Just finished this ride on Saturday. I did the metric century (62 miles), and I'd definitely recommend it. Beautiful ride, really well-supported, challenging in some areas, forgiving in others, loved...
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Just finished this ride on Saturday. I did the metric century (62 miles), and I'd definitely recommend it. Beautiful ride, really well-supported, challenging in some areas, forgiving in others, loved...
Sarah, thanks! I've been hearing a bit of intimidating talk about this ride, so it's nice to see a positive tone about it. I'm sure I'll have more specific questions as it gets close, but your post...
on that note, off to train...
Yep, 9k of climbing for the full century:
What are my route options?
Gran Route: 103 Miles, 9,000 feet, 7 rest stops
Medio Route: 65 Miles, 4,000 feet, 4 rest stops
Piccolo...
Howdy! I'm all signed up for my first century in a few years, Levi's Gran Fondo in Santa Rosa CA. Super excited, looking forward to a summer of riding!
Now, I've only done recreational centuries...
You know, it seems like a lot of dinner is prep work. So if in the morning, you chopped stuff and got chicken (or other meat) marinating, just to toss it in a pan or on the grill when you get home,...
>tells me to learn the "laws of the bikes"
>and drove up over the curb, almost hitting pedestrians, to make a right.
nice.
sorry bout the road rage dude. glad you were ok and mr....
I'm doing TNT for the millionth time*, and since donors get burned out, I've decided to try to do my fundraising through events and parties, instead of the ol e-mail/fb request combo. I've got a...
Do you have someone who leaves the house a little later who could turn the crockpot on for you? (My mom used to ask me to do this when she was leaving at 5am for work when I was a teenager. I...
Big Island <3. x1,000,000.
Kauai is beautiful too. Maui has it's charm.
Oahu has some real beauty too. Sure, stay out of Waikiki unless you like hookers and malls, but even there, the beach...
I just signed up for this with TNT. Anyone done this ride before? Any fun details?
http://www.levisgranfondo.com/
Dear SadieKate: thanks for inventing this thread! It's a lovely place to vent.*
*Even if, in some cases, that "venting" means typing something out and then thinking, naahhh, that shouldn't go on...
Dear Kitties - holy crap, I have cats! How'd that happen?
Dear Hidey Cat - hamburger buns? Really? What kind of cat eats hamburger buns? I'll look for the puke from the plastic bag today, I'm...
These look promising - not female-only, but female-friendly:
http://socalcross.org/clubs/celo-pacific/
http://socalcross.org/clubs/team-pegasus/
Dear Bike - I miss you! We should hang out more. If it's not so windy today, wanna go do something?
It's not really my loss...except in a collective i'm-part-of-this-biking-community sort of way. Is that odd? But yes, it was a good blog post, and I think there will be chances to remember him.
Steve Bowen, the owner of PV Bicycles in Palos Verdes, CA, died on Sunday. He's the guy who sold me my last bicycle. I didn't know him well, just by face at the shop, but he was a very good friend of...
Yay, limewave!
Lots of good advice here. I have to say, having someone come in every other week is probably the single best thing the bf and I have done for our relationship since we moved in...
Mmmm. Shower beer.
I almost want to go for a run to get one now.
Dear burned kale chips: you are not nearly as delicious as your correctly cooked friends. Also, you make the house smell funny. Ha, ha, like a clown.
Aw, Crankin, that sucks about your car. But...the San Juan Islands rock! DBF and I did a bike trip there a couple of years ago, right around this time of year. Beautiful and fun.
Dear kale chips:...
I have to jump in here. Fundraising is not for everyone, and I get that. I've done TNT a few times now, and it's definitely the most difficult part.
However, the fundraising model has enabled the...
Gorgeous day! It's been june-gloomy the last few days, but today is bright and sunny. Nice short ride with a friend, beach and hills, breakfast, woohoo!
Add the word "wedding" to anything and automatically increase the price about 100x. Go fig.
I just want to add that I LOVE that you are doing a bike wedding. Woohoo!
Very funny.
I guess he could be sitting around watching football, right?