share your gravel with friends

as we do from time to time, johnny adamson and i were exchanging emails about rides. they usually consist of me telling him to get his ass down here to ride, and he'll reply that i need to get my ass up there. "my ride's better than your ride" kind of stuff.

well, after tuesday night's wonderful ride [check the g-spot for departure details] i wrote to john after he said "bring on the gravel." i told him all about the wonderful roads, the killer hills that magellan, our navigator claims meet and exceed 9% [and we haven't hit the steep one yet!], and that we all talked about food the last 20 miles. i made a bee-line to aguilara real afterward for chips, salsa and a giant marguerita.

.....

he wrote back:

We do Friday Night Lights - - come on up.

No salsa, but we usually stop for Little Debbie somewhere along the line.

and sent these photos.

full moon gravel--it really doesn't get better than that!

but this looks pretty cool, too, doesn't it?

so here's the deal: send me details and photos about YOUR nighttime gravel rides. i'll post them, and maybe we can get some gravel ride sharing going on. tuesday night, we started with eight riders, and only lost lippold. the week before, we started with about 20 riders, and had about half turn off early. the threat of rain must have frightened most of the regulars away. rumor has it that some, like pete, were indecisive about which bike to ride. HINT: two wheels; fenders optional but nice.

send your photos and text to the reverend at eeastonwest@aol.com

and ride those back roads.