 miles today! :) I realize 1500 isn't much, but this was my first serious year of riding... I'm shooting for 3000 in 2009! Congratulations Chris! That's a significant milestone. Just don't get too serious about the riding. ;^) It may not always be easy, but it is supposed to be fun. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines 'You both ride your bike?' He held his hands out and grabbed imaginary handlebars, grinning indulgently, eyeing Tom's helmet. Double disbeleif: not one, but two grown Americans riding bicycles. -- Neal Stephenson, Zodiac --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today!
Esteban, That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as well. I know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis I think... Chris On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego ride together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm back in town from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I think. On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote: On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: Thanks Patrick! BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying the Bleriot is comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of differences...it was just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the description of what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on the Riv site. Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot was intended to be a less expensive version of the Saluki. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
