COFSTA

Yippie! What a super day! Bob put together a super route. I ended up riding 264 miles today. Check My Tour shows ~213 miles. I didn't start it until after lunch at Timberwoods.


Brick

Agreed, just a terrific day for riding... and it's barely even February!

Ended up at 309 miles, door-to-door.

Couldn't agree more, I logged 244 miles. How lucky are we that we can go riding on great roads all year long!!!!

I had a blast! Here's a few pics. I calculated we rode approx. 180 miles of pure twisties--thats a lot of turning.

And it was a COFSTA FIRST: 6 riders, all interconnected thru the miracle of Marconi. (not pasta) I think it made the ride go off smoother than ever---safer too.

Here's a couple pics.

At the Meetup



Tenere Boy looking smug




Broz putting a curse on Brick (or something)




The 180 miles of twisties looked like this:

Looks like it was stupendous. I am bummed I couldn't make it. Maybe next time.

It was a gorgous day for a ride. The blue S10 is a torque monster!

Even with those 150 pound Jesse's?

Didn't even know the bags were back there. Overall the bike feels very light.

Buddhistbiker wrote:Didn't even know the bags were back there. Overall the bike feels very light.

GREAT!! So now we got TWO Lance trucks in the fleet.

They really are pretty light bags. 2MM thick sidewalls made from T5052 aluminum. I'm thinking mine weighed about 10 lbs each and hold a total of 105 litres between them. Or 675 packs of Nip-Chee's.

I think looks can be deceiving. They look kind of like a bread truck, big boxy slow thing.....but I can testify. Not the case. I would like to see some guys on crotch rockets try and beat Bob don the mountain yesterday. One minute he's there, next minute gone. What a great day! Brick what was that GPS app you mentioned at lunch?

beemerbob wrote: Or 675 packs of Nip-Chee's.

Broz wrote: They look kind of like a bread truck.....

You nailed it--From Wiki:

A pannier /ˈpæniər/ is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from the Old French, from Classical Latin, word for bread basket.[1]

Broz,
It's called "CoPilot Live" it takes a LOT of memory as it loads all the maps and such ON your iPhone. I should have gotten the iPhone with more memory!! Damn!

Broz wrote:I think looks can be deceiving. They look kind of like a bread truck, big boxy slow thing.....but I can testify. Not the case. I would like to see some guys on crotch rockets try and beat Bob don the mountain yesterday. One minute he's there, next minute gone. What a great day! Brick what was that GPS app you mentioned at lunch?

Hmmm I think you should put a "Spam" sticker on them. Heck it looks like the right shape for a Spam can???

Or like my one riding friend did... on the side he put, "If you can read this turn me over". Obviously he put it on upside down!