Dam Corners and Valley road ride - Sat, May 20

[SadieKate]

I've got this little list going. I have no idea of it's accuracy.

Yes
Kim
Jo
Lee
Sarah
Bubba
Patric

Maybe
BikerZ
PABadger
Emerald
Winddance
Ed

If anyone wants a shorter ride than the 62 miles, they could ride the route backward. You could start with us to get pointed in the right direction and use a marked Solano BikeLinks map for the route (I'll provide). You could ride all the way into Fairfield, but a ride into old town Vacaville would prolly be nicer and easy to find on the map. It would be about 38 miles for this option and you could still join us for the short climb over Cantelow. BikerZ may be looking for company on this option.

[snapdragen]

Is Cantelow open yet? The guys on "the other forum" are still talking like it's closed.

[SadieKate]

Oh yeah, I was gonna report in. Oops.

Saturday the Bubbameister and I did a little tootle over it. The road is just fine until half way down the west (and steep) side. There is a cement barricade, then 75 ft of a pavement/gravel section which is about 2 ft lower than when installed, about 50 feet of intact pavement, then around the corner (where you can't see it) another cement barricade. The barricades are just those standard cement divider barricades you see on the highway during construction. You can lift a bike over them. Lots of other cyclists were out doing the same. As long as you are expecting it, it's not that big a deal.

Now that it is dry, it is easy to walk through. We're just treating it as a cyclocross section and since we're riding east to west, stopping and walking is easy. I would not want to stop, walk and try to remount going uphill on the steep side.

I imagine that back in April that it was a mess and it was not appropriate to walk through. They obviously got some equipment in there to dig some drainage and install a drain hose.

I find it very interesting that I can't find anything on local club web sites or on Solano County's site about the closure.

[maillotpois]

Those damn corners....



sorry, I just think that EVERY time I see this darned thread.

[bikerz]

I'm wavering on joining you guys - The saddle situation is not good - I'm still sore from the <30 mile rides I did Saturday and Sunday. All the other fit stuff is great, but the new position seems even worse with respect to my previous saddle problems.

My plan is to put back on the saddle I tried a few weeks ago (Slinkedog's "winner" saddle) and ride 25 miles or so tomorrow afternoon to see if it is any better, leaving myself lots of time to make adjustments as I ride. There were some good suggestions on one of the saddle threads here on how best to adjust that saddle, so I'll give it another go.

If that goes well and I can get past the 20+ mile mark without hurting, then I'll do a longer ride Saturday to make sure. I just don't feel very hopeful. I'm bummed - this saddle thing is really a literal pain. I just want a saddle I can sit on long enough for the rest of me to get really tired!

[slinkedog]

Z, I'm so sorry you're going through this! I hope you find the right saddle soon. I wish I could go with you on Saturday!

[bikerz]

I know! I want that "ahhhhh" experience, not an "arrrggghh" experience!

Maybe I'll just get strong enough that I can ride standing up!

[snapdragen]

That's OK - every time I see Cantelow I read cantaloupe!

Those damn corners....



sorry, I just think that EVERY time I see this darned thread.

[SadieKate]

BTW, PayDays courtesy of Miss Kim.

[maillotpois]

Rain??!!

http://search.weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0284.html

http://search.weather.yahoo.com/storm/USCA0284.html