Southwest - 1st Ride on the Merlin...

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stevesurf
11-21-07, 03:33 PM
Yup, I know it was all downhill, but it was some fun near the foothils in Tucson...
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.do?episodePk.pkValue=4482424

Here's a shot of the bike:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2171/2037773102_0c1e630a77.jpg?v=0

Too bad I missed El Tour, but I hope to be there next year...

stevesurf
11-25-07, 09:37 AM
Had a great ride Friday with Hector from UofA...he showed me part of the El Tour route through Oro Valley, stopped at Oro Bicycles... nice loop -thanks Hector!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2Ftrail.motionbased.com%2Ftrail%2Fkml%2Fepisode.kml%3FepisodePkValues%3D4494172&ie=UTF8&z=11&om=1

Motion-Based link:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/4494172
zonatandem
12-10-07, 10:34 AM
Rode the Sun City Vistoso area Sunday between rain/cold on Sat. and Mon. Wore arm warmers, vest and tights. Typical AZ winter weather!
BTW nice lookin' Merlin! Notice you also own a Cuevas . . . haven't seem one of those in 20+ years!

stevesurf
12-10-07, 03:27 PM
Rode the Sun City Vistoso area Sunday between rain/cold on Sat. and Mon. Wore arm warmers, vest and tights. Typical AZ winter weather!
BTW nice lookin' Merlin! Notice you also own a Cuevas . . . haven't seem one of those in 20+ years!
Thanks much...now I have to resort to feeling like a popsicle back east here. Back in '76 when I had the Cuevas frame built for me, Francisco Cuevas himself measured me in his Long Island City Shop, and his son Andreas Cuevas did the paint job. Paco at the LBS right on Queens Blvd did the build, and it is still hanging up in my apartment today...ready for me to give to my cousin who's just getting into cycling.

I miss Tucson!!!
zonatandem
12-11-07, 04:05 PM
Was a silent partner in a bike shop in Tucson back in the 80s and we had a Cuevas on prominent display.