La Ultima - is this where we ate last time I sagged for you guys?
La Ultima - is this where we ate last time I sagged for you guys?
Hey! My riding buddy Nicole is coming with me - she's been training for the ALC and this ride will be her last one before riding to LA next week.
As I recall from last time, La Ultima was great!
OK, I figured my 1st ride of the season last year was Cinderella so for my 1st magnificent (choke!) trick this year....
I will be attending Saturday's Diablo acsent... I figure I can pedal up that puppy at least 100 or so feet :D
Trek420 will be doing a curb pickup at the crack of dawn and I'll see y'all there.
God, what I'll do for good mexican food...
spazzdog
Hey snap. bring water this time :)
I'm going to attemt to ride this time - you're on your own for water!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
spazz - I'll bring a deck 'o cards, once we collapse we can play poker while we wait for the rest of the group......
Hey Spazz! I'm glad you're coming!
(And I believe it is technically New Mexican food - as in "red or green?" - but delicious nonetheless!)
I'm in! Since I'll probably make it an entire 10 feet, playing cards and saving everyone else a table are things I feel I can excel in.
Is that link on the first page still what we're using for directions? I can almost guarantee I'll get lost. I don't have a very good track record.
This is gonna be great !!! :)
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Originally Posted by jobob
Yeah. Fantastic. I am bleeding from the top of my hand from changing out the pedals on the tandem again. (DH had put speedplays on to ride with his sister, and I have to put Em pedals on.)
Why is it I cannot ever get pedals off without hitting some chainring and injuring myself?? And with a tandem it is so unfair because there are rings on both sides!!!! :mad:
yes indeedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by winddance
Here it is again :D
We'll be parking in the lot adjacent to the Railroad Museum (aka the The Museum of the San Ramon Valley):
http://www.museumsrv.org/directions.html
THis will be great! I can learn how to play cards after I ride my requisite 100 meters.
And Bikerz... New Mexican is actually my favorite mexican :D :D My memories of Gabrials just outside Santa Fe - yum yum yum yummy!
Wow! Spazzdog, give me warning next time! Would ya? Glad I was sitting down for the surprise.
Wicked cool.
SadieKate
If you were born in New Mexico, do the calories count in sopapillas?
Left side is not lefty-loosey.;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
So the right side is not righty-tighty? trek-no-technical-skills-420
Calories don't count in sopapillas.
When you do the first 100 yards and then stop to play poker with TE gals you get credit for all the calories of the entire ride because "yeah, I coulda done it...."
Calories don't count at any TE get together. :p :D
Uh oh, this is getting to be like thread drift.
Pedals on the left side crank arm are reverse threaded. Pedals on the right crank arm are righty-tighty, lefty-loosey, just like you'd expect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Can I make an entire meal of sopapillas? Wait a minute, I still need my green sauce. Maybe I'll just have a bowl of it. Wonder if they have green chile stew? Oh geez, can you tell I don't get enough of the real stuff?
I remember that the posole there was excellent.
Last year didn't almost everyone order stuffed sopapillas with green sauce? What can I say - for some reason I am cursed with a good memory for what people order at restaurants... :rolleyes:
I was probably the hold out. My test is always Chile Rellenos. They passed.
Has anyone actually come up with a list of people? I'm starting to wonder if we need to send out an alert to the local clubs. Or we can just wait to see their look of terror when they see the mob.
Preliminary list and some guesswork
Kim (executive decision maker)
Jo
Lee
Bill
Sarah (SK)
Ed
Kelly
Veronica
Thom
Sarah (MP)
Em
Ann
Dita
Gena
Janet
Lisa (Winddance)
Nicole
Anyone I missed? Anyone we can talk into joining the melee? AG? BikeMomma? Who else? Mt. Diablo won't know what hit it.
I know one or two things that are gonna hit Mt. Diablo...
My butt when I forget to unclip (1st ride - 1st Arnie Johnson moment)
My mind when I lose it upon staring up (and up and up) and wondering what the heck I'm doing there :eek:
spazz-o-matic
you all are killing me! Right here in my backyard and I am supposed to be sitting in a church for three hours!
I didn't hear from the Catholics in the group. Do babtisms really take that long? (10am babtism, 1pm post-babtism party)
and, I'm starting to think that this babtism will not start on time (self proclaimed late Mexican affair). Wondering if I could make it to the junction and back home in time to shower and leave my house at 9am (hour drive to the babtism). Any more thought to a 7:00am start? If we left at 7am, I could probably do it!
Wow - what a group!
(You can do it Cindy! You can do it!)
cindysue "I didn't hear from the Catholics in the group. Do babtisms really take that long? (10am babtism, 1pm post-babtism party)
and, I'm starting to think that this babtism will not start on time (self proclaimed late Mexican affair). "
with apologies to Brad Paisleys "Long Sermon"
just replaced the lyric "brothers boat" with "jobobs bike" :p :cool:
They've read the scripture, they've passed the plate
And we're both prayin' he don't preach late
But he's gettin' "Amens," and that's just our luck
Yeah, it's eighty-five degrees outside and he's just gettin' warmed up
Oh you and me, we could be soakin' up that sun
Findin' out just how fast jobobs bike'll run
I tell you there ain't nothin' that'll test your faith
Like a long sermon on a pretty Sunday
Well it's been rainin' all week long
I woke up this mornin', the dark clouds were gone
We've both been raised not to miss church
But on a day like today heaven knows how much it hurts
TE gals singing chorus, someone point out "but it's Saturday, not Sunday" ;-)
Snap sings "if it's 85 degrees outside I'm playing poker over a pitcher of Corona"
and the answer is - not very ! :p :D
No. Babies cry and scream in church so the priests generally like to move things along pretty fast. Catholic Baptisms are usually just the baptism and not a full mass so I would figure only about 30 mins in the church. However this family may have a lot of pull and be going for a mass with baptism that would be about an hour.Quote:
I didn't hear from the Catholics in the group. Do baptisms really take that long? (10am baptism, 1pm post-baptism party)
I of course am just writing this from memory 'cause going to mass gives me the hives;)
you made me laugh - thanks Dita and Jones.
Seriously though, if the babtism takes less than an hour, then why so much time before the party? (I'm trying to remember how much time there typically is between a wedding and reception as a reference).
Why don't you just ask the parents (or whoever else sent you the invite) about the schedule?
yes, that would be the obvious answer, wouldn't it. I'm off topic trying to make this work. Selfish. I can just ride another time. Have fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
shhh, tell them your computer crashed and you're recovering your thesis and that's why you're just there for the reception. We'll never tell. ;)
hahahaha. I think I'll just have to get up early, and say hi on the way down.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
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Originally Posted by SadieKate
I know that! (But that is how I remember it....lefty loosey, but left is wrong) It's just the initial force you need to get the pedal loose always jerks my hand free and sends it flying into whatever ring is waiting to receive it. Tapping the pedal wrench lightly with a hammer is actually the best way, and may spare my hands, but them I fear the hammer going into my shin.
Did I mention I was a klutz off the bike?
I know you know that. Riled you up, huh?:p
I always try to position the wrench so I can squeeze the wrench and crank arm together. Or brace the pedal on my knee (if the bike is on a stand). I know, easier said that done.
I don't think I could get them off on a stand. It's just that first push I have trouble with. I did the hammer thing on the right side and did not injure myself. I just need to be a little less of an idiot, but I don't see that happening any tie soon.
Mike just looks at me with blood running down my hand and rolls his eyes. He's come to expect thngs like this from me.
allright, called baby's mom who said most people were just going to the party which is why they scheduled it later in the day. I'll see you all Saturday!
Excellent !!!!! :)
Wonder if we need a group permit. One other thing - do they do the Farmer's Market/Flea Market thing that day? Are we going to have parking problems?
Kim (executive decision maker)
Jo
Lee
Bill
Sarah (SK)
Ed
Kelly
Veronica
Thom
Sarah (MP)
Em
Ann
Dita
Gena
Janet
Lisa (Winddance)
Nicole
Cindy
Hey miss dottted jersey!
Are you using that little rinky-dink of a pedal wrench in the old under the seat tool pouch? If yes, the thing really doesn't provide enough leverage for some folks.
Go out to the hardware store (or your/your SO's toolbox) and grab a nice long 15mm open-end wrench. I get my pedals off & on in about 30 sec.
spazzdog
I have on old version of this:
http://www.parktool.com/products/det...27&item=PW%2D5
But I want this:http://www.parktool.com/products/det...27&item=PW%2D4
Oh, such tool envy.
Danville Farmers Market info:
http://www.pcfma.com/marketdetail.php?market_id=4
Looks like it starts at 9 am so we'll be there long before the crowds arrive.
We might need to park more towards the middle of the lot, or maybe closer to the supermarket (is it an Andronico's ? I forget), but I doubt we'll have any problems.
I've also heard of parking in a different spot.....I'll have to roam to the "other" forum to find out where. Back in a bit........
So, how far is this from our original start point? (From another forum...)
"We always start at Diablo Vista Park, on Crow Canyon Road, a block or two up from Camino Tassajara. It's a couple of miles from South Gate, but that gives you a good warm up before you hit the climb. There are bathrooms there, which is nice.
There is probably room to park on Blackhawk Road, but I have no idea if it is legal"