[OrRando] "Grab Bag" 200/300

Rickey Smith rickeylsmith at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 18 18:17:17 PDT 2007


I would consider riding it with you Cecil.
--- cecilanne at comcast.net wrote:

> Susan, I will have to double check my schedule to
> see iof I can swing it, but I might be able to
> pre-ride . . . .
> 
> Cecil
>  -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: "Susan France" <susanfrance at teleport.com>
> > OK, so everyone knows I'm swamped. Coming up with
> a new and exciting July
> > 200/300.... Well, I had ideas but
> zilch,nada,nil,no time to go check
> > anything out in the next couple weeks... So I
> reached into my bag of perms
> > and favorite roads around Yamhill & Marion County
> and came up with "The Grab
> > Bag". Some of the roads you know... some not.
> > 
> > Three loops... 200k riders will do 2 loops, 300k
> riders will do all three.
> > Everything starts and finishes in Newberg because
> it is close to me and I'm
> > the default organizer and all my perms seem to
> start here.  You can take a
> > look at the maps, I'll be working on the cuesheets
> and controls over time.
> > This is also a test of how good you really are at
> this rando stuff. Every
> > 100k you come back to the start.... You can, if
> you so choose, DNF and drive
> > home. Yep, temptation. All that speed and climbing
> ability means nothing if
> > you can't get back on the bike and pedal away from
> your car the second and
> > third times.
> > 
> > And I'll remind everyone about the rule again
> cause it does come up. You
> > sign up for the 300 and decide you cannot go
> further than 200k... tough
> > cookies... no credit for the shorter distance.
> > 
> > Now... I could use a prerider to assure there are
> no closed roads or miles
> > of gravel on the route. Apparently we have a large
> contingent riding 1000k 2
> > weeks prior... so maybe one of you who hasn't
> ridden to Montana can
> > volunteer to preride the weekend of July 6-8
> sometime.
> > 
> > See ya,
> > Susan.
> 
> 
> > From: "Susan France" <susanfrance at teleport.com>
> To: "Orrando" <orrando at tire.patch.com>
> Subject: [OrRando] "Grab Bag" 200/300
> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:33:26 +0000
> 
> OK, so everyone knows I'm swamped. Coming up with a
> new and exciting July
> 200/300.... Well, I had ideas but zilch,nada,nil,no
> time to go check
> anything out in the next couple weeks... So I
> reached into my bag of perms
> and favorite roads around Yamhill & Marion County
> and came up with "The Grab
> Bag". Some of the roads you know... some not.
> 
> Three loops... 200k riders will do 2 loops, 300k
> riders will do all three.
> Everything starts and finishes in Newberg because it
> is close to me and I'm
> the default organizer and all my perms seem to start
> here.  You can take a
> look at the maps, I'll be working on the cuesheets
> and controls over time.
> This is also a test of how good you really are at
> this rando stuff. Every
> 100k you come back to the start.... You can, if you
> so choose, DNF and drive
> home. Yep, temptation. All that speed and climbing
> ability means nothing if
> you can't get back on the bike and pedal away from
> your car the second and
> third times.
> 
> And I'll remind everyone about the rule again cause
> it does come up. You
> sign up for the 300 and decide you cannot go further
> than 200k... tough
> cookies... no credit for the shorter distance.
> 
> Now... I could use a prerider to assure there are no
> closed roads or miles
> of gravel on the route. Apparently we have a large
> contingent riding 1000k 2
> weeks prior... so maybe one of you who hasn't ridden
> to Montana can
> volunteer to preride the weekend of July 6-8
> sometime.
> 
> See ya,
> Susan.
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Rickey L Smith



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