Ride Report - I fastidiously checked the weather forecasts every day up to Wednesday. Rain was predicted. Looked as though a few brief showers would hit early Thursday morning around and the taper off to nothing about 9am. Since I was looking forward to riding the custom, I waited to leave until the rain died out. Got on the 10:37 train in Richmond, hung up the bike and relaxed for an hour.
Got off in Davis, and just started riding without getting sufficiently oriented. My plan was to head to Winters and possibly climb to Monticello dam or climb Cantlowe and return via Pleasants Valley. As it turned out, I headed south under Interstate 80 (thinking I was heading west under 113). Eventually, I realized I was not getting any closer to the hills in the west and realized I had gone south. Made a couple of turns and headed north through Dixon. Had the pleasure of pedaling through a stiff headwind. Eventually arrived at Russell Blvd and headed west. The stiff headwind provided excellent appreciation of the crosswind I encountered when I headed west. I arrived in Winters around 2pm - after a good two hour ride. Found Steady Eddy's quickly, and settled in to lunch. Got up after lunch and picked up the bike. Riding away, the front tire seems a little low. Turns out it's flat. Very strange since I ride only Scwalbe Maarathon Supremes these days. I become convinced someone is playing a practical joke on me and has let the air out of my tire. Pump it up once to see if it goes flat again. Seems pretty soft. Perhaps I didn't really pump it up hard the first time. Pump it up hard this time. Goes completely flat. Must not be a prank. I change the tube and put the front wheel back on. Get back on the bike - now the right pedal feels really squirrely. Get off the bike and look it over. The pedal body is much further outboard that it usually is. It comes off. Turns out the spindle is busted. Put the pedal body in the bag and start riding back to Davis. Hard to keep the right foot on the well-greased spindle. Get back to Davis in well under an hour - but my left knee is starting to hurt - probably from overcompensating for the right leg that can't seem to stay on the spindle. Walk around Davis till the Amtrak 4:55 arrives and return to the East Bay. A few photos shot along the way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/72196207@N07/sets/72157628438901745/ On Dec 7, 2:56 pm, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > West to Pleasant Valley Road (beautiful road), then across the grade and > back via Dixon is a nice ride, and not too hard if you want to take it > easy. > > Another option would be to ride East to Sac and take the American River > bike trail up to Folsom, loop around lake Natoma and then head back on the > AR trail, but that has a lot of duplication [same trail out and back] and > is probably closer to 90 miles. > > North and South are both ugly and boring IMO... > > > > > > > > On Tue, 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 at > >http://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.
