Do you have c&v rides or get togethers in your area?
08-02-14, 07:18 PM
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Do you have c&v rides or get togethers in your area?
In the 2000's there was a group of folks in the Atlanta area who would get together and ride their vintage bikes. It was kind of a little c&v social club. Who has something like that going where they live?
08-02-14, 07:41 PM
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We've held a few C&V-oriented rides in the northeast: Boston area, central New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH, a semi-annual ride on Cape Cod. No formal organization though. All it takes is someone posting a proposal, scouting out a route, bumping people occasionally, then everyone showing up.
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they have something like that here, but they always tell me the wrong time and place on purpose. they later apologize, but i can tell it's insincere.
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Nothing in the Greater New York area that I know of.
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Good question. A couple of us will specify "steel" in the text messages once in a while, and arrive equipped as such.
By doing so, we've kind of sparked an interest in steel by the carbon guys, who consider it a nice alternative ride.
We long ago stopped trying to convince anyone that the speed is the same; if the Garmin results can't convince them, why bother...
There is an equal sized group going for TT/Tri bikes as "second bikes," and they like to ride together, tuck position, in pace lines.
They're a good source for used parts after the wrecks.
By doing so, we've kind of sparked an interest in steel by the carbon guys, who consider it a nice alternative ride.
We long ago stopped trying to convince anyone that the speed is the same; if the Garmin results can't convince them, why bother...
There is an equal sized group going for TT/Tri bikes as "second bikes," and they like to ride together, tuck position, in pace lines.
They're a good source for used parts after the wrecks.
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In my area, there's a yearly "tweed ride" which is a lot of fun. It's not exclusively tweed and C&V steel, but is largely so.
Folks in my regular riding club dig my steel bikes. I can just keep up with the faster members so either vintage steel isn't that much of a penalty, or my group is slower than average.
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The Rose Bowl Ride in Pasadena (Velo-Retro: Rose Bowl Ride) has been happening the first Sunday of the month for many years, "whether anyone shows up or not."
I’ve been up a couple times, its a relaxed ride, lots of nice old bikes.
I’ve been up a couple times, its a relaxed ride, lots of nice old bikes.
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08-03-14, 12:59 AM
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We just had a C & V ride last Saturday organized by jly. It was a nice, social 12 mile route which began & ended at Velo Cult bike shop. We had fun. It was a first time and not sure if we'll do another.
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But you have to glue them all back together, no?
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We had a nice-enough Seattle area group ride in June. Lots of drop-dead gorgeous bikes, ridden by drop-dead gor... er, make that reasonably presentable riders.
And yes, we forgot to tell eschlwc it was "cancelled."
And yes, we forgot to tell eschlwc it was "cancelled."
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I'm a member of the New England section of the Veteran-Cycle Club. We're the only non-UK section and do organized rides once per month from September to June.
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The Rose Bowl Ride in Pasadena (Velo-Retro: Rose Bowl Ride) has been happening the first Sunday of the month for many years, "whether anyone shows up or not."
I’ve been up a couple times, its a relaxed ride, lots of nice old bikes.
I’ve been up a couple times, its a relaxed ride, lots of nice old bikes.
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Back around 2000 there was a group of folks who got together about once a month around Atlanta. Cool old bikes and some wool jerseys and such. I would love to find some local folks to do some stress free vintage rides.
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I organize one every year.
I post, "Meet me in the parking lot'.
People meet me in the parking lot.
We ride.
It ain't rocket science.
I post, "Meet me in the parking lot'.
People meet me in the parking lot.
We ride.
It ain't rocket science.
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We have a pub crawl that while not C&V per se, many of the bikes are.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steel...32875770091592
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steel...32875770091592
