The Oceanside train station is convenient. OC & IE people can get there on Metrolink & SD people can come up on the Coaster. From the station, a good general direction is to go inland (east) along the river trail & up to Fallbrook, south past Escondido, then there's a variety of ways to go west back to the coast, depending on how much mileage we want to do. I'd suggest something in the 40-50ish range.
Another option that's a little more complicated would be to meet in Rancho Bernardo area & do part of the Amgen route. The complication would be either driving to the meet point (boooo!) or taking the Sprinter from Oceanside into Escondido (a 1 hour trip). So David has 3-5 from the IE. I don't know any other Rivendellians here in OC who'd join us but a couple of my touring buds would be interested. How many San Diegans? And you San Diego locals may have routes you'd like to suggest. dougP _____ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Estes Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:02 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! Three cheers for the gainfully employed!!!! Can't speak for other SoCalians, but I was thinking Oceanside to somewhere in S.D.??? Or San Clemente to Oceanside and back. Guess it'll depend if more O.C. people jump on board vs. S.D. folk. I've got about three-five IE people that can Metrolink down to wherever... DE On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: unfortunatly , I'm one of those guys that have a job so the weekend is best for me. BTW- what kind of ride are we talking here, as far as milage/elevation? On Dec 25, 12:32 pm, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm available anytime as well... but am guessing weekend would be better for > most normal people... I am definitely not one of those... > > David "uh-oh, it's raining outside, can't go for a ride now" Estes > Redlands, CA > > > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Doug Peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > I'm available any time. Are you guys free during the week or only > > weekends? Where does everyone live? I'm in Irvine. > > > BTW, that last day of the tour will be interesting. The climb up Mt > > Palomar will be the place to be but Highland Valley Rd, just east of Rancho > > Bernardo, should also be good. Maybe a scouting ride is in order. But not > > the entire loop in one day, OK? > > > dougP > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto: > > rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *David Estes > > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:40 PM > > *To:* rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > *Subject:* [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! > > > Between the 4th and 11th works fine for me... > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm in Sonoma County until the 30th, but could do something after > > that. > > > On Dec 23, 5:56 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm interested, for sure. It would be nice to meet many of you in > > > person. I'm in SF until Jan. 4th - but if you guys get something > > > together before then, I'll just make the next one. > > > > On Dec 23, 5:31 pm, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage8.html > > > > > BTW, any thoughts re. a SoCal coastal get-together in the upcoming > > days? > > > > Between Boxing Day and the 12th I'm pretty much available... > > > > > DE > > > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Doug Peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > We've got to find a good long hill where we can watch. I went with > > some > > > > > people from LA last year to the top of a grade somewhere out maybe in > > > > > Ventura County. It was a circus & a lot of fun. The actual race > > group > > > > > goes > > > > > by so quickly, even on a steep grade, it's pretty amazing. But it's > > one of > > > > > those "getting there is half the fun" gigs. > > > > > > The course is probably posted & we can figure it out. Coming up > > soon. > > > > > > dougP > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:06 PM > > > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! > > > > > > It starts in Ranch Bernardo (Poway area) and finishes in downtoen > > > > > Escondido...sounds good to me > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Dec 22, 12:44 pm, rinjin <feltov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Keep us posted if this idea gains traction. My brother lives in > > O'side > > > > > > and I've ridden there with him a few times. Some very nice rides in > > > > > > the area. To the north there's the Pendleton ride through the > > Marine > > > > > > base and up the coast to Trestles and San Onofre. Southward there's > > > > > > Swami's and La Jolla. Best burritos are in Carlsbad. I haven't > > > > > > traveled with my Ram before, but there's always a first time. If we > > > > > > wanted to get ambitious (in terms of organization) it's worth > > thinking > > > > > > about the Tour de (duh?) California's schedule. I believe the ninth > > > > > > and final stage will start in the Escondido area. > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > On Dec 21, 11:20 am, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Doug, great idea! L.A./O.C./I.E. folks could Metrolink down to > > > > > Oceanside, > > > > > > > S.D. people could Metrolink or ride up. Everyone rolls south and > > then > > > > > can > > > > > > > Metrolink home! Oceanside could be the meet-up, or maybe even > > San > > > > > Clemente > > > > > > > if we're really motivated (not sure what shape I'm in for that, > > but an > > > > > > > option...) > > > > > > > > DE > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Doug Peterson < > > dougpn...@cox.net> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Although I'm up on Orange County, I'd be interested. So far, > > I've > > > > > only run > > > > > > > > into one other Riv rider in my area, another guy with an > > Atlantis, & > > > > > he > > > > > > > > lives about 5 miles away. > > > > > > > > > One of the things my touring buds & I do is take Metrolink down > > to > > > > > > > > Oceanside > > > > > > > > & either ride from there south or a couple of times we've taken > > the > > > > > > > > Sprinter > > > > > > > > out to Escondido & ridden from there. Downtown for an > > overnight or > > > > > loops > > > > > > > > back to Oceanside. Basically north county for you guys. Might > > be > > > > > fun > > > > > to > > > > > > > > explore further south. Keep me in the loop. > > > > > > > > > dougP > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > > > > > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:36 PM > > > > > > > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > > > > > > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Meet a new Rivendellian today! > > > > > > > > > Esteban, > > > > > > > > That sounds good to me, I'll be back after the new year as > > well. I > > > > > > > > know I met a guy in Encinitas one that said he rode an Atlantis > > I > > > > > > > > think... > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 8:58 pm, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Congrats on the mileage. We need to get a little San Diego > > ride > > > > > > > > > together - maybe up to one of our stellar breweries. I'm > > back in > > > > > town > > > > > > > > > from SF after the new year. There's quite a few of us, I > > think. > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 4:21 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:35 -0800, Chris wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Patrick! > > > > > > > > > > > > BTW- To all the Saluki owners...I really wasn't saying > > the > > > > > Bleriot is > > > > > > > > > > > comperable the Saluki, I'm sure there are tons of > > > > > differences...it > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > > > > just striking to see the similarities. Of course, the > > > > > description of > > > > > > > > > > > what the intent of the bike is is pretty much the same on > > the > > > > > Riv > > > > > > > > > > > site. > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, the similarities are intentional. The Bleriot > > was > > > > > intended > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > be a less expensive version of the Saluki. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > Redlands, CA > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > > > David > > > > Redlands, CA > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
