If I remember a past thread correctly, brian, you would also have to grow another mouth to put that extra foot into.
Kim "Club" klakow Berlin, "City of Flower "(singular!), Germany
>
> Charles,
>
> I could grow another foot, but I have 3 already; all lefts! (You REALLY
> don't want to see me dance!) Another foot and it would get really clumsey.
I
> do have taller bikes, but for some reason I'm just as small on them. Go
> figure!
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Had to grow another foot to match my third arm.
>
>
>
> -- chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
> The other problem with trying to keep up with
> the group is the Baylis is useless when it
> comes to getting a pull. I kept getting in
> behind him and it was like no-one was
> there.
>
> Brian! Grow another foot or get a taller bike,
> willya?
>
> Charles "growing out, instead of up" Andrews
> soCal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brianbaylis@juno.com
> Sent: Jan 13, 2004 2:03 PM
> To: chasds@mindspring.com
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]re: SoCal man-of-the-year Vintage Ride
>
>
> Charles,
>
> You are absolutely correct. Not everyone has ants in their pants on our
> rides. It should be made known that if you show up to one of our
gathersings,
> you will NEVER regret it! We have a blast, you can ride either way and
> have first class company. Personally, I haven't quite had enough of
suffering
> behind someone's rear wheel at age 50. I actually like to suffer on the
> bike, it reminds me of my youth! The time may be soon for me to bring the
> suffering down a notch; since Sargent Pergolizzi id due in town shortly.
He
> tells me that he's bringing his whip and cattle prod! OUCH! But if it
works, I
> expect the complaints about not being able to draft me will increase
> tenfold! Don't blame me, BLAME PERGOLIZZI!!
>
> Also, the summer is a better time to slow down and take in the sights on
> our coastal rides in my opinion, for obvious reasons! It isn't thong
season
> yet!
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
> -- chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
> I have to append one brief note to Brian's story.
>
> On the way back, north of Huntington Beach, at
> Huntington Cliffs, I slowed down, and the group
> took off into the blue distance.
>
> I generally like riding in the group for these things..
> everyone is wearing fine vintage jerseys and riding ultra-cool
> bikes, and it's great fun to take it all in, especially in
> all the beautiful golden California sun we've had lately--we've
> had an extraordinarily beautiful winter, brief, intense storms
> followed by week, after week, of flawless, cool, crisp, perfectly
> sunny days. Not even much smog, and none along the coast.
>
> Now that I've managed to get the eastern CR group gnashing
> their teeth (I lived in NE Ohio for 12 years, I *know*)... you'll
> understand why I slowed down. I spent plenty of time in my
> racing days looking down at someone else's wheel at high speed.
>
> Sunday, I just wanted to enjoy the surfers, who were lucky to
> have a fine big north swell rolling in...the sun glinting on the water,
> the perfect clear sky, the light sea breeze. The bright colors of sea
> and sky and vegetation.
>
> Just as I was hitting Bolsa Chica State Park (home of some quite
> lovely wetlands), who should come up behind me but Scott Smith
> on his spectacular new Saronni-era, candy-red, Colnago Super,
> Alan Schmidt (If I got your name wrong, Alan, my apologies), on
> what I can't remember, and Dennis Stover on his pretty mid-70s
> tomato-red Masi.
>
> We decided to practice our slow-motion sprint for the rest of the
> ride, and we thoroughly enjoyed the road, the bikes, and
> the surroundings, until we rolled into the dwelling of
> host-extraordinaire,
> Jay van de Veldt.
>
> If anyone is out this way, and we're doing one of these rides, come with
> us!
> If you don't have a bike with you, no problem, we'll find you one!
> Great group, great bikes, and the best weather in the world, I'm convinced
> (other than maybe somewhere on the coast of Chile, or Portugal. Africa
> may have some weather like this on their west coast, but I imagine the
> roads aren't too great, not to mention the dearth of pasta joints)
>
> And, most important, not all of us hammer. Some of us enjoy the
> scenery..
>
> Charles "from SoCal and proud of it" Andrews
> SoCal
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