It's too bad the weather was so bad for the previous two stages. It made for some great racing, but had to have cut down on the crowds.
BTW, Fat Cyclist has a live blog for the stage, which was pretty good.... Cheers, DE On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Doug Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > At a ride yesterday some people were talking about trying to do the > same. One guy said people had been scouting their spots for a while & he'd > heard people planning to go down day before to stake their claims. > Especially the climb will be wall to wall, guaranteed. I was on the Balcomb > Canyon climb in Ventura County last year & it was unbelievable. Just like > on TV! We saw ourselves on Versus that night (for about 0.001 seconds). > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Estes > *Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2009 1:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [RBW] Re: February '09 SoCal Rivendell Ride > > > > Bruce, have fun @ ToC! Should be a blast. I'm very much thinking of > making the trip to Escondido to check out the finish. Would like to park up > on Palomar at some point, but that takes planning and whatnot. Probably > just hang on the finish line. If it's anything like the Prologue, could be > up to 100K people there! > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Roadmaster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > Just recently came across this group and would love to do the ride. > but I will be one of those in Pasadena that day. Hope you do a > similar ride soon > > Bruce > > > On Feb 15, 8:13 pm, David Estes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Final notice and invite, the ride is on! Saturday the 21st, meeting at > Fox > > > Coffee< > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=fox+coffe.. > .>at > > > 10:00am. A 30 miler, with LOTS of dirt under your tires. I pre-rode > > the > > first 2/3 of the route, and the trails are great. Weather should be warm > > (upper 60's) but cloudy and possiblity of rain. If you're not going to > be > > in Pasadena that Saturday, but sure to make it! > > > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/1007...@n22/discuss/72157612151015567/forthe > > discussion, as well as links to weather, maps and photos of the ride. > > Here's a set of > > > pics<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/sets/72157613870263444/>I > > > took today, showing how beautiful it can be! > > > > Drop me a line for more info! > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > > > > -- > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
