Cindy dinner and ride reports!

**SadieKate** · 03-26-2006, 10:03 AM

Hourly reports for yesterday's weather in Livermore. Hope this link works.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...=0&when=032506

**E2theD** · 03-26-2006, 10:51 AM

Hey gals, new to the board and first time poster. I did the Cindy yesterday with a few hardy women and I'll tell you by the end of the ride that patch was one of honor. Our group of 4 started out on the course at 11, pulling up the rear. BikeMomma lead the pack and thank dog because she is one strong rider. Emily sagged back in at the first stop to work the LunaChix tent and the 3 of us kept on. We missed most of the rain but picked up the really strong afternoon wind. At some points I was frustrated but I have to say the great group I was with kept me from ever thinking about throwing in the towel. Can't imagine finishing that ride on my own and can honestly say I had a great time.

The forecast for the day called for 20-30 mile per hour winds and when I got home and watched the news they reported gusts up to 35mph

! I think one of those gusts came close to putting me in the ditch.

Lorri, sorry I missed you at the booth but thanks for sending out my new VG jersey in time for the ride. I wore it proud even if it was under a few layers.

Off for a quick mtb recovery ride now...

Erin

**carimail** · 03-26-2006, 02:00 PM

Wow! What an experience! Everyone was so nice! It made me regret even more that I only followed the training rides via e-mail. It would have been fun to know more people.
The weather kept things, ummmm, interesting didn't it? I was one of the few in shorts and I was glad I was because I dried off quickly when the fair weather came around and didn't have to ride in wet tights. Also, I invested in booties and had happy feet the whole ride. I looked funny in shorts and booties, but I was as comfy as one could have been under such conditions.
I was also very careful on this ride to stay fueled and hydrated which I think helped me finish fairly strong (for me).
Nothing could have susbstituted for the support of all of the great women (all ages and shapes and sizes!) around me, though. All in all, I had a great time.
But I need to know, who ran over the giant toad on the home stretch? Ewwww!

Cari (carimail)

P.S. Thanks to Slinkedog and Mountainpuddles for being such terrific training buddies - I hope we aren't stopping now!

**yellow** · 03-26-2006, 04:41 PM

Congrats to all. As a proclaimed fair weather rider, I probably would have been on one of the SAG wagons.

And for those of you that didn't make it for one reason or another, there's always next year!

**BikeMomma** · 03-26-2006, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by E2theD

Hey gals, new to the board and first time poster. I did the Cindy yesterday with a few hardy women and I'll tell you by the end of the ride that patch was one of honor. Our group of 4 started out on the course at 11, pulling up the rear. BikeMomma lead the pack and thank dog because she is one strong rider. Emily sagged back in at the first stop to work the LunaChix tent and the 3 of us kept on. We missed most of the rain but picked up the really strong afternoon wind. At some points I was frustrated but I have to say the great group I was with kept me from ever thinking about throwing in the towel. Can't imagine finishing that ride on my own and can honestly say I had a great time.

The forecast for the day called for 20-30 mile per hour winds and when I got home and watched the news they reported gusts up to 35mph

! I think one of those gusts came close to putting me in the ditch.

Off for a quick mtb recovery ride now...

Erin

Yea! What she said!

What was funny was at the end of the ride, we were sitting there eating our soup, orange slices, animal cookies, and stuffing our pockets with leftover peppermint patties (which came in WAY handy for my son's #5 birthday party today), I mentioned the TE forum, and Erin (E2theD) all of a sudden said, "That's where I know you from!!! You're BikeMomma!!" At the first rest stop, when Emily went back, I had told her (Lunachix, right?) to say hi to Cindysue ("from BikeMomma"). Erin heard me say that, and couldn't think why the name BikeMomma sounded so familiar. The light bulb came on as we were sitting there stuffing our faces. Erin had just joined this forum about a week ago, she said, and had for some ungodly reason remembered my TE name. Toooo funny! I think it was fate.

Erin, I truly had a blast with you and Barb (and Emily, until ya split). We have to ride together again, for sure. I'll pull you guys through windstorms any day. You're super company.

Flicka enjoyed it too.

Hope your mtb ride was today was good. And everyone, I have to say, I was impressed: Erin even made a business call during the ride, while we were waiting on the first flat of the day to be fixed -- all professional, authoritative & stuff.

Nothin' like being indispensible!

As for my personal experience of the ride, I went with the minimalist theory and just wore shorts, a long-sleeve thermal base layer with my Cindy jersey on top, and arm warmers until I took them off because my arms were too warm. As the ride progressed, though, it seemed like the temperature got colder, and by the time we finished, just after 5pm I think (I have 5hrs 12min for our total ride time), I was shivering, goose bumps galore. Normally I tend to ride better when I'm just a little cool/cold, so I was fine on the road after warming up again. But it was when we stopped for flats and rest stops that I would freeze. Bbbrrrrrr!

What a ride -- lovely wind, a little rain (we were relatively spared from the wet stuff, not so much from the wind), the aformentioned skunks and rats, and ah!...the gorgeous horses along the way! My favorite was a dappled grey just after Lemon Drop Hill. Even from far away, awesome horseflesh.

Already looking forward to next year --- hopefully with better weather so everyone else can enjoy it, too.
~BikeMomma

**SadieKate** · 03-27-2006, 01:31 PM

Who bought the jerseys and did you get the club cut? What did you think? Feedback please since Amici Veloci was the guinea pig. What did you think?

Any pictures?

**BikeMomma** · 03-27-2006, 02:26 PM

I got the race cut, women's medium. Fit great & was comfy the whole ride. Pockets nice & deep.

No pics, tho. Sowwy. I think we went through too late for any pictures.

~BikeMomma

**bikerz** · 03-27-2006, 02:38 PM

Wow - great ride reports you guys! I am soooo impressed at the studliness of everyone riding through wind, rain, squashed amphibians and stinky skunks!

**slinkedog** · 03-27-2006, 02:41 PM

I got the jersey... I think it was the club cut... no elastic at the hem. I like it, but they are very small. I ordered according to my measurements and it's very tight across the bust. The rest is okay. Wish I had ordered a size up.

**Veronica** · 03-27-2006, 03:32 PM

I think this was a weekend many of us will remember. So many personal bests and slogging on through crummy weather. What grit and determination we've got!

TE chicks ROCK and roll.

V.

**carimail** · 03-27-2006, 04:12 PM

Re: Jerseys

The club cut jerseys are not very boob friendly. Someone please write to Voler and tell them that many women have boobs.

**SadieKate** · 03-27-2006, 04:36 PM

May I suggest all of you call Voler? Women come in a wide variety of sizes. Some of the members of Amici Veloci are very happy with the boobage space, others not. I don't have a Cinderella jersey so I really don't know what this run is like, what fabric was used or if anyone on this site reponsible for the Cinderella contract with Voler.

Their customer service number is 800.488.6537. Blaine Hamilton is the customer service rep for Amici Veloci (and I'm only giving you his name because I've worked with him not because he is in anyway responsible). Jim Helser is the president.

They need to hear from many people not just the same one over and over. "Someone" should be each and every person who is unhappy with the jersey.

**BikeMomma** · 03-27-2006, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by bikerz

Wow - great ride reports you guys! I am soooo impressed at the studliness of everyone riding through wind, rain, squashed amphibians and stinky skunks!

The pwetty horsies were my reward....oh, that and the car's heater on the way home... LOL

~BM

**BikeMomma** · 03-27-2006, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by carimail

Re: Jerseys

The club cut jerseys are not very boob friendly. Someone please write to Voler and tell them that many women have boobs.

I just don't have very much of the aformentioned booblets....

(BikeMomma is full of corny comments today, must excuse myself!)

**carimail** · 03-27-2006, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by SadieKate

Their customer service number is 800.488.6537. Blaine Hamilton is the customer service rep for Amici Veloci (and I'm only giving you his name because I've worked with him not because he is in anyway responsible). Jim Helser is the president.

Uh oh, we're dealing with men here. Should I change the vocabulary from "boobs" to something more male-oriented? How about "knockers"? "Hello, Blaine? I'm Cari, and I must take issue with you about my knockers!" Hmmm, maybe I will do that.

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