[RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
It's not a bike ride if you don't get lost. And found. And break something. Philip On Dec 15, 10:32 pm, Corwin ernf...@gmail.com wrote: 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.
[RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
Sorry if my post sounded rather down. Down was not my intent. I may have written the post too soon after the ride. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride - despite the flat and the trashed pedal. I was happy to be [mostly] prepared for the mechanical problems. And Steady Eddy's is truly fantastic. I plan to repeat the ride and get beyond Winters next time. I was rather surprised to find my front tire had flatted. Finding the busted pedal spindle immediately after that compounded things. And my left knee felt better after about a day and twenty or thirty ibuprofen. Corwin On Dec 17, 10:48 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: It's not a bike ride if you don't get lost. And found. And break something. Philip On Dec 15, 10:32 pm, Corwin ernf...@gmail.com wrote: -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
On behalf of Davis cyclists, I'd like to point out that this is not a typical experience! Many of us make the trip without flatting, and without parts falling off our bikes ;-) Seriously--glad you made it back in one piece, and I hope you enjoyed the parts of the ride that didn't involve flats and mechanicals. --Eric N Sent from my iPad2 On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Corwin ernf...@gmail.com wrote: 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
[RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
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.
[RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
The loop from Davis over Cantelowe Rd. and back was my favorite ride back when I lived there (1976 - 1991). I prefer the ride going westbound over Cantelow road, both because the climb is more entertaining (it stair-steps up, rather than doing the bulk of the climbing in one steepish shot), and because the slightly downhill run northbound on Pleasant Valley Rd. makes for a nice few miles at speed. It's about 60 miles round trip. There are shops and restaurants in Winters you can hit outbound and/or returning, and water and restrooms available at Lake Solano Park at about the 40 mile mark. If you need some really stupid climbing, you can head south on Pleasant Valley and go up Mix Canyon. It's a dead-end road with pitches up to something like 18%. Ouch! Bill 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.
[RBW] Re: Soliciting Suggestions for Day Trip In and/or Around Davis California
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.
