Off to the Mountains

On 8/7/06 2:14 PM, in article , "Tom
Nakashima" wrote:


"William Claspy" wrote in message
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On 8/7/06 1:26 PM, in article , "Tom
Nakashima" wrote:


"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
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I just finished my morning jog, starting to get in shape for
hunting season, and 30 miles would kill me ;-)
Jon.

Jon, the key is staying in shape all year around.
Here's a picture of me taken last year on my race bike.
I had ridden the Marklleeville Death Ride that year, 129 miles, 5
mountain
passes and over 10K feet of climbing in one day. Temperatures were from
38
degrees to over 100 degrees.
I'm age 52.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Tom_...raut05_019.jpg

Hellofaride! But no helmet? You planning on hitting 53?

:-)

Helmeted,
Bill


Yup no helmet, except when riding sponsored rides where helmets are
required.

I was looking at the Death Ride web page. Better clamp that helmet on this
year :-)

There's a group (purist) of us cyclist that have been riding since the 60's,
we ride without a helmet.
We tend to train on mountain roads with very little traffic.
None of us have never had a accident that resulted in a head injury.

Anecdotal.

We've also been around and around with the cycling community about riding
without a helmet so we've heard everything already many times over.
The law states here in California that anyone age 18 and under must wear a
helmet.
Yes, planning to hit 54 someday,
-tom

Hope so, we've got to fish together!

But I ain't riding with you. :-)

Slow and safe,
Bill