Quote Originally Posted by bikerz View Post
Well, I am cogitating on it! If I felt I could manage it, Saturday would be my preference (which, as it happens, will be my birthday - a long hard ride provides lots of time to contemplate my ever-aging body! )

I'm hesitating primarily because, climbing gears notwithstanding, the "1 mile : 100 ft climbing" ratio is tough for me (e.g. 48 miles, 4800 ft of climbing is twice the Pinehurst loop, which about killed me a couple of weeks ago), and I still have this very unpleasant tailbone pain to contend with...

Hmm - I will think on it and post back later today or tomorrow.
Ahem. Um, Ms. B-day Girl, are you forgetting that we have to be in El Cerrito at 6pm? Cleaned up and ready for action?

Our past track record for getting done with rides and showing up on time to the next event is ... er, less than stellar. But as the mutual funds folks say "past performance does not predict future performance." Therefore, I'll consult a more reliable source to see if we can do this ride and still be on time to your party....

Uh oh, here's what my Magic 8 Ball has to say: Very doubtful.

Here, let me try it again: Outlook not so good.

Well wait a second, let give it another go: My sources say no.

OK, who needs a Magic 8 Ball -- it's a silly kid's toy. Let's use our superior logic and reasoning abilities.

1. It's a 48 mile ride, somewhat hilly. Let's say that we average 10.6 mph (avg. for Pinehurst) during the ride, so that's 4.5 hours of riding. Even more if we get a flat. (But that never happens to us. )
2. The ride is scheduled to leave at 10am. But it's a TE ride, so let's say that it leaves at 10:30am. (I mean this in the nicest way -- it's just that I need to include it in my calculations.)
3. Let's say that we stop during the ride for about an hour. (I really think we'll stop for longer. I mean, come on -- we can't skip lunch!)

OK, so we leave at 10:30, ride for 5 hours, have 1 hour of stops...well, that puts us back at Stanford at 4:00ish. That gives us an hour and a half to load up the bikes, drive back to Oakland, clean up and change and get out of the house at 5:30. Driving time from Stanford to Oakland probably = 45min - 1hr.

Hmmmm, nope, probably not gonna make it to the party by 6pm.

Not only that, but do you really want to precede a night of wine tasting/celebration with a hard day of contending with tailbone pain and contemplating your ever-aging body?

Sorry to be a wet blanket.