Conference noted::bicycle

>    BTW:  Have you noticed that there really isn't much 
>    interest in this notes file in the Winter time.  Why
>    do you suppose that is :^)

    We don't want to remind ourselves that we aren't outside getting
    the physical exercise and mental relaxation that we need... Can
    people hibernate?
    
    Bob

>    <<< Note 939.1 by VISUAL::MILLING "Bob Milling, MKO2-2/K03, 264-2068" >>>
>                         -< out of sight, out of mind >-

>>    BTW:  Have you noticed that there really isn't much 
>>    interest in this notes file in the Winter time.  Why
>>    do you suppose that is :^)

...and I hope you'll appreciate that I've been holding back a wealth of
    description on exhilarating weekend rides from the Cote d'Azur...
    but maybe that would cheer people up?
    
    -john
    

    Ref: .2
    
    Been up the Col de Vence lately?  Tried the loop from Pre du Lac
    to Gordon then up and over the "hill" and down into the backside
    of Saint Vallier (spelling?) for R&R then down to Grasse and back 
    over to Pre du Lac.  Of course the valleys running west from Grelier 
    (more bad spelling) and from Grelier les Neige are my favorites.
    
    Hmmm, it's supposed to get over 50 degrees F. today.  Maybe, I'll
    just ...
    
    Bob

>   <<< Note 939.3 by VISUAL::MILLING "Bob Milling, MKO2-2/K03, 264-2068" >>>
>                                 -< memories >-

     Bob, you obviously know all the best places!
    
>    Been up the Col de Vence lately?  Tried the loop from Pre du Lac
>    to Gordon then up and over the "hill" and down into the backside
>    of Saint Vallier (spelling?) for R&R then down to Grasse and back 
>    over to Pre du Lac.  Of course the valleys running west from Grelier 
>    (more bad spelling) and from Grelier les Neige are my favorites.
    
    Funny you should ask.  Yesterday the Mistral shifted its angle a bit,
    and the knife-sharp crystal clear air I'd been waiting for returned -
    so I took a l-o-n-g lunch hour thusly: Sophia - Pre-du-Lac - Grasse
    (bypass) - St. Vallier - Pas de la Faye (for the views of St. Tropez) -
    back to St. Vallier - Col de Ferrier - Coussols - Gourdon - Sophia.
    Only used up about 4 rolls of film and x-thousand calories, but it
    was worth it.
    
    I've done Greoulieres (my attempt at spelling) but not -les-Neiges -
    it's on my list, though.  Yes, nice valley... so cut off!  Two weekends
    ago I did Greoulieres to Col de Vence then down via Vence and Bord de Mer
    (N98) to Antibes.  Amazing how uninhabited and desert-like it is from
    the pass to within about 1km of Vence - then, whammo.
    
>    Hmmm, it's supposed to get over 50 degrees F. today.  Maybe, I'll just ...
    
    La meteo pour aujourd'hui: max temp 11 deg. C at Nice (about 52F?).
    That suffices.  Hope you got some good miles riding in NH.
    
    -john

>>   <<< Note 939.3 by VISUAL::MILLING "Bob Milling, MKO2-2/K03, 264-2068" >>>
>>                                 -< memories >-

>>    Hmmm, it's supposed to get over 50 degrees F. today.  Maybe, I'll just ...
    
Best get out there today, Bob, to work off the nuclear chili I saw ya 
wolfing down at the office Christmas luncheon today :-) :-)

                                                 ken (merry christmas, all!)

>VISUAL::MILLING "Bob Milling, MKO2-2/K03, 264-2068"  12 lines  21-DEC-1988 07:36
>                                -< memories >-
>    
>    Been up the Col de Vence lately?  Tried the loop from Pre du Lac
>    to Gordon then up and over the "hill" and down into the backside
>    of Saint Vallier (spelling?) for R&R then down to Grasse and back 
>    over to Pre du Lac.  Of course the valleys running west from Grelier 
>    (more bad spelling) and from Grelier les Neige are my favorites.

    	Excuse me, but what does the Col de Vence have in common
    with a chain ring.  I initiated this note for the purpose of
    procuring a round chain ring in exchange for a square one.  I
    go out of town for a few days and find that my note has been
    turned into the Pre du Lac Routes File ?!?  Whish you guys would
    help me find a 50 tooth round ring instead of hacking up my
    note with your memories and commentaries.....Did you say * 50 *
    degrees..... Hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm......OK.....Tell me more :^)
    							
    						Jerry
    
    

    Well, you see, Jerry, we all knew that if you were to tour the
    Col de Vance you would need a 50 tooth chain ring so we figured
    that by discussing hills and dales of Southern Europe we could draw
    interest to the basic reason for this note.
    
    Btw, I have a 50 tooth Shimano 600 chainring but, planning to do
    the Col do Vence at my earliest opportunity, I fear to part with
    it.
    
    ed

    re. -1
    		A Pox on your next 24 hour marathon.....may you
    miss your mileage goals due to a broken 50 tooth chain ring :^)

    Well, I am getting older, maybe I'll need my 49 next year (^.^).
    
    ed

    I also have a 50-tooth Shimano Dura-Ace chainring that I won't give up.
    Wish I had it after my one and only trek up the Col de Vence.  :-)
    As it was, I didn't get off my 40-tooth inner ring for a week after
    that climb!
    
    I got mine last year from a mail-order outfit in England called
    Freewheel.  It's not as slow to get things from them as you might
    expect as long as you supply a credit card number or an international
    money order in pounds sterling with your order.
    
    I expect that Nault's in Manchester can dig up a 50-tooth Shimano 600
    ring from one of their U.S. suppliers.  If not, give me a call I'll
    let you borrow my Freewheel catalog.
    
    Bob