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Re: Did you ride today?
Reply #120 - Sep 10^th, 2011, 9:22pm

Quote from TonyWard on Sep 10^th, 2011, 8:31pm:

Commuted to the east side ride this morning - about 5 miles from the finish of the ride, someone had a fl@t. After it was changed and we started to roll again, I discovered my rear tire had flatted as well. We did a quick inspection and couldn't find anything in the tire, threw my spare tube in and got back on the road. No more than 1 mile later I hear something........I had my fingers crossed that it was Jay's freewheel.......it wasn't. I fl@tted again. Smiley

Luckily Jay is a speed demon and he was able to chase the group down and they came back to my rescue with a patch kit (which I thought I had in my bag but didn't) John tracked down what we thought was the issue with some faulty rim tape and did a fix in the field that let me manage to finish the ride. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy riding with this good group of people ( including RBENTer's Jay, RichardR, & Carolyn who sent her husband back in his truck in case I needed a sag)! Luckily the ride ends next to PCF so I could go in and get some new rim tape, patch kit, extra tubes & CO2 cartridges. $40 later I was walking out the door - stuff sure seems to add up fast huh? Rode over to Potbelly's for lunch with the group. Having 60 miles in on a planned 100 mile day I didn't let the previous day's issues put a damper on such a beautiful day. Filled up my bottles after lunch and zig zagged through Richardson to WRT and headed down to the lake for a lap. Then found my way North back up to Miller and headed east across Dallas & Garland to Rowlett. I am glad to report that in the entire ride I didn't run across a single aggresive/hostile driver. In fact I stopped at the 7-11 next to the lake and had a car full of teenagers tell me to go ahead b/c they wanted to see how I rode my Corsa. They were out crusing the lake and gave a little honk goodbye when they passed me on the west side. It sure is refreshing to run into someone like that rather than someone who just gets behind you and lays on the horn.

Finished with 100.4 miles and felt great at the end. During my first century last year at HHH I struggled from mile 80-100 so I sure had a big mental block that I couldn't ride that far again. It was great to overcome that mental hurdle. It was a long day - rolled out of my drive way at 6:45 am and rolled in about 5:15 but I had a blast!!!

While Tony and I were in PCF, we were approached by one of the customers concerning a low mileage Bacchetta he had for sale. We recommended he join RBENT and advertise it under "Marketplace". He said it was blue and had two 26" wheels (an older Giro 26?). Also, Sales Manager, Greg, approached me and said he had a customer that wanted to sell a CA 2.0. I recommended that it too be advertised on RBENT. So, maybe these bikes will be advertised soon (or maybe not).

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #121 - Sep 10^th, 2011, 9:45pm Terrie and I rode WRL on Friday, with Dave Rothgeb, and his wife Barb on her Tour Easy he got her from RatRider... Here's a short video as we were just kinda getting started -- it's only Barb's second time on the bike, and she hasn't done any riding in several years.
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Re: Did you ride today?
Reply #122 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 11:23am

I rode the Velo Venus populaire yesterday with a nice mix of LSR folks as a birthday ride. I rode my age in miles--then I had to ride two more miles to get back to my car. What a nice day for a ride! They ruined the chip seal on the 287 access road, near the start and finish, by covering it with smooth macadam. But Johnson County countered by putting fresh chip seal on the highway into and out of Venus! I scared some people on my new bike, but I didn't fall off once! Smiley

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Reply #123 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 12:24pm

Did total of 30 miles sat which included 10 miles total tgo and from home to the ride. Dianna and Eddie and Bud all rolled out at 8AM to our chosen routes. Lots of fun,police and volunteers were great ............................
Then rolled out this morning to clear out the legs and ended up riding 16 miles on a nice cool, quiet morning to Oakmount Park then to the TT trailhead at Bellaire.
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Reply #124 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 2:59pm

yes we did
went to the trail de paris and my husband is now up to 4.25 miles...he has marathon on his phone and it keeps tabs of milege, speed, elevation and etc.... the thing said he was climbing about half the time. we saw a TV (turkey vulture) on the trail just standing there while another one hovered overhead...i was able to get real close but could not figure out how to use my cell phone camera (technology does not work for me!) and it kept walking away...i think it was a young one learning to fly...or sick (maybe something it ate) and it eventually flew away.

Hey, I am thinking of entering our trike in the yearly christmas parade (sometime in november)... If my husband could do the distance, we could dress him up as santa and deck the bike out in lights. I will probably ride it though...any thoughts on the kind of lights to use? Smiley

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esbee rbent member Posts: 314	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #125 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 3:00pm forgot to mention---we took pix of our bikes...how do we get them on here? susan in paris
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #126 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 3:44pm Quote from esbee on Sep 11^th, 2011, 3:00pm: forgot to mention---we took pix of our bikes...how do we get them on here? susan in paris See this thread.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4187	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #127 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 3:47pm Quote from esbee on Sep 11^th, 2011, 3:00pm: forgot to mention---we took pix of our bikes...how do we get them on here? susan in paris Photo uploading instructions are here: http://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1262013954
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Reply #128 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 4:37pm

I rode the 60 mile route at the Cowtown Classic yesterday. I spoke to Joe, Diane, Eddie, and Mark L before the ride, and saw Mark L again afterwards (great to see y'all!). I like the route this ride uses, but it's not a great route for speed. It's mostly tiny Johnson County roads, with lots of turns, gravel in many of the turns, and some rough stretches of road. I didn't hear how the turnout was, but there looked to be several hundred riders.

I rode to the start of the ride, then home again, so ended up with 69.7 miles. On the ride itself, I had a total of 60.3 miles. I only made one 5 minute stop and finished the ride in 3:21. My on the bike average was 18.4 mph. That's probably about as fast as I can do this route, almost 1 mph faster than I was on it last year.

I pedaled about 4 miles on Lake Benbrook this morning.

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Reply #129 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 8:37pm

Rode the Musashi 32 miles on the GDB Sunday Roll. I was the only 'bent, but had a lovely time! We ended up going to the Dallas Farmer's Market and getting free ice cream samples. :-D Yes, I'm still riding the Musashi until I get my frame replaced. No sign of a fracture at the documented site but I'm inspecting it before each ride...

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johnnybent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1032	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #130 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 9:20pm I was out at WRL checking out a trike rider (paul?) at the 7/11 parking lot when a gang of bikers rode by...paul and dave with Teri and Teri? Mixed with them a short whle then went on to get my thirty in. 700 to go.
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Opus the Poet Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1353	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #131 - Sep 11^th, 2011, 11:41pm I have been enjoying the heck out of this weather and riding places I would normally take the bus to. Over 30 miles this week, almost 100 since 9/1
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FlyingLaZBoy

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Re: Did you ride today?
Reply #132 - Sep 12^th, 2011, 7:02am

Quote from shellbear on Sep 11^th, 2011, 8:37pm:

Rode the Musashi 32 miles on the GDB Sunday Roll. I was the only 'bent, but had a lovely time! We ended up going to the Dallas Farmer's Market and getting free ice cream samples. :-D Yes, I'm still riding the Musashi until I get my frame replaced. No sign of a fracture at the documented site but I'm inspecting it before each ride...

I'll be on the Sunday Roll next weekend -- been doing other things for the past month! C'mon back out next week! I love that ride -- very social, and very exploratory.

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Re: Did you ride today?
Reply #133 - Sep 12^th, 2011, 7:06am

Quote from johnnybent on Sep 11^th, 2011, 9:20pm:

I was out at WRL checking out a trike rider (paul?) at the 7/11 parking lot when a gang of bikers rode by...paul and dave with Teri and Teri? Mixed with them a short whle then went on to get my thirty in. 700 to go.

Good to see you out there, John -- yes, Dave and I were doing a "Spouse's Ride", cruising around the lake at about 10mph with the ladies... as I mentioned a couple of posts ago, Dave's wife Barb is new to her Tour Easy, and we got it better adjusted to her this time, so she had a much better ride. Still couldn't get up the approach to the Bath House, and struggled to get up the initial uphill approach to the section just after the 7-11, but it'll come with time. We won't be doing the Loving Hills area anytime soon....

It's nice to have the wives along (every once in a while Smiley

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jman Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 644	Re: Did you ride today? Reply #134 - Sep 12^th, 2011, 5:42pm I got in 23 miles this morning out to Trinity Park. Came across two ladies on bents shortly after turning off Belaire heading for the Low Level Dam crossover outbound to the park. One was on a red Tour Easy and the other on a fairly new blue EZ3 delta, I told them to check out the rbent site, hope they join us.
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