Day: Saturday, May 27
Start: 7:30 or earlier if it is hot
Where: Train Museum in Danville http://www.museumsrv.org/directions.html
After Ride Rehab Location: Local Mexican restaurant (the one across the street or the New Mexican one?)
Distance - 15 miles climbing up 3,850' and then back down the same path.
CindySue! Where are you? Can you come so we can see the new bike? And see you too of course. And what about the BF? When do we get to meet him?
hmmm, I'm going to a friend's baby's babtism that afternoon in San Jose. Can't miss it. So! We need to start early in the morning! I need to be home by 11am so I can be on the road by 11:30. Let's see, how about 7:30am for a ride start?
BF is flying that weekend; contest in Paseo Robles. But, you'll meet him in Utah.
I won't have my shoes (spd) in time for diablo but I hope to have them in time for LRRH. Adidas is the lunachix sponsor this year and I plan to order shoes tomorrow but I imagine it will take a week or two to receive them. Andrew and I are leaving for Utah Thursday morning. He'll stop at a job site on the way down, work for the afternoon and then stay the night there. We'll drive into SLC Friday morning-- do some sight-seeing and look at some property and then see what's up for Friday evening (I need to go check that thread again).
7:30 it is unless it is going to be hot and then we're moving it even earlier.
sounds good to me. If we move it a little earlier (say 7am), I can join you all for a quick bite.....Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
do you folks work on down hill skills? or do you just work on climbing progressively more challenging hills?
After the ride I want to work on skills like this. Aside from the skills, I think it would be good to have something to focus on after the ride.
This is a GREAT route for practicing downhill skills. I can show you a few things (as can many others) but consider taking a skills clinic. There are several offered here in the bay area including the Velogirls and the LUNA Chix clinics.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadon
There is a skills clinic coming up on June 11th in Marin. I think there is still space available. If you are interested, see: http://www.lunachix.net/061106.pdf
I'm just going to jump in here and whine about not having cool things like skills clinics around here. :(
Brandy "I'm just going to jump in here and whine about not having cool things like skills clinics around here. :("
you could always move :cool:
Shadon, looks like the next Velogirls Skills class happens while you're on the ride.
http://velogirls.com/calendar.php
but good training for ALC 6?
DRAT!
I misread the invitation.
the babtism is at 10am. The post-babtism celebration is at 1pm.
Does this mean the babtism will take almost 3 hours? Anyone here Catholic?
I'm with PetitePois that day as MMP has a ride - if I could get her up and out by 6:30 I'd come on the tandem with her and do what we can. I'll see how it goes. Maybe we start late. We need to start getting some tandem rides in. But I have a very tough 100 - 110 miler Sunday and then the Eastern Sierra Double century the next weekend, so the wiser thing may be just to do a local tandem ride on the flats. I'll play it by ear. Have fun!
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Originally Posted by cindysue
THAT's what i need! A skills clinic! I'll be on the ride for this one, but I'm gonna look out for another afterwards. Thank you!
Uh, Shadon, are you expecting a skills clinic on this ride going up Diablo? It's really a cardio training ride, no coaching or teaching expected. Everyone at his or her own speed or chatting companionably with another if that floats your boat that day.
Descending Diablo from the junction down could be a good place to teach someone descending skills, but the section from the summit to the junction could be terrifying for someone who doesn't have decent descending skills already. If you climb to the junction and wait for us. We could work with you on the way down, but truthfully it's better not to stand around waiting for people and then get on your bike and immediately start a high speed descent. Find a skills clinic. Find someone on the ALC ride and ask for pointers. Ask someone with good skills if they'll slow down so you can follow them.
Anyone have any good articles we could post in a separate thread? I'll start one.
I can see it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Me: We need to move to the bay area
DH: Why?
Me: Well, it makes sense. They have cool women's cycling clubs and they offer bike skills clinics that will help me to master descending.
DH: You must be smokin' crack woman!
Brandy,
And they say we don't recruit :) :rolleyes: sure, stay in So. Cal, be that way....because look, the So Cal Gals are starting their own get togethers :)
happy now?
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=6860
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...laughcover.gif Believe me...I've tried to bring up the moving thing, but for some reason the man just doesn't have any desire to go through field training and start over with another department. Oh well...we'll make do down here I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I am excited about getting together with the other so Cal women though. I hope that we can do it often!
The one Saturday I'm off and you all go up my favorite Mountain!:( :( :(
I'll be at the Great Western Bicycle Rally in Paso Robles riding the roads down there.
Have fun, looks like the weather will cooperate- not too hot (yet).
Well, looks like I may be there. I will not be going all the way up. I may bring my sister in law, who could ride with you guys all the way (she's about SK's speed climbing). PP and I will putz around. At least I have a dinner plate cassette on the tandem...
Cool! Multi-generational fun!
Yeah. The condition is I have to see if Tony's got any other deep discount super small size cycling shoes. He has a whole passel of them in the back room, and she outgrew her original pair.
Now if I could just get her to take the underwear off under the shorts.
One battle at a time....
Would hanging out with the girls who don't have VPL help?Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
VPL?
:confused:
Visible Panty Line - one of the rules (not guidelines) in my parents' parental teachings was that "ladies don't have VPL." Nowadays though, I guess you're supposed to have more then the line showing. Gag me. Literally. I'm tired of looking at someone's underwear in a restaurant.
Add to that a "tramp stamp" and I really gag......:pQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Allright - I'm in! (Thanks SK for the nudge!)
See you all at the station at 7:30 (or earlier is fine with me too).
Unfortunately I have a noon engagement in the city, so I'll probably have to be hustling back home (unelss I can find a graceful way to back out... I would rather see how far (or IF) I can ride up past the junction - I can't believe I'm saying that!)
No broken spokes this time!
I'm a tramp? Really? Wow! I feel so....dangerous! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
At least I don't allow any flesh from the midsection to be exposed to air when in public. Which means that the stamp is for selected eyes only... :cool:
You shameless hussy, you! ;) Somehow I doubt your "stamp" is as obnoxious as the ones I'm thinking of...Quote:
Originally Posted by yellow
It's an...interesting story. Someday I'll tell it to you over martinis. I'll probably have to have 1 or 2 before I spill the REAL beans.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Ooooh...martinis and Dark Chocolate Dipped Fudge!Quote:
Originally Posted by yellow
**we now return this thread hijack to it's regularly scheduled discussion**
SK - I'd love to tag along, not sure I can keep pace with you hot doggers though......and I'd be lucky to make it to the gate before falling over from exhaustion
Snapdragen,
If you can keep up on this ride then I KNOW who to attach the tow rope to on the 7th! Hee hee hee!!!!
Brandy - check w/Pam's club, I bet there's info on skills clinics there! We don't want DH to know about the crack thing ;) sorry, couldn't resist!
Tracy :D
Umm Snap -- there'll be at least one non-hotdogger on this ride! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Snapdragen
Kim, your little Tour of Dream Shacks bypasses that one steep nasty turn at the beginning, doesn't it? MP would probably like that on her tandem.
Snap, join MP and Ann. I suspect we'll have people strung out all along the mountain. Go as far as you want and turn around when you see someone you like ;) coming down. Eat Mexican and drink beer after.
And if this someone happens to be a complete stranger of the male persuasion.......:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
I will try to talk myself into this.
Invite him to lunch after so we can all evaluate him. Sink or swim time.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Will you need a wake up call?
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Originally Posted by snapdragen
Hot dogger queen here. I will be going 2 - 3 mph tops on the climb. I will not make it all the way. (I hope to get to Rock City or whatever the tree-y, rock-y place is just past the ranger station about 1/3 - 1/4 up. Just for you SK...)
I would love company. Assuming the PetitePois and I don't kill one another on the drive over. (I really know how to sell it, don't I?)
I'll keep you company MP! I don't talk too much on the steep grades - if I'm trying to maintain forward motion, that is! But it will be nice to look around and see someone I know!
Come on along, Snap!
I liked the Dream Shack tour - nice and shady! Saturday looks like partly cloudy, mid-60s.
and people wonder why I'm single.........:DQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Possibly. I may have friday night plans.....Quote:
Originally Posted by sadiekate
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Originally Posted by bikerz
And my daughter never shuts up. It will be a good combo.
Not sure which particular steep and nasty turn you're thinking of... but it does bypass most of the really bad pavement down near the beginning of the climb.Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Btw, when I made the "executive decision" for the south side I was thinking of lunch at La Ultima, the good Mexican place, as opposed to whatever that non-so-good Mexican place is.
Thanks for the name. I just called them. On Saturdays, they open at 11:30 for lunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by aka_kim
http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=...state1=form:to