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Message started by season on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 4:36pm

Title: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by season on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 4:36pm

I rode the "Tour de donut" 20 mile ride at the RBM Saturday morning (http://bikemart.com/page.cfm?pageID=461). This is a place for riders of all levels. Each of the slower/less experienced groups had an RBM employee provide shepherding duties so no one would get lost or dropped. I learned some valuable lessons about riding and communicating with the group.

By the way, of the roughly 200 riders there Saturday, I had the only bent. Where are the rest of you?

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by Hurricane Dan on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 4:38pm

couch

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by evblazer on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 4:52pm

Sounds like you had a good ride. I haven't gotten on my group ride for a few weeks now due to conflicts. I'll probably give it another go but with it being "cycling season" and more cyclist and more bending/breaking traffic laws as of late I might just go back to commuting and go on group rides when it gets cold again. Which means only the year round cyclists and we are on the down low so draw less attention in case we slip a little.

For me it was picking up boxes, packing boxes, fighting with fedex account to print labels with bar codes. Finally going to fedex and dropping off the boxes. That ate my entire Saturday. Sunday was cleaning and organizing. No bicycling all weekend :-(

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by jcsadowski on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 4:54pm

Quote:

By the way, of the roughly 200 riders there Saturday, I had the only bent. Where are the rest of you?

Sulphur Springs

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by Opus the Poet on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 5:02pm

season wrote:

By the way, of the roughly 200 riders there Saturday, I had the only bent. Where are the rest of you?

I was rehearsing a church pageant and getting some work done for my job [smiley=chinscratch.gif] and I spent the entire afternoon shaving off my beard for the pageant. It took the better part of 4 hours to remove all that fur. [smiley=evil.gif]

You mean there's a FACE under that??? [smiley=jawdrop.gif]

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 6:04pm

Glad you found a ride that suits you, Sam!!! Just get out there and mix it up with 'em on a regular basis....

Title: Re: RBM Saturday Mornings - Good for beginners
Post by aikigreg on Mar 23^rd, 2009, 8:02pm

Sounds like you had a great ride. My wife did 20 miles with the FWBA over here on our side of the plex. The "Sunday Stroll" at benbrook has a great patient leader and is a ncie easy ride for anyone who wants to come out this way.

Great to hear you hit the club rides. I hope to see more bent presence out there this year!

season wrote: