Sorry I had to leave before the main group finished. That was so much fun we need to start planning the next event. Hey, everyone must have gotten the tire thing worked out: ZERO flats, right?
dougP On Feb 13, 8:03 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! > Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were > local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route > was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, > sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile > uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. > > Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ > > Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A > great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > Jim: > > > Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of > > 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. > > Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. > > > I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm > > the weak link; the bike & tires can handle things I can't. > > > dougP > > > On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver > > sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty > > excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half > > will be enough. > > > > -Jim W. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > >From: doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> > > > >Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM > > > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > > >Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD > > > > >Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so > > > >they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus > > > >groceries in the Acorn & I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to > > > >seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. > > > > >dougP > > > > >On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > >> the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be > > > >> there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out > > > >> option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in > > > >> the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked > > > >> up down there. > > > >> ~Mike > > > > >> On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop > > everything > > > >> > and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no > > > >> > excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or > > distance > > > >> > seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent > > the last > > > >> > two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing > > intervals as > > > >> > suggested. > > > > >> > More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets > > over on > > > >> > flickr: > >http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... > > > > >> > Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your > > fave > > > >> > beverage for post-ride celebration! > > > > >> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > > Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes > > of > > > >> > > our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our > > > >> > > starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; > > 2) > > > >> > > Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and > > dog > > > >> > > walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising > > > >> > > wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of > > the > > > >> > > mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely > > worth > > > >> > > the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last > > > >> > > year: > > > > >> > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ > > > > >> > > This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, > > too > > > >> > > (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and > > I'm > > > >> > > sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish > > to > > > >> > > partake. > > > > >> > > I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, > > topped > > > >> > > perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. > > > > >> > > No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would > > be > > > >> > > worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps > > > >> > > worth a trip for folks further out! > > > > >> > > Esteban > > > >> > > San Diego, Calif. > > > > >> > > On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as > > giving the > > > >> > > SD > > > >> > > > crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in > > paradise). > > > >> > > It's > > > >> > > > shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and > > ~30% dirt > > > >> > > > content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those > > intervals! > > > >> > > Hope > > > >> > > > the North LA & Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're > > going to try > > > >> > > to > > > >> > > > meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 > > > > >> > > > A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: > > >http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... > > > > >> > > > As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks > > and put > > > >> > > > faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal > > that you > > > >> > > > probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, > > bamboo and > > > >> > > > crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one > > of the > > > >> > > recent > > > >> > > > "decade" storms we've been having. 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