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WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Apr 8^th, 2014, 3:55pm

Assuming the weather cooperates, let's do a repeat of the ride we did last year, starting at WRL, and riding out to our place in Rowlett for breakfast, then riding back... Saturday May 3rd... Sorry, I know some folks will be doing the Bike MS ride...

Meet at Sunset Bay, for an 8:30 rollout... we'll ride ~16 miles out to Rowlett, have breakfast on the patio, and ride back. The RideWithGPS map is here: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/114628

Please RSVP here, so we have an idea of how much stuff to fix!!! There will be a "tip jar" if you'd like to pitch in a couple bucks towards the cost...

Enjoy,
Paul

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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4212	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #1 - Apr 8^th, 2014, 6:30pm I'll be doing the ride.
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TonyWard Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 960	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #2 - Apr 8^th, 2014, 7:54pm Quote from jayg on Apr 8^th, 2014, 6:30pm: I'll be doing the ride. Don't forget to bring your Toll Tag for the George Bush section
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shellbear Posts: 476	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2014, 5:24pm Conflicts with the MS150.
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artcat rbent member Posts: 68	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #4 - Apr 10^th, 2014, 3:02pm Sounds good Paul. I'm in.
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Action Lad Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1570	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #5 - Apr 11^th, 2014, 6:50pm Now this sounds like fun! I'm penciled in. Thanks, Paul.
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #6 - Apr 14^th, 2014, 11:12am Got some additional fun for you, for this ride... on the way back, we can stop at Don Johle's Bike World, to browse through a Swap Meet...
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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #7 - Apr 14^th, 2014, 11:26am

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 14^th, 2014, 11:12am:

Got some additional fun for you, for this ride... on the way back, we can stop at Don Johle's Bike World, to browse through a Swap Meet...

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/Swapmeet.jpg

We might need to tow some Burleys to haul all the stuff we could potentially buy. Cheesy

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rmillay Five Star Member rbent member; go Clowns! Posts: 2204	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2014, 7:04pm Looks like I'll be able to make it, too.
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #9 - Apr 25^th, 2014, 10:20am Bumping this -- any other hungry participants out there! Social ride, with food!!!!!
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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #10 - Apr 26^th, 2014, 2:28pm

OK, just had a fun idea... related to the "shhh, it's a secret" Rambler trike birthday present for Terrie....

Her birthday isn't until the next Saturday, May 10th, but... we could spring it on her after eating, at our house next week -- and with everyone's obvious approval of the present, she might not be QUITE as pissed at me for obtaining another bike... Smiley

Here's how it could go... if there's a woman (or man) with a ~41" x-seam that is joining us on the brunch ride, I could bring the trike to you Thursday or Friday evening, and you would ride it from WRL to our place in Rowlett -- while Terrie and I are both riding along on the tandem. We're actually going to drive in to WRL with the tandem, and leave the car there for the return. So, we would pretend the trike is yours, and perhaps talk about how much you like it, along the way -- whatever...

We get to the house, everybody eats, and then eventually, we all wander back out to the driveway/garage, and suddenly break into "Happy Birthday To You" while I wheel the trike up to her... again, to everyone's obvious approval!!! Smiley

And then give her a chance to take it up and down the block for a bit.

I doubt she will be up for riding it the 15 miles back to WRL -- so whomever rides the trike out to Rowlett, can either jump on the back of the tandem with me, or perhaps ride the Rocket back to WRL while I ride the Xstream. Or if she wants to ride the tandem back to WRL, you could either ride the trike back, or the Rocket.

Devious, no??? Smiley

Is there a potential trike-riding candidate (with her approximate x-seam of 41") that can help out with this plan?? Everybody else up for a birthday surprise?? Smiley

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #11 - Apr 28^th, 2014, 2:33pm Actually, I realized it doesn't have to be someone with 41" xseam, it can be almost anyone from there on up, because the seat adjusts... just can't be much shorter, due to boom/chainlength setting. Any volunteers? SPD pedals.
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LightningPilot Posts: 237	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #12 - Apr 28^th, 2014, 4:05pm Picking up my new foster (Texas Sporting Breed Rescue) at Cabela's in Fort Worth. Sounds like fun, tho
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #13 - Apr 29^th, 2014, 6:29am So far I've got Jay, John Foster, Lynn, Bob, and Key down for this -- any others??? RSVPing helps us plan the number of eggs we'll break!!!
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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #14 - Apr 29^th, 2014, 9:31am

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 26^th, 2014, 2:28pm:

OK, just had a fun idea... related to the "shhh, it's a secret" Rambler trike birthday present for Terrie....

Her birthday isn't until the next Saturday, May 10th, but... we could spring it on her after eating, at our house next week -- and with everyone's obvious approval of the present, she might not be QUITE as pissed at me for obtaining another bike... Smiley

Here's how it could go... if there's a woman (or man) with a ~41" x-seam that is joining us on the brunch ride, I could bring the trike to you Thursday or Friday evening, and you would ride it from WRL to our place in Rowlett -- while Terrie and I are both riding along on the tandem. We're actually going to drive in to WRL with the tandem, and leave the car there for the return. So, we would pretend the trike is yours, and perhaps talk about how much you like it, along the way -- whatever...

We get to the house, everybody eats, and then eventually, we all wander back out to the driveway/garage, and suddenly break into "Happy Birthday To You" while I wheel the trike up to her... again, to everyone's obvious approval!!! Smiley

And then give her a chance to take it up and down the block for a bit.

I doubt she will be up for riding it the 15 miles back to WRL -- so whomever rides the trike out to Rowlett, can either jump on the back of the tandem with me, or perhaps ride the Rocket back to WRL while I ride the Xstream. Or if she wants to ride the tandem back to WRL, you could either ride the trike back, or the Rocket.

Devious, no??? Smiley

Is there a potential trike-riding candidate (with her approximate x-seam of 41") that can help out with this plan?? Everybody else up for a birthday surprise?? Smiley

My X-seam is 45. Does the seat adjust that far? I can dig out my SPD-cleated shoes. If you'd like, I can do the sneaky deed, if anyone can believe I'd ride another trike, Grin

. Just have paramedics on hand when folks faint from laughter.

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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #16 - Apr 30^th, 2014, 6:20am

Quote from Action Lad on Apr 29^th, 2014, 9:31am:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 26^th, 2014, 2:28pm:

... if there's a woman (or man) with a ~41" x-seam that is joining us on the brunch ride, I could bring the trike to you Thursday or Friday evening, and you would ride it from WRL to our place in Rowlett -- while Terrie and I are both riding along on the tandem. We're actually going to drive in to WRL with the tandem, and leave the car there for the return. So, we would pretend the trike is yours, and perhaps talk about how much you like it, along the way -- whatever...

We get to the house, everybody eats, and then eventually, we all wander back out to the driveway/garage, and suddenly break into "Happy Birthday To You" while I wheel the trike up to her... again, to everyone's obvious approval!!! Smiley

And then give her a chance to take it up and down the block for a bit.

I doubt she will be up for riding it the 15 miles back to WRL -- so whomever rides the trike out to Rowlett, can either jump on the back of the tandem with me, or perhaps ride the Rocket back to WRL while I ride the Xstream. Or if she wants to ride the tandem back to WRL, you could either ride the trike back, or the Rocket.

My X-seam is 45. Does the seat adjust that far? I can dig out my SPD-cleated shoes. If you'd like, I can do the sneaky deed, if anyone can believe I'd ride another trike, Grin

. Just have paramedics on hand when folks faint from laughter.

Excellent, yes, it easily handles 45" (which is me, actually)... you'll have to be a little careful compared to what you're used to, because the seat is higher, so you have to watch yourself in turns to avoid tipping it - but you can also lean into it, which is nice.

How shall we do the "handoff" Thursday or Friday?

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #17 - Apr 30^th, 2014, 6:21am Gotcha down, John!
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #18 - Apr 30^th, 2014, 6:23am Patti, what about you two? Cap'n? Tony?
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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #19 - Apr 30^th, 2014, 9:08pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 30^th, 2014, 6:20am:

Excellent, yes, it easily handles 45" (which is me, actually)... you'll have to be a little careful compared to what you're used to, because the seat is higher, so you have to watch yourself in turns to avoid tipping it - but you can also lean into it, which is nice.

How shall we do the "handoff" Thursday or Friday?

PB

Oh, definitely. This isn't performance riding, it's "profiling" to show off my newest trike! (Tee, hee!) I test rode the new 700. It's so much higher with the 20" wheels that my internal systems resist pushing even THAT one.
So, let's say Friday. My rear hub is getting overhauled for the season. Promised for Thursday, but definitely for Friday. I will be in Irving ending work. Shall I meet you at WRL, or where?

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #20 - May 1^st, 2014, 6:48am Key, are you still good for this, or have you hurt your back???
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Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd
Reply #21 - May 1^st, 2014, 9:08am

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on May 1^st, 2014, 6:48am:

Key, are you still good for this, or have you hurt your back???

I'm good. I was out the first two days this week. Then was fine to go back to work yesterday, but a stressor briefly reared its head there at work, and I thought it was curtains for riding, but it was quickly reduced. I'm good now. I wrote a PM to you, but thought I was able to recall it in time. Sorry.

So, how are we meeting? I am off at 4 p.m. every day in Irving. The hub should be ready today or tomorrow, but tomorrow for sure. LMK.

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TonyWard Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 960	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #22 - May 1^st, 2014, 10:00am Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 30^th, 2014, 6:23am: Patti, what about you two? Cap'n? Tony? Will be riding with PBA Saturday morning - wish I could make it - I always love me some free food!
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #23 - May 1^st, 2014, 10:05am Key, call me at 214 690 6781... Paul
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: WRL to Rowlett Brunch Ride, Sat. May 3rd Reply #24 - May 1^st, 2014, 10:05am Quote from jcsadowski on Apr 29^th, 2014, 4:20pm: Put me down,. John Sadowski OK -- "You're old, and you ride a funny bike"
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