West Coast USA TE Gathering

[aka_kim]

Anybody up for a pacific coast tour? San Francisco to Santa Barbara? Or San Francisco to Oregon?

I'm still thinking about doing Seattle to SF, or some variation on that, later this year.

What is the word on Tyler? His hearing was several weeks ago, and I thought the results (to ban or not) would be announced 10 days later.

[cindysue]

I'm still thinking about doing Seattle to SF,

Anybody else interested? I'm thinking late May/early June???

I think this would be a nice intro to touring as I'm still very much considering a US tour June 2006.

[cindysue]

What is the word on Tyler? His hearing was several weeks ago, and I thought the results (to ban or not) would be announced 10 days later.

Haven't read this but it was posted yesterday: http://www.boston.com/sports/article..._for_hamilton/

[Veronica]

San Francisco to Oregon is the wrong way to go. Headwind all the way! I've done Sunnyvale to Santa Barbara - very pretty.

V.

[slinkedog]

A coast tour sounds awesome... but probably not doable for me. Well, I guess it depends on how many days. My mom works and lives far away (about 70 miles) so its hard to get her to watch the kids for more than a couple of days.

Regarding Tyler, my take is, if he's doping, everyone is. He's always seemed like a decent guy. The best man at our wedding (Blaine's best friend fomr Indiana) used to race against Tyler in Jr's events when they were younger and said he was always kind and had a great attitude.

[cindysue]

San Francisco to Oregon is the wrong way to go. Headwind all the way! I've done Sunnyvale to Santa Barbara - very pretty.
V.

Thanks V! I was actually talking to my BF last night about the SF to SB trip. I'm pretty sure it's going to happen - probably around May 15-20, give or take a few days. Anybody want to come? you're welcome. I may invite some other friends too. And I think some non-cycling friends are going to join us in SB for wine-tasting at the end. I think a nice bed-and-breakfast will be just the ticket.

[cindysue]

its hard to get her to watch the kids for more than a couple of days.

You could always come for a day or two (like to Monterey) then head back (rental car?)

Cindy

[slinkedog]

That sounds like a lot of fun! I'd love to ride down the coast someday. Blaine and I want to ride down to SB at some point. It's too beautiful there!

[SadieKate]

Anyone up for this on September 10th? I'm always on my own this weekend as Bubba is off on his annual male-bonding trip. Looks like it should be a pretty ride and you gotta think the housing is cheap.

Siskiyou Century

Average summer temp for Yreka is 71.5!

[slinkedog]

This looks very cool and doable for me if I train for the metric century. I love that area! Hubby and I fell in love at Mt. Lassen on a camping trip with a group from our church. Our anniversary is August 9th, so maybe this could be part of an anniversary getaway!!

[Bike Goddess]

Hey SK- Great idea! I'd do the century with you all in a minute (well actually many minutes ). This is up by Mount Shasta(for those of you who don't know this area). Yreka isn't that big, so travel arrangements would need to be made fairly soon to get good hotel rates. It's about a 5 hour drive from the Bay Area.

I also have 2 other rides in mind that we could do- 1- Tour of Tahoe (we could do that one on our own- I mention this on another thread) 2- Napa Metric Century- I have the route map for that one so we could do that earlier this year before it gets too hot! (also mentioned on another thread!)

C'mon Spazz get your wings on again!

[cindysue]

I also have 2 other rides in mind that we could do- 1- Tour of Tahoe (we could do that one on our own- I mention this on another thread) 2- Napa Metric Century- I have the route map for that one so we could do that earlier this year before it gets too hot! (also mentioned on another thread!)

which threads?

hey nancy - did you change your user name or do you have two?

[SadieKate]

The Tour of Tahoe is a wonderful ride, but I wouldn't do it without all those bright orange special event signs. I don't mix my riding and someone else drinking because there aren't bike lanes for much of the ride. For scenery, the route gets an A+. Only time I ever went to Tahoe.

Tour of Napa route - always good. We also have a good (@55 mile?) route starting in Yountville, up the canyon past the reservoir to Lower Chiles, up Ink Grade, down Howell or Cottage (the more fun downhill) to the Silverado Trail, up to Calistoga for lunch at the glider port market, and back down the Silverado Trail. Just as a side note, Calistoga has a terrific brewery (yes, we go to the wine country for brewskis).

I've been wanting to do the Siskiyou for a long time. That is such a beautiful area. This could be our fall ride. Wouldn't want to intrude on slinke's romantic escapades, but she might fit us in for a few hours.

And, check this out! They moved the Fall River Century to July 16th. Used to always be on Memorial Day Weekend when we're in Oregonia. Fall River Century
Now, there's a beautiful valley. This is supposed to be a good ride for tandems.

Yellow - we could take our flyrods!

[snapdragen]

Siskiyou sounds fun, I haven't been up there since I was a kid. We used to camp all the time. I'm game for it!

[slinkedog]

The other option is I drive up with one o' you gals and leave Blaine home with the kids. Since it's a supported ride, we don't need our own personal sag/wrenchboys.