Wine Country Century 5/6/2006

[slinkedog]

Oooh... there's a bungee option? Wow! Maybe I could actually do this ride, if not for my schedule!!

[Bike Goddess]

More merrier! Hurry Slinkedog- this is a popular ride and it will fill up early! Can you rearrange your schedule per chance?????????

Sorry you won't be with us V, but I totally understand the expense bit. Organized rides are getting very expensive these days if you want to do lots of them! I think it's partially cost of food, registration fees, permit costs, rest stop costs that are partially to blame. (Santa Rosa Club explains this on their site.)

[SadieKate]

I'm starting to obsess about whether I'm ready for this so I decided to look to see who might be there to share my pain

Checking the Bikejournal site, we have:
cindysue
jobob
live2bike
maillotpois
SadieKate
WrenchBoy (aka Bubba)

From piecing together this conversation,
Snapdragen
Kjay
Bike Goddess
Mr LeeBob
Mr. MaillotPois

VIVV (Very Important Venerable Volunteer)
Deanna

Anyone have a course elevation profile? MP has provided the 200k course map and lots of patient words of wisdom. Now, I'm realizing I really don't know how gnarly the climbs at the beginning are. And how early crack of stupid has to be for the drive over. And . . .

[Deanna]

I don't know that I've seen an "official" elevation profile, but I can help you piece together the route using the elevation profiles for the area, found at

http://www.srcc.com/cgi_bin/profiles.pl

The early climbs are (in route order) Graton Rd, Coleman Valley (only if you're doing the 200K), Mays Canyon and Green Valley. The last climb is Chalk Hill, which isn't all that bad, but it is at the very end.

[cindysue]

And how early crack of stupid has to be for the drive over. And . . .

I'm getting up at 4:30 am so I can get ready, get coffee, and meet my friendly carpool so we arrive by 7am. I'm not in great shape but I am still very much looking forward to it!

[SadieKate]

Is that the right term?

Anyway, need to drive from Davis, be checked and on my bike at 6 am. Not feeling sorry for you, Miss CindySue.

[kjay]

It's discouraging to hear there are pot holes, but I should know better than to think there wouldn't be any. Our roads are not in very good shape. I was going to get a new road bike for this ride, but now I'll just ride my old hybrid even if it takes me all day to finish. I signed up for the metric century, but may back up to the 35er. As the time draws nearer, I get wimpier.

[cindysue]

be checked and on my bike at 6 am.

you go girl!

[cindysue]

Is that the right term?

from merriam-webster (so, it's not Oxford)

"one-upmanship"

Pronunciation: "w&n-'&p-m&n-"ship

Variant(s): also one-ups·man·ship /-'&ps-m&n-/

Function: noun

: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor <engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship>

[SadieKate]

So, you can spell better than I can. Niener-niener.

[bikerz]

from merriam-webster (so, it's not Oxford)
"one-upmanship"
Pronunciation: "w&n-'&p-m&n-"ship
Variant(s): also one-ups·man·ship /-'&ps-m&n-/
Function: noun
: the art or practice of outdoing or keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor <engaged in a round of verbal one-upmanship>

CindySue - Tsk Tsk Tsk! Looking things up in the dictionary may LOOK like thesis work to the casual observer, but it does not fool us! Back to work, young lady!

[Bike Goddess]

We'll (the Benicia Bike Club) probably get there around 6:30ish. Some of us will be wearing argyle socks (red and yellow) so you can't miss us. That is, of course, if it's cold that morning. So if you see those socks be sure to say something! Most of us will be doing the double metric. I'll see how I feel at the lunch break as to whether I'll do the last loop off the century to get those extra miles in!

Looking forward to this ride.

[yellow]

I decided to look to see who might be there to share my pain

I'll be with you in spirit. I wish I could be there in body! That would be a great way to spend my birthday weekend! My friend Rod (you know HIM) says that this is the purtiest ride he's ever done (the double metric version). You have to get up there and take a picture for me!

[SadieKate]

Yes, ma'am! Is HotRod going to be there?