[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Yeah always good to have one. I've been carrying a Kryptonite cable lock but just got the Abus cable one Riv recommends. +1 what Doug said always good to carry one, what's a little extra weight to help you sleep better while camping. I also never leave my Hilsen for long even when locked as these locks will only slow down a determined bicycle thief. ~Hugh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Don’t know if this has ever been done before but there was a NorCal vs. SoCal Rumble in neutral territory San Luis Obispo County no baseball or basketball to determine superiority just some camping and bike riding loads of fun! I picked up Evan in Valencia and headed North to San Luis Obispo three hours later we met Doug at the El Chorro Regional campground. Doug had ridden the 20 odd miles from Arroyo Grande and had already deployed his tent. Evan and I were itching to ride so we cajoled Doug into loading up and riding to Morro Bay State Park campground which was a pleasant ride into the fog (hey It’s hot in LA). We made camp in the hike bike area and made friends with Danni a twenty something young lady cyclo-touring from Colorado and travelling from Seattle to Los Angeles she may have made it to San Diego but just not sure? She wanted to be self reliant she succeeded! We jumped back on our rigs and rode into town for sightseeing (around Morro Rock) and Dinner. Fish tacos, fish chips, Cobb salad and great company. Saturday morning we had a leisurely breakfast coffee, tea and oats and made our plans to ride. We choose to ride to Montana de Oro (The Mountain of Gold) making our way through Baywood Park we decided to stop and eat some more, cinnamon rolls, frittatas and coffee with light drumming, guitar and harmonica a short distance away on the dock to create a serene atmosphere. Our adventure began when for reasons we lost Doug or Doug lost us! It was a minor hiccup; we met up at the Montana de Oro visitor center for a beautiful view of Spooner’s cove. All the while Doug was in contact with Manny and Jim Warren to coordinate the meet up. We decided to head back to SLO and El Chorro campground 15 miles along Pecho valley road / Los Osos valley road to Foothill Blvd and then into the wind up O’Connor way. Manny Doug were in contact (while we sloughed up O’ Connor doing anywhere from 6-8 mph) they had made it to the top of Bishop Peak and could see us in the distance! The three of us made our way into camp and did our set up when Manny Jim using Jim’s short cut from Cabrillo Hwy to the site arrived! Jim on his proto-Hungapillar with fat tires and that awesome grey red paint! Manny with his orange Hillborne, new mustache bars, huge rando bag of usefulness and beausage Grant would approve. The rumble was really happening it all felt right. Almost immediately the dapper Mike Allen drove In with his Atlantis set up with sprung saddle, upright bars and down-tube shifters the NorCal contingent was accounted for. Shortly after Mitch Browne a local around these parts dropped in to see how we were doing and visit awhile. Manny was collecting kindling, Evan I were playing with Manny’s bike and the others were discussing, parts, bikes and Rivendell philosophy. Manny got the fire roaring and grilled fresh calamari with some dill sprinkled on, Jim and I cooked up bowtie pasta with a marinara sauce gourmet sausage we were all filled sufficiently. There was talk about paleo this that but hey pasta sure tastes good and we all knew we had a rumble to deal with the next day! Let the strategizing commence. …let’s see what the Riv bike count was? Two Atlanti, two Homies, a Hungapiller appropriately sized and a Nomish Hillborne with built in hijinx…wow its 12:30am quick dispersion…head on pillows and the Long Beach softball team with a serenade. Eye’s open and the smell of sausage wrapped in bacon and “Underwater coffee” ala Keven. Manny whirling away on a grind and an infectious smile…lots more talk and it was time to saddle up and get this Ramble I mean Rumble on! Doug was the master planner as he’s been rambling around these here parts for years, Daughter went to school up here and settled in Arroyo Grande…lucky cuss always has a reason to visit this idyllic area and have a place to hang his cap…the rumble took us back into San Luis Obispo over the 101 on Santa Rosa Street right on Higuera Street to Madonna Road I believe we travelled down Ontario Rd to San Luis Bay Drive and entered See Canyon Rd ( Doug can confirm)…up we climbed a rolling curvy road with a canopy of trees through a mixture of farms orchards evoking times spent in Sonoma county, we took lots of breaks with lots of bike talk and of course photo-op’s; Jim has to be the Rivendell historian his knowledge is vast and has followed Rivendell’s genesis from Bstone day’s. We topped out on a ridge with views to the ocean and Morro rock in the distance shrouded in clouds. At one point I watched slack jawed as Manny bounded up a rocky hill like a sure foot goat all for an ideal camera vantage point, this was after managing to scale a barbed wire fence! Pictures (his) prove the worth of his endeavor. These feats are common place for those in NorCal who witness such feats and we have gleaned some from the group but to see him in action is something. From the top Doug lead us
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
It reads and looks like an absolute blast! Thanks for the write-ups and pictures. -Erl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Looks like a good times with good people! Sorry to have missed it. Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Looks like good times with good people! Sorry to have missed it. Thanks so much for posting the photos and trip reports. Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
I have been remiss, Evan has a superb creamy blue AHH , albatross bars with plush padding, Platrack Slickersack mounted out front; Doug has the second generation Atlantis with beausage showing all the miles he has travelled, both Evan Doug are great riding partners.who I hope to ride with again again...and now all of our bikes have travelling/Mojo knomes ala Manny. Thanks Manny! And thanks for suggesting the NorCal/SoCal Rumble. ~Hugh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Hugh Manny have captured the essence of this trip nicely in photos words. Hugh's photo of Manny standing on a pole taking a picture is The Classic Manny. Manny's group shot is about the only time we were all stationary. This is one high energy bunch. After a leisurely couple of days getting there on my own, it was an interesting change to ramp up to keeping up with the group. Frequent photo ops kept us together (more or less). My heartfelt thanks to the cooks, Hugh Manny. Calamari starters with pasta sausage main course, absolutely delightful. And bacon wrapped sausage for breakfast! While I'm not high on the paleo concept, this was truly fuel for the road. For the navigationally curious, El Chorro is on SR 1 Cabrillo Hwy, opposite Cuesta College. Sunday's ride took SR 1 east into SLO, right on Higuera thru downtown (one of the neatest downtowns anywhere). Higuera exists SLO to become Ontario Rd, down to San Luis Bay Dr. Right on San Luis Bay Dr to See Canyon, another right up See Canyon, a particularly pretty, quiet, isolated road. See Canyon eventually becomes Prefumo Canyon Rd descends to Los Osos Valley Rd. We hung a right (tailwind direction) to Madonna Rd, left back into SLO for lunch, and return via SR 1. Total was around 35ish miles; no clue on elevation but plenty of climbing. One of the signs of a successful tour is that toward the end you start planning the next one. The hinted-at-above West Coast Rivendell Gathering, Cook-out Camping Expedition will happen if enough people get stoked about it. The recent photos of pushing the bikes thru the snow outside Portland got us to thinking..(always dangerous!). Pacific Northwesters, expect company sometime! dougP On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:59:14 PM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: I have been remiss, Evan has a superb creamy blue AHH , albatross bars with plush padding, Platrack Slickersack mounted out front; Doug has the second generation Atlantis with beausage showing all the miles he has travelled, both Evan Doug are great riding partners.who I hope to ride with again again...and now all of our bikes have travelling/Mojo knomes ala Manny. Thanks Manny! And thanks for suggesting the NorCal/SoCal Rumble. ~Hugh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Sounds like a hoot! I've been looking forward to the reports and pics and you guys didn't disappoint. I am certainly interested in further talks of a NW vs SW event in 2014. Mt Shasta, Modoc Plateau, or Trinity Alps might be suitable halfway type locations that I know very little about. --Smitty On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:07:38 AM UTC-7, Manuel Acosta wrote: After some inspiration on the Seattle and Portland Rivendell Rumble the California folks decided to their own Rivendell Rumble. After a couple weeks of planning and a few email exchanges The SoCal and NoCal Rivendell Rumble was on! When it comes to planning and organizing rides I am by far the worse person to do such things. It was the helpful input from the SoCal folks that really made it happened. Having a date and place led to making sure we all met around the same time. Not really a easy feat when you are trying to coordinate ETA from folks four hours away. Luckily Doug was the smart one who exchanged numbers with most of the folks. After driving adult speeds to get to SLO I get to the camp first. In terms of the folks that rolled in it was Jim that came first then Mitch. We called Doug and found out that Doug, Evan and Hugh got separated on their ride to the campgrounds. Seemed like they had their own kind of fun before the start of the ramble. Doug told us not to wait up and to go riding. So we did. Not really knowing the area we decided to go up something. With the help directions from Mitch who was the local around here parts, we opted to ride up a local bouldery peak call Bishop Peak. Or at least we tried to until we had to ditch our bikes half way up the top. Funny thing is that when we got close to the top we got a call from Doug who said they were around so and so road of which we could see three cyclists riding on. Cool. Jim and I using a short-cut through the campgrounds got to finally meet the rest of the group plus the only other NoCal folk, Mike who were already settling into camp. It's always an amazing thing when I meet other folks on the list. Despite never meeting them in person it felt like I'm hanging out with old friends that you haven't seen in a while. It's great because I always have this fear that when I meet RBW forum folks that it's going to be weird. Luckily things did get weird but in a good way. We started dinner with some BBQ calamari then worked out way to some elbow sausage pasta that Jim brought and Hugh cooked. The rumble was more of a geeky bike talk event as we talked about bike and life related stuff. Surprisingly we talked about a lot of folks on the list and how we would love to meet them sometime...(more on this later). We kept talking until one of us noted that it was 1230am after which we instantly departed to our sleeping bags to get ready for the real rumble the next day. We wake up to some coffee, bacon wrapped hotdogs and some special Mitch donut delivery to fuel us for our ride that day. I figured it was a horrible idea for me to try and plan a ride route so Doug suggested a route and we all followed suit. Doug took us on this beautiful climb up to to short gravel road that top us to see the tip of the Morro Bay Rock covered in fog. The descent down was amazing and we continued to town to have sandwiches. On our return ride back to the campgrounds despite being full Mike instigated some friendly racy tactics that led us to finish the ride sweaty and crampy. All in good fun. We vowed to try to make it an annual thing and figured a Oregon vs California Rivendell Rumble needs to happen... It's amazing how great it was to meet the faces behind the names and how it felt so natural to ride and hang out with such a great group. Lets make this West Coast Rivendell Rumble happen! Pictures Proved that internet friend can be real friends too: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHaw4Qr -Manny Lolipops suck Acosta -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Going along with what the others said, this weekend was the first time most of us had met each other, and by the end of the first night, brought together by a shared passion, we all felt like old friends. There were so many firsts for me on this trip: first S240 with the bike, mini tour and Ramble, and first meet up with a few more Rivendell Brothers Most of my documentation happened off-the-bike at el Churro or during and during short snack brakes. Here's my photo set from the Ramble : http://www.flickr.com/photos/coconutbill/sets/72157634848441291/ Thank you's to Hugh for the excellent drive's up and down the coast, shared stories, and various forms of encouragement! Doug, you are a sage-like, map toting, trail guru; thanks for picking such interesting routes and leading us on an excellent Ramble. Jim, I envy your proto-Hunq despite it being more than 20cm too tall for me. Hugh dubbed you the Rivendell Historian, and I'd have to agree; thanks for the delicious foods, beer, and Bridgestone Mountain Bike overview and good conversation. Mike, you are a scholarly dude with a classy adventure vehicle. Glad we could meet; thanks for the delightful conversation! Manny , you brought such a positive energy to the group. Thanks for your dad's squid, Kev's coffee, the mojo, for trading bikes, and suggesting this event! Can't wait to continue the Ramble next year. tune in , turn on, drop out for the California invasion Ramble in 2014. with a new found inspiration, Evan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
Thank You Manny and Hugh for taking the time to share pictures and recaps. I wish I would have gone. July 27th was my birthday, and as it turned out, I didn't do much. Oh well :( Out of curiosity; does everyone carry locks on these rides or do you use the buddy system? What about at night ... at camp? Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
I always carry a decent lock use it at night, as well as anytime I'm away from the bike. Sometimes even if I can see it from inside I'll lock it. A few pounds of lock doesn't really affect the bike and losing the Atlantis would be painful. dougP On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:18:40 PM UTC-7, hangtownmatt wrote: Thank You Manny and Hugh for taking the time to share pictures and recaps. I wish I would have gone. July 27th was my birthday, and as it turned out, I didn't do much. Oh well :( Out of curiosity; does everyone carry locks on these rides or do you use the buddy system? What about at night ... at camp? Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [RBW] Re: So.Cal vs No.Cal Rivendell Rumble Recap
I had really hoped to being able to pull this one off, but it was just a bit much sandwiched in between family work obligations. I am fully jealous and in awe of the what looks to be a fantastic weekend! Congrats to all of you! On 7/30/13, Evan Spacht evan.spa...@gmail.com wrote: Going along with what the others said, this weekend was the first time most of us had met each other, and by the end of the first night, brought together by a shared passion, we all felt like old friends. There were so many firsts for me on this trip: first S240 with the bike, mini tour and Ramble, and first meet up with a few more Rivendell Brothers Most of my documentation happened off-the-bike at el Churro or during and during short snack brakes. Here's my photo set from the Ramble : http://www.flickr.com/photos/coconutbill/sets/72157634848441291/ Thank you's to Hugh for the excellent drive's up and down the coast, shared stories, and various forms of encouragement! Doug, you are a sage-like, map toting, trail guru; thanks for picking such interesting routes and leading us on an excellent Ramble. Jim, I envy your proto-Hunq despite it being more than 20cm too tall for me. Hugh dubbed you the Rivendell Historian, and I'd have to agree; thanks for the delicious foods, beer, and Bridgestone Mountain Bike overview and good conversation. Mike, you are a scholarly dude with a classy adventure vehicle. Glad we could meet; thanks for the delightful conversation! Manny , you brought such a positive energy to the group. Thanks for your dad's squid, Kev's coffee, the mojo, for trading bikes, and suggesting this event! Can't wait to continue the Ramble next year. tune in , turn on, drop out for the California invasion Ramble in 2014. with a new found inspiration, Evan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Cheers, David it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
