Cinderalla Century 30th Anniversary Jersey Orders

[SadieKate]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUCEMENT!

http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/cinder.html

JERSEY INFO
*The jersey is club cut by Voler (same as the 25th anniversary jersey), with a 20 inch hidden zipper. (SK's note - I bet this is actually what is now Voler's Race Cut since the new club cut wasn't in existence until Oct 1. Anyone know?)
*Orders may be placed November 1st to December 20th, 2005.
*Jersey details and order form link will be available beginning November 1st, 2005.
*No orders will be accepted after December 20th, 2005.
*Your jersey will be mailed in March 2005.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION FOR CINDERELLA 2006:
*Advance registration only.
*No wait list, no 'day-of' registration.
*The registration form WILL NOT be posted on line.
*Registration forms will be mailed the week of January 23rd, 2006.
*No registration forms will be mailed after January 27th 2006.
*All Cinderella 2005 riders & those who missed the 2005 cut-off are on the mailing list
*To be on the mailing list send your USPS mailing address (not email) to CinderellaClassic@comcast.net
*Registrations will be accepted on a "first-mailed, first registered" basis until the ride limit is reached (i.e., registrations will be accepted based on postmark date, not date of receipt).
*A special 30th Anniversary Cinderella Jersey will be available! http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/cinder.html

[cindysue]

oooohhh!!! can't wait.

thinking of all the ways we can get together for cinderella. Last year's dinner and lemon drop martini fest was fun!

FYI: the LUNA chix will be hosting some training rides for this year's Cinderella. Hope you all can come out!

[CorsairMac]

what an Awesome jersey! I might have to break my own rule and order that jersey even if I don't do the ride. It ranks right up there with my AV jersey and my Team Diabetes jersey!

[snapdragen]

oooohhh!!! can't wait.

thinking of all the ways we can get together for cinderella. Last year's dinner and lemon drop martini fest was fun!

FYI: the LUNA chix will be hosting some training rides for this year's Cinderella. Hope you all can come out!

Excellent! I'll need all the help I can get!

Suggestion: Maybe we could all get together after the Cindy ride?

[helga]

oooohhh!!! can't wait.

thinking of all the ways we can get together for cinderella. Last year's dinner and lemon drop martini fest was fun!

FYI: the LUNA chix will be hosting some training rides for this year's Cinderella. Hope you all can come out!

Hi Cindy,
Have sent in a request for a registration form for the Cinderella ride. Did ithe ride about 3 years ago and had fun. Would definitely need to train for it and would like to know when any of LUNA chix training rides are happening.
Thanks.
Helga

[cindysue]

Still in the planning stages but I anticipate they will run 4 weeks. All the rides will probably be in the Dublin/Pleasanton area. The last training ride will replicate the actual route, and the ones preceding that will be some portion thereof. (The dates below will depend on doing the rides on either a sat OR Sun).

February 25/26 - 15 miles - totally flat
March 4/5 - 30 miles - mostly flat
March 11/12 - 45 miles - add some hills
March 18/19 - 100K - replicate Cinderella
March 25 - Cinderella

[cindysue]

Suggestion: Maybe we could all get together after the Cindy ride?

the only problem being gals will start and end the ride at various times. Depending on where they live, they may just want to head home after they've got their fill of food and vendors......

[BikeMomma]

Still in the planning stages but I anticipate they will run 4 weeks. All the rides will probably be in the Dublin/Pleasanton area. The last training ride will replicate the actual route, and the ones preceding that will be some portion thereof. (The dates below will depend on doing the rides on either a sat OR Sun).

February 25/26 - 15 miles - totally flat
March 4/5 - 30 miles - mostly flat
March 11/12 - 45 miles - add some hills
March 18/19 - 100K - replicate Cinderella
March 25 - Cinderella

Hey cindysue,
Would you let us know as soon as these dates and rides become a little more concrete? Maybe I'll try to make a couple of them. Takes planning, since it's about a two-hour drive for me.

Looking forward to another awesome Cindy experience with you gals! Thanks for the heads up on the jerseys, SK.
Thanks!
-BikeMomma

[Grog]

That ride looks like a lot of fun, could we have a few more details please? What kind of course is it? Would it be worth the trip for other TeamEstrogeners?

[SadieKate]

Grog, the US of A has two women only centuries. I'll give you some notes but know that they are colored by my own personal preference and experience.

The Cinderella is in Dublin, CA (east San Francisco Bay area) and has one route of 65 miles/100km. Due to it's location, much of the ride is on metropolitan roads with lots of traffic and 2,200-2,400 women. Many of these women are riding their first organized ride which is great but it also means you get women riding 2-4 abreast with lots of traffic. I've done the ride 4 times starting in 1987 when there were, I think, about 800 of us and a lot less urban development. It's a very cool ride simply because of the all-women factor and it is pretty awesome to see this many women on their bikes.

The other ride is the Little Red Riding Hood in the Cache Valley of northern Utah. http://www.bbtc.net/Calendar/annual/lrrhinfo05.htm Route options include 30, 62 and 100 miles. Of the two rides, the LLRH is by far more scenic because it is in rural Utah and a smidge into Idaho. The tiny bit of traffic was incredibly friendly. I'll have to go read my thread from this year, but I recall that about 800 women total were on this ride with the goal of 1,000 next year. LLRH included cute red girly T-shirts rather than ugly men's white undershirts. Jenny and I had a very good time and she also preferred this ride. My report is at: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=riding+hood

Support for both was equally good. Terrain is very similar as in almost completely flat. Overall, I think the Utah ride was friendlier simply because the atmosphere is so low key compared to the combative/defensive riding necessary for the California Bay Area.

If there were no other factors to consider (like family and other vacation desires), I would spend my money on the LLRH. Just me. I don't do well in crowds and high traffic and I do extremely well when mountains are in view. I think several of us are hoping to do the LLRH in 2006. Bubba has talked about driving the bike bus with the boat trailer remodeled into a bike hauler and then serving as Wrenchboy for the ride.

[caligurl]

i still want to do little red riding hood! i figure that we can camp (with the dogs).. and they can ride in the truck with hubby during the ride! (since he can't ride it anyways! ) we'll see as it gets closer..

i LOVE that girly girl pic riding on the bike!

[SadieKate]

I should add to the notes about the Cinderella that it can be really tough to get into it. Entry is capped and can fill up in a matter of hours. If you want to ride it, you must be on the mailing list. I wish they would just do on-line registration to alleviate the suspense and to remove the USPS factor.

Cali, the MS150 is on the same roads as the LLRH so you might check the Utah chapter of the MS Society for campground info. Would be fun to get a bunch of TE girls there.

[Trek420]

SadieKate " I wish they would just do on-line registration to alleviate the suspense and to remove the USPS factor."

I also wish they would let you sign in and complete the process the night before the ride. That ran better this year but getting your number, waver signed...a bit of a zoo.

I've begun the legal name change to Trek420 Quigliamakinskyanovich to get into the nearly empty "Q" line.

Let me state right off the bat that we looooove our newbie gal riders and this is a great first metric century; not too hard but enough hills and headwinds to be a challenge. Also a nice early season tune up ride for experienced gals.

I also saw somewhere that for our TE guys there is a parallel ride that mimics the route but backwards? Don't know where i read that.

It's also nice to see there is still a patch or two of beautiful open space in the Bay Area i love so much. If you ride quietly you can hear the housing approaching it.

Experienced riders will want to get out and get going right away. Early on the ride is full of riders some don't signal or stay to the right or are a little wobbly. Last year I was "spit out of the back of the pack" of the faster riders, and with a more experienced crowd around me it was much better than the year before.

this year....costume!!!?

[SadieKate]

Jersey order form is now up and it includes the race cut and the new club cut. Price is $49.

Kim should be very happy because it is blue.

"Quigliamakinskyanovich" - you just want the prize for the longest and most difficult to spell name.

[Adventure Girl]

I really like the Cinderella just because of the "women only" factor. But the ride itself isn't all that exciting or especially great. I wish they had different ride lengths. I've actually considered riding it twice as a double metric. But of course there would be no support for the second lap.