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[Ron & the bears]

Hi Monty,

One such list I am on is usaba-cycling at topica.com. The list has been pretty 
inactive, though. I just sent out a note today, to try to stir the coals. I 
bet usaba has other activity specific lists out there.

For those of you who were interested in how my hill ride went, I will tell 
you. We only did the first loop, of 40 miles. Due to bike set-up, we got a 
late start and never really caught up with the ride. It was extremely windy 
and cold. I told my pilot that if she wanted to continue to the second loop, 
I'd join her, but I was not really enjoying the ride at that point. We rode 
55 miles that day. She seemed to be happy as well.

That is probably the toughest ride one can do in Austin. It is very 
technical with all the hills. My pilot was new to a tandem with Italian 
shifters and I thought it prudent to not push her to my level of riding that 
day. That sounds a little harsh, but it all worked out. It was a lesson for 
me in when not to push the limits of a team. It also reminded me of how much 
more fun it is to suffer through a difficult ride with together with others.

The following Saturday, I rode 80 miles with a bunch of guys and one lady. 
It was a steady, social ride. The last 25 miles, we rode near our limits to 
catch a rider, who took a head start on us. After we caught him, we all kept 
driving the pace. We were dropping some singles, while going up some hills. 
The last mile or two, I ran out of gas and limped in. While waiting for my 
lunch, I ate a bar-b-q rib that my friend Tammi stuck in my jersey pocket at 
the 56-mile mark. That was part of the reason one rider got ahead of us!

Any excuse to play racer-games!

Ron & the will-ride-for-bbq bears
Austin, TX

"monty cassellius" <isuredbirds at centurytel.net> wrote, "wanted to know if 
there any other blindness related sports mailing lists i
: can join? 



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