Veronica, yer killin' me. Between the climbing you did and the chocolate mousse, I don't know which I'm more envioius of.
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06-09-2007, 06:43 PM #1
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"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
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06-09-2007, 06:51 PM #2
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Oh, I also had fried zucchini and a crab and shrimp sandwich.
Originally Posted by Kalidurga
five one join us next time. Jo always picks a good place to eat after a ride.
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06-09-2007, 07:31 PM #3
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Yes, five-one, definitely join us sometime ! Calaveras isn't a difficult climb, and since we do it as an out & back from Sunol, you can go at your own place. Some of the more adventurous sickos amongst us like to tack on side-trips like Welch Creek, but that was an up and back as well, and we all rode as far up it as as we felt up to doing.
I posted a short report mit foto on the end of the Calaveras thread ...
Oh yeah, and Lee and I do take great pride in our ability to find good places to eat. We had that reputation back in our kite-flying days as well.
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06-10-2007, 11:55 AM #4
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Me too! Someday when I'm rich (and fit, LOL), I'm going to fly down and do my weekend rides with that crew! Originally Posted by Kalidurga
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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06-10-2007, 01:43 PM #5
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Thank you, Karen & Starfish, for reminding me to appeciate the good parts of yesterday's ride
A string of good rides always leaves me unprepared for when a somewhat crappy one comes along. I should know better.
"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
Random babblings and some stuff to look at.
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06-10-2007, 03:30 PM #6
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Originally Posted by Kalidurga
Thank you, Karen & Starfish, for reminding me to appeciate the good parts of yesterday's ride A string of good rides always leaves me unprepared for when a somewhat crappy one comes along. I should know better.
There can be the "somewhat crappy" kind of rides?
Well, maybe we can call it that when we have to abort the ride at the wrong end cuz of a flat -- pinhole kind that needs a bathtub to find the hole to repair it and the spares are gone cuz of the weird spare problems in the morning, but then again, that was more a WOO-HOO ride, followed by a pleasant walk with my bike!
The puncture happened on the about-to-start-the-up-hill end of the ride that followed a GREAT downhill to the post office, and the walk was under a mile. Starting to get dark out, though, so I was kind of wishing for some blinky lights on my back side! (early dark last night, clouds bringing today's rain rolling in)
Karen in Boise
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