Gads that's right! Cindysue looked like she could do another 100 - fresh as a daisy she was! I think I hate her.....:D :D
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Gads that's right! Cindysue looked like she could do another 100 - fresh as a daisy she was! I think I hate her.....:D :D
I'm glad everyone had fun. :) I wish I was out there cheering you all on. At least my sectional rehearsal was fun. :) Cold out in Capitola though.
Mel
Hi y'all! Ok, so a little story... Kit flew approx. 2600 miles to meet up with me, drove across country in a bouncy Jeep Wrangler, encountered all kinds of weather including torrential rain, hail, severe ice, and a bit of a blizzard. She had to put up with me the whole way, which in my opinion was the worst part of it all for her. We finally roll into Dublin, CA yesterday afternoon, unpack the Jeep, spend two hours cleaning unnaturally filthy bikes, run around getting things done and then go to dinner with the TE group. She starts with a chocolate martini (and a big part of mine of which I was not aware of at the time :rolleyes:) and hangs with Snap where they have a few lemondrops. (well, quite a few actually) I basically pour her into bed last night and she attempts to sleep. Of course, the lemondrops had other ideas and she spent most of the night fighting off puking. (Honestly, I can't believe she didn't puke.) So with a splitting headache and crippling nausea, what do I do to her???? I get her to come along to the Cindy. Now, I'm thinking she may just hang out and watch the event. I know I couldn't have ridden in it feeling like that.
Well folks, guess what? She not only rode in it, she finished as well. Kicked serious azz the whole way. Left me sitting still on the hills. (good thing there were some downhills so I could keep up) In the end, we were both happily exhausted and so glad it was over. As soon as we pulled in, Allezgirl was there to greet us. So, she and Kit finally got to meet. :cool:
All in all, a great day. So many firsts. This was Kit's longest ride ever and she did it hungover and on a heavy mtb. I just wanted to say how proud I am of her and I'm so lucky to have shared this whole crosscountry trip/metric ride with her. I am truly a lucky person.
We are in CA tonight yet and then tomorrow we load everything back up and head home to OR.
Thank you to all of the TE sisters for being so nice at the dinner. It was incredible to see so many of you in person for once. We ran into only one along our ride. She took good care of us a the last stop. I look forward to coming back next year and riding in the Cindy again. (without the lemon drops, Kit ;))
Hey Ladies!
I had a great time last night meeting a bunch of you, and catching up with others! Glad you had a good time today, those that did the Cindy and just hung out at the expo.
Kit, I am REALLY impressed you did so well so hung over!
Me, today instead of working like I was supposed to, my roommate suggested that we go for a ride (she just got a road bike a couple of weeks ago). So we went and tackeled Old La Honda Rd. And we completed the whole thing without stopping once!!! WooHoo! There is a full ride report up in the March 31 ride thread if anyone is interested. Now this means work tomorrow.....
Had a great time last night, and Dita, thanks again for organizing!
Ellen
Seriously, people - pictures????
Hi, Here is the link to the event (Cinderella ride) photographer's website site.
http://www.milesphotos.com
A user name/password is required to view the gallery.
http://www.milesjohnphotos.ifp3.com
The photos were "Coming Soon" this AM. This gallery site is not loading at this moment, but maybe he's loading the pics.
Great ride, the weather was absolutely perfect and I have a bunch of new sox from the expo. :D
Cheers!
Oh I don't care about event pictures - I want to see pictures from the dinner the night before! :D
Hey, there were pictures taken at the dinner....let's see 'em, or did I look that bad :confused: :rolleyes: :cool: ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
There are pictures... from dinner :eek:
YES! There are pics from the dinner... :eek: :D Kit and I are heading north to OR now so we will post them ASAP. No time to download, resize, upload... right now. So nice to meet you all and thank you so much for a wonderful time.
Snap - is the head any better today? :D
Oh yeah, head is 100% better. In fact I felt better by yesterday afternoon - enought to enjoy a cocktail and appy's with bikerz, melissam, mel's brother and sis-in-law, and jobob!
I've got some pix - the camera fairies were busy! I must edit out the "Fat" snap shots.....:rolleyes:
Great little get together. Thanks Dita for organizing!
Snap - thanks much for your little cindy gifties. i put the slipper thing on the back of my camelback the whole ride. so.. in a way you came with me. er.. how was the ride back there?? he
I got to meet PaBadger..and turns out we just live a couple blocks from each other.. ok.. but I'm NOT riding with you if you're doing old la honda????? what up wit dat??
Nice to meet some new folks and my friend Karen had fun and got to meet some of you. Turns out it seems she saw quite a few of you out on the ride. I only recognized Trek...
Fun.. slightly sunburned, slightly stiff.. but went to spin class this am.. and sat in the steam room.
Then in an hour I've got my massage :)
It has been a great weekend!
Oh, come on.... we went up it VERRRRRY slowly... My max speed was 6.5 mph on one of the flatter sections, and most of it was at 5 MPH....Quote:
Originally Posted by roguedog
OK, off to the office now to work and make up for yesterday!
And Snap... while you are at it, go ahead and edit out the fat Ellen photos too :) Or at least all the ones where I am making funny faces! (I seem to do that a lot on photos)
E.
OK, so us non-riders were hanging out at the expo area and this woman was wearing FABULOUS shoes... old Sidi's.
Bikerz urged me to snap a pic... so I did. I have already sent it to Sidi with a request to create the Sidi Genius Jester, an updated "retro".
Now, lets see if I can get this thing to upload....
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what beautiful shoes!!!
Aren't they! I called them clown shoes, but I meant it in a good way.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I'm thinkin' if they build a Genius Lorica, but make the upper look like this, Sidi will have a hit on their hands...
I'd buy 'em, and I don't even need new shoes.
The "Genius JESTER"... if they appear, think of Spazzdog and her marketing genius :p
those are AWESOME shoes, dude!!!!
So how WAS that Chocolate Martini, Snap?????!! Musta been mmm mmmm good. :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Spazz -- next year we'll jump you in the parking lot, don't worry. "Step AWAY from the vehicle, Missy." :p
~BikeMomma
Trek you refered to an accident where it looked like a Hybrid hit someone.... do you know if she was okay. This would of been on Camino Tassajara about 2 miles west of Blackhawk. She was about 20 yds infront of me when she just tipped over out of nowhere...going about 20mph+. No hands went out or anything, she just tipped and her bike buckled (stroke/passed out?). Her riding buddy was infront of her and didn't see her go down, I jumped off and dropped my bike and ran over. There was blood pouring from her head...not sure if it was her nose or not. We didn't want to move her. She started going into shock, covered her up with my extra shirt and then a nurse (rider) showed up shortly and was assisting. People called 911 and the emergency number...luckily there was no car coming in that lane. THe woman in the hybrid stopped to block traffic in that lane and was helping get paramedics there. I am just trying to find out if anyone had heard anything further...is she okay etc...
It pretty much blew the ride for me...my friends and I were traumatized and couldn't get back into the groove of things the rest of the day. We had been talking to her at the stoplights and stuff.... It is amazing how fast it happened. She was probably mid 50's and looked like an experienced rider.
Everyone please make sure you helmet fits you well!!!!! -Nic
Please forgive the quality...I'm not exactly a great photographer. :D
A shot down the table....
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Spaaaaaaaaaazzzzzz! You look great with red-eye. :p (whoever else is in this one, speak up -- I can't remember who you are! Sowwy. :o )
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Half of Mel's face (sorry!), the top of Spazz's head (sorry! hey, 'least we know you're not balding!), one of our Seattle friends (saw them TWICE on the ride!), and Trek -- thanx SO much for organizing the din-din!
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BikerZ and others (speak up on who you are -- sorry!)
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Jo, Badger, & Snap.....
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More forthcoming....
Here are the others that turned out decent....the others were too dark.
"Money" Mel and Spazz.............
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Gotta love that BZ smile! ;)
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Ride pics to follow......(I'm on a pic frenzy here).:D
~BikeMomma
keep 'em coming!
I already imported the ones with Trek in 'em. :D
And that second pic, you got a nice shot of Kitsune06 from the side.
In one word, bbbbbeeeeaautiful!!
The next four pics were taken from the same spot, just looking in different directions....
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The lunch line. ;)
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After a while, I started looking to the pastures for photo op's. Stopped a few times to take pics (& 'prolly pissed off everybody I kept re-passing over & over :D ).
The headwind section -- not so much a bear this year & I met a new friend along there (pic to come, next post).
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Sing with me...."The Hills are Alive, with the Sound of Tiiiirrrressss....."
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Look Mom!! Horses!!
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This sweet gal captured my heart. :) I'll look for her next year.
She watched the riders passing by for a moment, and then came over for some free ear scratchin'. :)
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Hamming it up!!
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I guess the fence makes a great scratchpost, not to mention a good way to meet new humans.
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Her buddy started to come over, but stopped in favor of the grass. I don't blame her.
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I remembered this place from last year, so I was sortof looking for it. Looks like they were having a horse show there, so it was great timing (this looks like the practice ring -- riders weren't wearing coats or numbers). Total eye candy -- these are some NICE horses. Wowie.... :p
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This was on the way back into civilization....he was just sitting on his horse, watching the bike spectacle go by. Pretty funny. Couldn't resist a pic & told him thanks. :D
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That's all! Hope you enjoyed them....
~BikeMomma
Great ride shots Momma! Love the horses.
Why didn't somebody tell me it was time to re-do my color... my goodness! :D
spazz
I think thats Mellisam & Ace?Quote:
Originally Posted by BikeMomma
Mimitabby, I told you my bike ran into two other Mondonicos on the ride (not literally, yikes), here they are. A champagne color with I think S&S coupler (? never seen that on a Mondonico before) and the orange you coulda woulda shoulda had :rolleyes: :cool: ;) Sorry for the poor photo quality....camer phone ya know.
In the last miles they passed me. Hey, if you're lurking here, say "hi" next time why dontcha, not too many of us out there. Also, you there with the champagne color Mondonico, your under seat bag is falling off ;)
Mellisam, I really should have let you ride my bike. We're the same height so it is required by TE cycling law you know**.
Next time for sure.
Resistance is futile to fully lugged steel, you will be assimilated. :rolleyes: :cool: ;)
** TE cycling law 504a.5. If the rider is 5'4" or shorter and your height, and you trust them not to run off a cliff or fly into a truck or bunny hop your road bike over a log .... and you have a bike they can't find often they must test ride.
Thanks for the photos Trek, that hot orange is gorgeous. colors like champagne don't do much for me though.
I'm glad you know about the bike tryout rule. We did quite a bit of that on our
first TE large group ride in Seattle, but not the second.
so,,, more pictures anyone??
WHAT????!! NO pics of bikerz pushing her Seven drugs on us?? She even brought the brochure over! HOw cruel is that??
Oh and then she, badger and bikemomma have to tell me horror stories of carbon bikes.
She is a beautiful bike and I'm really, really glad you found something you love, bikerz. It's about time. We have to organize a ..."bike warming ride" when you get it :D
The lunatic in the hat gesturing strangely at Bikerz is me, and the more normal (may I say lovely?) unidentified person is Melissam. All I can say about that photo is that I hope I look even slightly better than that from some other angle (????).
I owe everyone an apology (although it sounds like most of you were too high on lemon drops to care :p ) because I was one of those HORRIBLE people I hate at dinner- had a work crisis come up right before I got there, so spent the entire meal typing madly on my Blackberry and rushing out to answer my phone. Still was very nice to meet you all, though!
I promise to behave better next time.
Oh, and I owe Bikerz and Melissam $2.06 each, I won't forget.
That's me in the first dinner picture in the white shirt - looking, but not feeling, rather glum. Also in that pic are my friends (non-TE-ers, as yet) Shelley, in the denim jacket, and Maren, in the black shirt. Kjay is to the right of me. In the next shot with Spazz is Lisa, another from my group, and Kit, in the yellow shirt.
It was a fun evening - and all I drank was iced tea :p ! Bikegoddess showed off an AV jersey to all and Snap promised that sometime in the future there would be ONE more order frenzy. Jobob passed out Sport Beans to all and we each got a "glass" slipper from Snap which is now on my bike bag. Thanks to both of you! Ace, hope your work problem got ironed out, but more importantly, I really hope your knee issue gets resolved before your trip to Italy.
I tend to lurk much more than post, but it was great to meet those that I did and attached faces to the names of those of you who are more regular posters.
I looked around at the rest stops and lunch for familiar faces, but didn't see any. We all look so different in cycling gear as opposed to street clothes. Helmets and sunglasses hide a lot. And, of course, many dress a bit crazy for the ride. Shelley sported a bright blue boa and silver lame skirt and arm warmers. Maren's helmet and Camelbak were decked out in yellow and orange feathers. We all had tiaras attached to our helmets. I only took a few pictures and am waiting for the ones others took to be emailed to me. I'll try to post them soon.
Did any of you see the woman with the latex backside, complete with thong, worn over her shorts? She was in front of me coming through Danville. Interesting "view" to have while riding along!
The weather was perfect and the after lunch Livermore Valley winds were managable. I hope all who rode had a great day.
What a special welcome to see so many TE gals at the expo when I finally rolled in. What a fabulous ride! I highly recommend the full century to everyone next year. Such a beautiful time of year; the hills were lush and green!
Seeing you all brought back lots of memories. I sure miss you all. I hope to join you all soon on a TE ride. How about May? I have three more centuries between now and then. I think I have gone a little crazy....
Kudos to the Cinderella organizers - registration was smooth and the signs were fantastic - especially on the Century portion of the ride. Whoo! I had never been up Patterson Pass - it gave me and my compact double a workout!
apparently there were several ladies in that costume. I saw one of them :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by five one
Oh gosh! What a beautiful day you gals had. Where's the envy smilyface? The weather here is like last year's Cindy just now -- rain, sleet, full gale headwinds in every direction. The only thing we're missing is the dead skunk. DH and I are wavering back and forth on whether to take the bikes with us out to Smøla (an island WSW of here) Wednesday. The forecast is worse and worse (from small gale to full gale to storm, rain and more rain) the next few days, but hey, it could lighten up before we head home again ...? Not?
If you live near her then it means you live near me too. I know Ellen is in Palo Alto. I'm right on the Palo Alto/Mountain View border (on the Mountain View side). Near the corner of Rengstorff and Middlefield. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by roguedog
BTW, the pics from dinner look great! And I don't even look too much like a dork. :) The ride pictures are pretty awesome. Definitely not like last year. :)
Mel
More dinner pix:
Melody and Spazzdog
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/37452de6.jpg
PABadger, Kit, Snap, and X
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/5d2513d8.jpg
Ummmm. I know the girl in the hat is Ace!
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/2c77d1b7.jpg
Making name tags
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/c72a03e8.jpg
X wondering what the hell she's gotten herself into....:D
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/c8ced5a9.jpg
melissam and.....?
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/cbbf2c9f.jpg
bikerz, melissam, and Melody - with spazzdog's glasses.....
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...7/3c0838bd.jpg
That reminds me....I'll PM you and Badger the photo of the Orbea Orca that you can now fold in half (and then put in the trash bin).:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by roguedog
~BikeMomma