Bay Area Weekend Rides?

[slinkedog]

Slinkedog, I'd love to join you on a ride from your place some time. I just hope I'm home when you plan one. I'll be riding that week-long Candisc ride in the midwest in August, though.

Hey Kjay! Let's try to plan something, then!! When is Candisk? I'm sure we can work around it and get something going!

[bikerz]

Geez - I guess we'd better make a plan for Saturday, seeing as it's Friday evening practically...

OK - How about this plan: Saturday 7/15 - Emeryville 9:00 am - The Bay Trail

* Let's plan on at least 20 miles, maybe 30+ with extensions. There is a nice little cafe at the Richmond Marina - good sandwiches - if folks want to have a lunch break...

BikerZ
Dachshund
Winddance (?)
Trek420 (?)
SpazzDog (?)

anyone else?

If anyone wants my cell number please PM me...



Here's a map of the parking options. (head for Chevy's then continue west and turn right into the overflow parking) - if you want to MapQuest Chevy's the address is 1890 Powell St, Emeryville, CA 94608

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[dachshund]

Spazz, good luck on the test!

Z, thanks for the map. I'll be there. You were going to do this anyway, right, even if there isn't a larger group?

Amy

[spazzdog]

Thanks Trek and Dach&*... Weenerdog

If I survive it, I'll do my best to make the ride on Sunday.

Y'all have a great time tomorrow (Sat).

spazz

[bikerz]

You were going to do this anyway, right, even if there isn't a larger group?

Absolutely - I do it on my own often!

Yeah Spazz - good luck! Knock 'em dead (figuratively speaking, of course!)

[spazzdog]

I will don my PF Flyers (who's old enough to know what those are?), and run faster, jump higher and groan louder than every 20->30 yr old there, by golly.

Then I'll crawl home and take some Advil

spazz-er-nator

[LL_Super_D]

Wish I could make it but already have plans. Have fun on both!

[melissam]

I will don my PF Flyers (who's old enough to know what those are?), and run faster, jump higher and groan louder than every 20->30 yr old there, by golly.

Spazz,

Oh, I absolutely remember the PF Flyers! They were waaaay better than Keds! Good luck to you on the test!

BikerZ,

I want to join you guys. I just have to convince myself that I can get up early enough to be there by 9am and still be civil to everyone.

-- Melissa

[bikerz]

Hey Melissa - you don't have to civil until we get to Richmond, if then!

I hope you can make it! Since it will be a few of us, we can wait for you or ride up and turn back to meet you if you are delayed - but please come!

[melissam]

Well alright! If I don't have to be civil until Richmond, I think I can manage.

BikerZ, I have PM'd you my cell phone number. Got the printout of the Chevy's overflow parking lot, and I can put the addr in my navi system. Road bike tires are pumped up!

See ya tomorrow!

-- Melissa

[bikerz]

Great - now get to sleep so you can wake up early!

I just spent the last half hour fussing with zip-ties, trying to get my computer mounted again - argh - definitely time to go to sleep!

[bikerz]

Thanks MelissaM and Dachshund for a great Bay Trail ride!

We had really good weather and a just a *little* wind (what would the Bay Trail be without wind??) for a nice 33 mile ride. We even got a few spints in (SMASH!), some good chats, and not too much bike path craziness.

A very nice ride - thanks again!

And tomorrow - 40 more miles!

[dachshund]

Well, thank you for inviting us! That's a really nice route. And it was even cold out there! Nice change from my side of the Caldecott.
-Amy

[melissam]

BikerZ & Dachsund,

It was great to meet both of you. Definitely worth getting out of bed on a Saturday morning!

Trip highlights:

* Seeing the celeste green dog leashes that match Amy's Bianchi. I still think you should get the leashes, even if you don't actually use them to walk your dachsunds.

* Getting scolded by the walkers who were walking slowly and then standing smack dab in the middle of the bike path. Um, you're scolding US? Ha!

* Heart Rate Hill by Golden Gate Fields. Great potential for hill repeats.

* The sprints. Wind sprints at that!

* Beautiful scenery. The Bay. The boats. The bridges. The fog rolling in. What's not to like?

* Great company!

Thanks, Ann, for organizing this and being our fearless leader.

-- Melissa

[Trek420]

Just got back from the ride. Cindysue tough factor has been increased 10 fold. She took a fall when she went over a stealth speed-bump, her shoulder hurts and she continued to lead the ride.

Just call her Tylersue from now on.

Note to self: there are no "flat" rides in the East Bay, none. We seemed to always be on false flats. And it's f'ing hot out there, felt like 100, who knows.

Any time I go through 4 water bottles ... and don't have to pee, it's hot.

Any time I go through 4 bottles and my jersey is dry...is hot.

We stopped often to regroup, take advantage of the shade and in Dublin there was a fountain..the smart gals dove right on in. I shoulda done it, looked like fun.

What I really should do is shoulda brought the camelback. Did I say that it's hot?

At Dublin 3 of us decided to abandon the tour and took BART in. I took a slightly longer route home and glad I did.

The idiot factor was high, I always think of myself as a cycling ambasador and try to be polite but maybe it was the heat and hill got to me. At a stop I was turning right, so I'm on the right hand side, trying to figure out how to get going uphill. SUV driving soccer Mom leaving gated community is turning left, she's on the left hand side, plenty of room even for her big fat ugly car (sorry TE SUV owning gals).

She pulls up behind us, lays on the horn and yells "get off the road!"

I think I called her a "lazy sumthin' sumthin' outa shape witch" sumthin like that.

Also riding home on the other end of the economic spectrum got the same from a beat up car in my neighborhood.

But then....two tow truck drivers, the first was doing a 3 point u-turn and waved me through, the other I was on the downhill side of the overpass where I have to merge to the right to get into the bike lane and he is exiting the freeway onto Industrial.

I got eye contact, signaled I was going right, saw him nod and a tiny wave, I put the pedal to the metal and sped right, and waved at him. As he passed me he lifted his hand above the cab and waved back.

that's the way it should be I just got off the phone, called the company and left a commendation for the driver.

I hope Cindys shoulder is ok. Bikerz, good job of hanging in there and...knowing when to call it quits. I take it Dachsund finished the ride? That's one tough Dachsund.