Riv Rally Midwest

[Ted Durant]

The weather gods smiled upon Jim Thill's excellent organization of the Riv Rally Midwest. Unfortunately, I had to leave at the end of Saturday. I'm sure they're enjoying another epic, scenic tour today.

Some photos from Grant's appearance at Hiawatha, the ride from Minneapolis to Red Wing on Friday, and the ride from Red Wing to Wabasha on Saturday. Outstanding riding and company. Thanks, Jim. That was fantastic!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7627416@N06/sets/72157630029377718/

Ted Durant
Milwaukee, WI, USA

[Frank Brose]

Thanks for the pics Ted. One ride I wanted to attend was this but my
work load said no way. I knew Jim would put together a great ride.
Jim looks like he's going to cross te continental divide. Nice
pictures and now I'll try to slip out of my state of manic depression
for not being able to make it.

[Eric Platt]

Ted,

Excellent photos.  Glad to have finally met you in person, both at the shop on Thursday and the ride on Saturday.  Today's part of the ride was another adventure, but I bailed out before the last serious gravel climb of the day.  All told, the trip was 80 plus miles with about 20 or so on gravel roads.  And six water crossings.  In fact, the Red Wing, Minnesota water crossing today was up about 6 inches from yesterday. Only time I got my feet wet. 

 

The part Ted rode with us was on multiple back roads in Wisconsin, with lots of climbing.  We scaled the bluffs twice. And were rewarded by two amazing downhills.  One at high speed, the other, not so fast, but perfect road conditions and essentially no auto traffic.  Could have been better.  Saturday night the group that was left stayed in Wabasha, Minnesota, either camping or at a hotel.  Had a late start this morning, and immediately began climbing for about 4 miles.  Not the most difficult grade, but persistent.  Figured it couldn't have been that steep as I didn't use the small chainring today while on Saturday my Sam Hillborne used all of the 21 gears available.  The views from the road was fantastic and the descent into Lake City, MN was exciting to say the least.  Topped out at 37mph which is the fastest the SH has done with a camping load.  After a stop, wound up on another country road that turned to gravel, and then back to pavement.  After a bit of decisionmaking near Frontenac, decided I would ride back to Red Wing by way of Highway 61.  A decent paved road, but with heavy traffic on a weekend.  The rest of the group ended up heading over to Hill Ave to climb another bluff on a gravel road with a pretty serious descent.  (Have done the road in the past and didn't feel up to it today.)

 

Highlights of my ride back included seeing a number of deer, including one doe and fawn at the corner where Hill Ave. dumps back onto 61.  We also saw an immature bald eage with a fish fly directly above us in Lake City.  Was also great to meet a few other folks and just have a great bike riding weekend.

 

My pictures are here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/sets/72157630035172498/

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

 

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[Montclair BobbyB]

Great pics, looks like an awesome ride.

Can't wait to see more pics.

BB

[Manuel Acosta]

The route sounds and looks amazing. I hope a Rivendell Rally can be setup like this on the west coast

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[Montclair BobbyB]

Manny:

You realize that Riv Rally East was partially motivated by the group
rides you all frequently enjoy in the Bay Area... You've got so many
riders and so many great places to ride... to me it seems like you've
been doing Riv Rallies on a regular basis for years...

That said, I think you (Manny) should lead the mother of all rides
around the Bay Area... Perhaps multiple days, kinda like the "Best of
the Best"... That would be some event, and one that would likely draw
riders from around the country.

Peace,
Bobby

> > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Frank Brose <fkbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Thanks for the pics Ted. One ride I wanted to attend was this but my
> >> work load said no way.  I knew Jim would put together a great ride.
> >> Jim looks like he's going to cross te continental divide. Nice
> >> pictures and now I'll try to slip out of my state of manic depression
> >> for not being able to make it.
>
> >> On Jun 3, 12:12 pm, Ted Durant <teddur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > The weather gods smiled upon Jim Thill's excellent organization of the
> >> Riv Rally Midwest. Unfortunately, I had to leave at the end of Saturday.
> >> I'm sure they're enjoying another epic, scenic tour today.
>
> >> > Some photos from Grant's appearance at Hiawatha, the ride from
> >> Minneapolis to Red Wing on Friday, and the ride from Red Wing to Wabasha on
> >> Saturday. Outstanding riding and company. Thanks, Jim. That was fantastic!
>
> >> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/7627416@N06/sets/72157630029377718/
>
> >> > Ted Durant
> >> > Milwaukee, WI, USA
>
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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

Great pics, Ted. Can you put names to some of the faces?

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I just got back to HC, steeling my nerves for the last 5 miles home. I want to thank everybody who attended for the WONDERFUL weekend of riding. As predicted, we had between 10 and 500 riders most of the time, and each was an exemplary individual. I think Jim M and I rounded out the weekend with around 250 miles. I'll post pictures one of these days.

[RonaTD]

On Jun 4, 9:39 am, "Allingham II, Thomas J"

<Thomas.Alling...@skadden.com> wrote:
> Great pics, Ted.  Can you put names to some of the faces?

I'm afraid I can only put first names. Jim & Jim, a little help here??

td

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I'll identify myself with a nice run-on sentence. In Ted's photos, I'm wearing a blue t-shirt and I have a buzzcut and I'm riding the green bike with brown tires and I just discovered a new enthusiasm for adhering more strictly to my paleo diet because it looks like I'm plumping up a bit. A couple others are regular participants here, so I'll let them identify themselves by whatever nym or pseudonym they prefer to use. There was also a group of three friends, younger twenty-something guys, two on LHTs and one on a Centurion ProTour. I'm not sure to what extent, if any, they are familiar with Riv or how they heard about the ride, but they were good companions and I was happy to meet them.

Rivs in attendance: AHH, SH, Hunq, and a Protovelo. Also represented were the aformentioned LHTs and Centurion, a Curt Goodrich (mine), a Bilenky cross-style/sport-touring bike, a Surly Cross-check, another LHT, and a mustard-color Salsa Casseroll. Next year it's not going to be called a "Riv Rally", but a "country bike rally", because that's a more accurate description of what it was and what I want it to be.

[Eric Platt]

And I'm the one in the long sleeve seersucker shirt with blue helmet and the Hobo handlebar bag on the early Sam Hillborne. 

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

 

[Liesl]

And I'm the dapper gal attired in the harris tweed vest, stetson (yes, stetson) wool driving cap, Ibex pinstriped knickers, macrostie town & country boots (http://www.bigfoottrail.com/repair.html), and those luscious beloved most sadly discontinued gray wool monkey socks. (I provide these details in the reverent way that some describe the hunt for long cage silver derailers that can accommodate 36T cogs)

rare sightings of Liesl in her native habitat can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331727518/in/set-72157630036777900/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331712974/in/set-72157630036777900/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331707676/in/set-72157630036777900/ (best shot of the stetson for you hat lovers)

and more importantly, rare sightings of the little red saluki:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7627416@N06/7328426500/in/set-72157630029377718

Alas, there were no sightings of Riv Chica Warrior in her red cape and bike-thief-capturing lasso; however if you look closely, you can make out the magic car-deflecting leather bracelets

[Seth Vidal]

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote:
>
> And I'm the dapper gal attired in the harris tweed vest, stetson (yes,
> stetson) wool driving cap, Ibex pinstriped knickers, macrostie town &
> country boots (http://www.bigfoottrail.com/repair.html), and those luscious
> beloved most sadly discontinued gray wool monkey socks. (I provide these
> details in the reverent way that some describe the hunt for long cage silver
> derailers that can accommodate 36T cogs)
>
> rare sightings of Liesl in her native habitat can be seen here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331727518/in/set-72157630036777900/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331712974/in/set-72157630036777900/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14126468@N05/7331707676/in/set-72157630036777900/
> (best shot of the stetson for you hat lovers)

Liesl,
Where did that vest come from? I ask b/c I have an S.O. who would be
ALL about that vest. I can pull off the vests myself but I am partial
to boiled wool ones from ibex. She, however, loves the tweed. :)

Thanks,
-sv

[Doug Magney]

I'm the guy in the blue shirt riding the Hunq with the Slickersack up front. It was truly a memorable weekend - really great to meet Ted, Sean, Eric and all the rest of the crew with special thanks to Jim for his excellent leadership. The Maiden Rock to Stockholm leg via the Rustic Rd was among the top rides I've ever done.

Doug

[Manuel Acosta]

Thanks for the kind words Bobby. But I'm going to have to disagree with you. I strongly believe that Grant's attitude with bikes and he tenacity to develop products and bikes that not only caters to the needs of normal people but also brings like minded "normal" people together. It's only natural that these "normal" people socailize by riding bikes together. Speaking of which Grant is doing a book signing this Sunday under the Golden Gate bridge....

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Thanks to everybody who joined this event! Here's my synopsis of events, in mostly photo-format.
http://hiawathacyclery.blogspot.com/2012/06/photos-from-rivendell-rally-of-2012.html

[Eric Platt]

Realized while heading home on Sunday (and it was brought home by looking at Jim's photos) that no one photographed the water crossings.  The Rustic Road we took in Wisconsin had four of 'em.  No one crashed or got overly wet, although we came close on one.  Still, it's something you don't see every day.

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

It's a shame that nobody captured the high drama of the water crossings on film or pixels. I guess we'll have to go back there soon.