RAGBRAI 18

[Brent P]

Who's doing all or parts of RAGBRAI next week? Lifelong Iowa resident here but this is the first year I'll be joining in the fun, taking in the Tuesday ride. Couldn't pass up the opportunity since it's reasonably flat stretch, only 60 miles, and ends in Ames that night, passing 1 mile from my house. 

I'll be on the double-top-tube Atlantis! Hopefully see a few of you out there.

[Rusty Click]

We’re on our way out now from PGH, PA.
I’m riding a double TT S Hillborne. Will look for your Riv!

Rusty Click

[Tim Gavin]

I'm riding Weds/Thurs/Friday.  

Like every year, I'll be on my Rivendell Road Standard w/ 650b conversion.  But this year, it has a new low-trail fork (Crust Romanceur), new wheel w/ disc brake (OMG -- Oh My Grant!), and new tires.

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[Dale Click]

I’ll look for that Riv Tim!  Hope to finally meet you out here. 

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:33 AM Tim Gavin <tim....@littlevillagemag.com> wrote:

I'm riding Weds/Thurs/Friday.  

Like every year, I'll be on my Rivendell Road Standard w/ 650b conversion.  But this year, it has a new low-trail fork (Crust Romanceur), new wheel w/ disc brake (OMG -- Oh My Grant!), and new tires.

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On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Rusty Click <clic...@gmail.com> wrote:

We’re on our way out now from PGH, PA.
I’m riding a double TT S Hillborne. Will look for your Riv!

Rusty Click

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[Julian Westerhout]

Rusty, 

It was good to ride RAGBRAI on my 64cm Atlantis, to meet you and your Hillborne, and to see a few other Rivs as well -- spotted a green Roadeo, a lovely blue Betty Foy, a sage HHH, another Atlantis, a blue Clementine, and an orange Cheviot (also spotted a Grant-designed MB-2 and an RB-1). Did not manage to spot Jacquie Phelan and Charlie Cunningham on their HHH, although I understand they were there. 

A fair number of nice steel bikes among the waves of carbon. Lots of Surly LHTs, Cross Checks, and similar Salsas, some lovely customs, a Fuso, a refurbished 1983 68 cm Specialized Sequoia, a Rohloff equipped redone 1977 Trek TX, among others... 

There were also a number of young riders on good 1970s-80s steel bikes (mid line Treks, Miytas, Fujis, etc) that probably came out of parents or grandparents garages or basements -- made a point of complimenting them. 

Great RAGBRAI experience for me -- very different than my usual unsupported tours with my wife, a bit crazy, but lots of fun. 

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, IL 

[ascpgh]

Any RAGBRAI riders see the Tide-kitted riders? 

My long time friend and cyclist Steve works for P&G and organizes their participation. None are Riv owners, but Steve commutes by bike and has been an advocate ever since I built him a bike on a Bridgestone MB-4 frame in 1989.

They were photographed and tagged by NPR personality Scott Horsley along the way.

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

[Dale Click]

Andy, I saw them almost every day!  Seemed to be a large team by the looks of their support vehicle.

Rusty Click

Pittsburgh

[Julian Westerhout]

On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:31:48 AM UTC-5, ascpgh wrote:

Any RAGBRAI riders see the Tide-kitted riders? 

My long time friend and cyclist Steve works for P&G and organizes their participation. None are Riv owners, but Steve commutes by bike and has been an advocate ever since I built him a bike on a Bridgestone MB-4 frame in 1989.

They were photographed and tagged by NPR personality Scott Horsley along the way.

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

Yep, I saw them every day. Tide also had a booth in several of the towns handing out detergent pods. There were a number of companies with rider/affiliate presences. 

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, Il 

[Brent P]

I seemed to be surrounded by Team Tide most of the morning. But my favorite color is orange so their jerseys were hard to miss! 

Had a great experience for my first RAGBRAI and looking forward to doing more next year. The Atlantis was a great to cruise through the carbon fiber masses and received nice compliments along with a few stares! Nice cushy ride and I could still walk and stand up straight at the end of the day!

Brent

On Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:31:48 AM UTC-5, ascpgh wrote:

[Tim Gavin]

It sounds like you all had a great time.  I did as well!  But my team was mostly late-to-bed and late-to-rise, so I never crossed paths with other Riv riders on a more "normal" schedule.  

But my Riv Road performed wonderfully on its 5th (or 6th?) RAGBRAI.  It was all-day comfortable, and rewarding to ride with vigor.  

The new low-trail Crust fork made the handling a bit more stable than the high-trail original fork.  

However, the original fork would "wander" a bit when riding one-handed, and this behavior has been replaced by a light "shimmy" when riding one-handed with the low-trail fork.  Possibly a factor of oscillation frequency?

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[Ken Yokanovich]

On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 8:49:30 AM UTC-5, Brent P wrote:
> Who's doing all or parts of RAGBRAI next week? Lifelong Iowa resident here but this is the first year I'll be joining in the fun, taking in the Tuesday ride. Couldn't pass up the opportunity since it's reasonably flat stretch, only 60 miles, and ends in Ames that night, passing 1 mile from my house. 
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> I'll be on the double-top-tube Atlantis! Hopefully see a few of you out there.

Made a brief couple day visit, I think this was my 33rd year. Rode the HubbuHubbuH this year again with my daughter. Couldn’t resist riding up on the scale at the cooperative on our ride home north toward the Twin Cities. For those who think their bike is heavy, try 440 pounds. You’ll have to zoom in on the photo. Ignore the clothes pin on the back of the shirt, 12 hours of strong headwinds necessitated something to keep from chafing due to flapping fabric.