Going to the Cindarella!

[nic840]

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

[BikeMomma]

Please forgive the quality...I'm not exactly a great photographer.

A shot down the table....


Spaaaaaaaaaazzzzzz! You look great with red-eye. (whoever else is in this one, speak up -- I can't remember who you are! Sowwy. )


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!)


Jo, Badger, & Snap.....
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More forthcoming....

[BikeMomma]

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!


Ride pics to follow......(I'm on a pic frenzy here).
~BikeMomma

[mimitabby]

keep 'em coming!

[KnottedYet]

I already imported the ones with Trek in 'em.

And that second pic, you got a nice shot of Kitsune06 from the side.

[BikeMomma]

In one word, bbbbbeeeeaautiful!!

The next four pics were taken from the same spot, just looking in different directions....








The lunch line.

[BikeMomma]

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 ).

The headwind section -- not so much a bear this year & I met a new friend along there (pic to come, next post).


Sing with me...."The Hills are Alive, with the Sound of Tiiiirrrressss....."


Look Mom!! Horses!!

[BikeMomma]

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'.


Hamming it up!!


I guess the fence makes a great scratchpost, not to mention a good way to meet new humans.


Her buddy started to come over, but stopped in favor of the grass. I don't blame her.

[BikeMomma]

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....









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.


That's all! Hope you enjoyed them....
~BikeMomma

[Trek420]

BikerZ and others (speak up on who you are -- sorry!)
More forthcoming....

I think thats Mellisam & Ace?

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 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.

** 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.

[mimitabby]

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??

[roguedog]

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

[ace]

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 ) 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.

[five one]

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 ! 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.

[BikeMomma]

Oh and then she, badger and bikemomma have to tell me horror stories of carbon bikes.

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).
~BikeMomma