RE: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
Beautiful terrain and beautiful bikes!! JimP Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:33:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD From: cyclotour...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Hi John, it's a great route I would encourage you to take. Just be aware of the singletrack you're going to need to take at mile 20.6. It's not marked at all, so you have to be on the look out for it. That's where the hike-a-bike section begins. That's just for ~half a mile though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/5441062476/ On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:08 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: John: That would be it. Mile 29.4 is where David, Jenny I bailed out. We took the left while the rest of the group continued on the route. You can see how that connects to the outbound route around 15. We then headed back up course made a left at the intersection that's 12.7 outbound 44.7 returning. We got a total of 42 for the shorter version. Carry plenty of food water. Take a look at the posted photos. We had some high quality hike-a-bike sections. Caution: Hills may be steeper than they apperar in photos! Great ride. When do you plan to be in San Diego? I'm a bit north, Orange County, but get down there often. Maybe we could do this ride; I'm curious about the part I missed. dougP On Feb 14, 7:47 pm, John Speare johnspe...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone who went on the ride verify that this is the map for the route:http://ridewithgps.com/routes/252276 I'll be in SD in April and this sounds like a perfect day ride. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I have some photos up from my camera phone - and a write-up on the blog: http://veloflaneur.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/all-tires-welcome/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157625919265243/ The route is worth studying for anyone planning a vacation in San Diego. Wow! Thanks, Dustin! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Feb 13, 7:55 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Some of the most interesting roads aren't paved. And we saw some pretty interesting stuff yesterday! You're correct David; your tire was just low, not flat. dougP On Feb 13, 5:53 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: That's my favorite response!!! On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: I was a little worried in riding the rock gardens on the 2nd half of the ride on the Jack Brown greensDustin led us on on some pretty rough stuff... but I escaped with nary a scratch. Some hiker we passed was pretty amazed we were on that trail on road bikes. ~Mike On Feb 13, 1:45 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: How 'bout Zero flat repairs? Slow leaks that had to be topped off don't count! :-) On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Sorry I had to leave before the main group finished. That was so much fun we need to start planning the next event. Hey, everyone must have gotten the tire thing worked out: ZERO flats, right? dougP On Feb 13, 8:03 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Jim: Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm the weak link; the bike tires can handle things I can't. dougP On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: April will be warmer and depending on the weather maybe too hot. The 3rd dirt section was the best in my opinion. I was too busy trying to hang on to Dustin on that section so I didn't take many pictures. I think those sections would be best with a 35mm cross tire or a Hetre. Of course the final road sections were perfect for the Jack Browns. ~Mike On Feb 15, 4:47 am, jim phillips thefamil...@hotmail.com wrote: Beautiful terrain and beautiful bikes!! JimP Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:33:10 -0800 Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD From: cyclotour...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Hi John, it's a great route I would encourage you to take. Just be aware of the singletrack you're going to need to take at mile 20.6. It's not marked at all, so you have to be on the look out for it. That's where the hike-a-bike section begins. That's just for ~half a mile though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/5441062476/ On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:08 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: John: That would be it. Mile 29.4 is where David, Jenny I bailed out. We took the left while the rest of the group continued on the route. You can see how that connects to the outbound route around 15. We then headed back up course made a left at the intersection that's 12.7 outbound 44.7 returning. We got a total of 42 for the shorter version. Carry plenty of food water. Take a look at the posted photos. We had some high quality hike-a-bike sections. Caution: Hills may be steeper than they apperar in photos! Great ride. When do you plan to be in San Diego? I'm a bit north, Orange County, but get down there often. Maybe we could do this ride; I'm curious about the part I missed. dougP On Feb 14, 7:47 pm, John Speare johnspe...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, Thanks for the info! David: do you have a GPS track? I dig hike-a-bike sections, so Im excited that this ride popped up. Doug, I'd love company and meeting a local person who knows the area. I'll ride this on either April 6th or April 7th. Leaving from some hotel in Old Town. I'd likley leave at around 6AM ish or so... to try and beat the heat. I have a coupled RB-T with 32mm pasalas...(http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2010/02/coupled.html) hopefully that will do the trick. If anyone else is potentially interested in joining me, email me offline and I'll send an email. Best, John -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- 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: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
Can someone who went on the ride verify that this is the map for the route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/252276 I'll be in SD in April and this sounds like a perfect day ride. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I have some photos up from my camera phone - and a write-up on the blog: http://veloflaneur.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/all-tires-welcome/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157625919265243/ The route is worth studying for anyone planning a vacation in San Diego. Wow! Thanks, Dustin! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Feb 13, 7:55 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Some of the most interesting roads aren't paved. And we saw some pretty interesting stuff yesterday! You're correct David; your tire was just low, not flat. dougP On Feb 13, 5:53 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: That's my favorite response!!! On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: I was a little worried in riding the rock gardens on the 2nd half of the ride on the Jack Brown greensDustin led us on on some pretty rough stuff... but I escaped with nary a scratch. Some hiker we passed was pretty amazed we were on that trail on road bikes. ~Mike On Feb 13, 1:45 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: How 'bout Zero flat repairs? Slow leaks that had to be topped off don't count! :-) On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Sorry I had to leave before the main group finished. That was so much fun we need to start planning the next event. Hey, everyone must have gotten the tire thing worked out: ZERO flats, right? dougP On Feb 13, 8:03 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Jim: Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm the weak link; the bike tires can handle things I can't. dougP On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W. -Original Message- From: doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus groceries in the Acorn I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. dougP On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked up down there. ~Mike On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Jim: Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm the weak link; the bike tires can handle things I can't. dougP On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W. -Original Message- From: doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus groceries in the Acorn I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. dougP On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked up down there. ~Mike On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as suggested. More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave beverage for post-ride celebration! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope the North LA Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
How 'bout Zero flat repairs? Slow leaks that had to be topped off don't count! :-) On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Sorry I had to leave before the main group finished. That was so much fun we need to start planning the next event. Hey, everyone must have gotten the tire thing worked out: ZERO flats, right? dougP On Feb 13, 8:03 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Jim: Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm the weak link; the bike tires can handle things I can't. dougP On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W. -Original Message- From: doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus groceries in the Acorn I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. dougP On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked up down there. ~Mike On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as suggested. More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc. .. Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave beverage for post-ride celebration! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
That's my favorite response!!! On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.comwrote: I was a little worried in riding the rock gardens on the 2nd half of the ride on the Jack Brown greensDustin led us on on some pretty rough stuff... but I escaped with nary a scratch. Some hiker we passed was pretty amazed we were on that trail on road bikes. ~Mike On Feb 13, 1:45 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: How 'bout Zero flat repairs? Slow leaks that had to be topped off don't count! :-) On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Sorry I had to leave before the main group finished. That was so much fun we need to start planning the next event. Hey, everyone must have gotten the tire thing worked out: ZERO flats, right? dougP On Feb 13, 8:03 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: And once again, we've been able to have another great ride in SoCal! Yesterday we had 10 riders, which was a really good showing. Five were local to SD, the rest had to drive a couple hours to get there. The route was a combination of suburban roads, country back-roads, graded dirt roads, sections of single track, rutted and eroded hike-a-bike, seven mile uninterrupted downhills @ 30 mph, and rural country stores/used car lots. Pix to prove we were there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/ Huge THANKS to Dustin for planning the route and hosting us at his house! A great meal of Nepalese food was waiting at the end for us!!! Good stuff! On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:16 PM, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: Jim: Same old 35 mm Marathon Supremes as before. Got a brand new set of 40s from Riv a while back but too lazy to change tires right now. Besides, the 35s still have tread showing! No worries. I think anything made in a 40 should be tough enough. In my case, I'm the weak link; the bike tires can handle things I can't. dougP On Feb 8, 2:11 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote: What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W. -Original Message- From: doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus groceries in the Acorn I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. dougP On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked up down there. ~Mike On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as suggested. More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc. .. Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave beverage for post-ride celebration! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
What tires, Doug? I think I'm going Marathon Extreme 700x40. Under Silver sidepulls on Hillborne with Bullmoose! 12-36 rear cassette. I'm pretty excited. We'll see if my 1300 ft. daily climb over the past month and a half will be enough. -Jim W. -Original Message- From: doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net Sent: Feb 8, 2011 2:48 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD Pumped up the tires on the Atlantis just a couple of weeks ago so they're probably just right for this ride. 3 water bottles plus groceries in the Acorn I'll be ready to go. Looking forward to seeing the paint job on the Protovelo. dougP On Feb 7, 9:46 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: the Ram is fairly dusty still (from all the dirt trails) but I will be there BaE @ 1000am ( earlier no doubt). Nice to have a bail out option in case the body doesn't perform as expected too. That week in the Yucatan didn't help my training regimen nor did the cold I picked up down there. ~Mike On Feb 7, 9:12 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as suggested. More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over on flickr:http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave beverage for post-ride celebration! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope the North LA Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the recent decade storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should handle it nicely. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
Gentle-Folk of the Wheel, this is your friendly reminder to drop everything and get out for a ride this Saturday! Should be 70 and Sunny, so no excuses. There's a good bail out option if the mileage and or distance seems too much. Yours truly might have to consider that as I spent the last two weekends earning spousal credit points rather than doing intervals as suggested. More conversation including directions, links to maps and que sheets over on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_society/discuss/72157625620817241/ Hope to see a bunch of you there! Maybe bring a six pack of your fave beverage for post-ride celebration! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope the North LA Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the recent decade storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should handle it nicely. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
I think it would be worth it... On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Andy.M andy.e.m...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone wanna carpool from Seattle? -Andy On Jan 4, 1:49 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote: This is the perfect reason to install my new 40 mm Marathons. The calendar is marked. Hey Rob, drive down to Irvine we'll take my car the rest of the way. Yea, long time in a tin box but you only have to drive half of it! dougP On Jan 4, 1:32 pm, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote: I want to do this, but the distance on the highway has my head spining. Santiago Peak was the most time I spent in a car in 6 months. This one would be 200 miles each way, through LA and Orange Counties. But the mountains out there are so so cool, decisions. I may have to use this as an excuse to head into our own back counrty and partake in spirit. or if you get there early and find me sleeping in the green golf knock on the window, Tough choices On Jan 4, 12:27 pm, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: The JBs would be great on the 35ish miles of paved road, and don't sound like they would be a hindrance on the dirt... so dust off that Ram! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I think the dirt sections are relatively mellow (save for a few 50-ft. sections with big rocks to prevent erosion, which may have all of us walking). 35s recommended, but the jump from JBs up to those is not huge. On Jan 4, 11:27 am, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: Would Jack Browns be a good choice for this ride or something more studly? I'm marking it on my calender right now too. ~Mike~ On Jan 4, 11:17 am, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope the North LA Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the recent decade storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should handle it nicely. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [RBW] Re: SoCal Riv Ride - Feb 12 in SD
The JBs would be great on the 35ish miles of paved road, and don't sound like they would be a hindrance on the dirt... so dust off that Ram! On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: I think the dirt sections are relatively mellow (save for a few 50-ft. sections with big rocks to prevent erosion, which may have all of us walking). 35s recommended, but the jump from JBs up to those is not huge. On Jan 4, 11:27 am, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: Would Jack Browns be a good choice for this ride or something more studly? I'm marking it on my calender right now too. ~Mike~ On Jan 4, 11:17 am, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote: Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope the North LA Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 A route map and some more specifics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the recent decade storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should handle it nicely. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comrbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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-bu...@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.
