I bought a ticket for Thursday the 15th. Please let me know if you are free. I would love to ride together.
CZ On Dec 6, 3:20 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > Corwin: > > My recommendations based on living in and riding from Davis for almost 15 > years: > > • The best direction to ride is west, toward Winters. Going north is ugly, > and just gets you to Woodland (where you don't want to be). East goes to > Sacramento, which is not as scenic but offers many more choices for food and > drink. There's a lot of nothing south of town, although you'll eventually hit > Clarksburg and Locke (interesting history) if you go far enough. > > • In Winters, stop at Steady Eddy's coffee house. You can't miss it--look for > all the bikes outside. It's a very popular stopping point. > > • Davis to Winters and back is about 30-35 miles. If you want to go farther, > consider continuing on Hwy 128 to either Monticello Dam (10 miles from > Winters) or Moscowite Corners (20 miles). There are small stores at both > places. Both of these also add climbing--going to Moscowite involves climbing > Cardiac Grade, which climbs about 750 feet in about 1.5 miles. > > • Another option is to ride from Winters along Pleasants Valley Rd and return > via Cantelowe Rd, another local climb. The Pleasants Valley side is steeper; > the other side is longer. Nice views of the Sacramento Valley from the top. > > I've done all of these on a fixed-gear Quickbeam. They're doable but not easy. > > Let me know when you're in town. I may ride with you. > > --Eric N > Sent from my iPad2 > > On Dec 6, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Corwin <ernf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi - > > > In the interests of getting away, I am planning to take Amtrak to > > Davis next week. Will arrive in Davis shortly after 8am, and return > > via Amtrak shortly after 9pm the same day. I have ridden many long and > > short rides. Notable recent rides are Grizzly Peak Century (metric > > course) and rides up Mt. Diablo and the Berkeley Hills. > > > Looking for scenic rides in the neighborhood of 40 - 80 miles. May > > include desirable waypoints and/or destinations. If the weather is > > wet, I will take the Quickbeam (now sporting fenders). If not, I will > > ride the custom (fenderless). > > > I'm comfortable supporting myself with respect to clothing/snacks/ > > mechanical. That's not to say that I don't appreciate a nice > > restaurant or cafe along the route every bit as much as anyone else. > > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions. > > > Corwin > > > P.S.: The Amtrak ticket appears to be flexible enough to allow travel > > anytime between the stated times on the ticket. So I have the freedom > > of returning as soon as I like. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
