the day was nice and sunny and 70 degrees F at 7am. the Catch: we had Santa Ana winds (Nothing like pedaling into 25 mph gusts ) We were trying a new format for our Saturday ride, and for once I wasn't the leader! Well, I rolled into the parking lot at Henry's/Wild Oats and the club president and his wife rolled into the parking lot on their tandem, They were going to be leading the short loop. The only issues was that the had noticed that their fork was cracked and were still planning on riding . We talked them out of it, and I would putting on my ride leader's helmet. The ride went fine, we did some climbing, and had to regroup for the newbies. El Presidente and his senora caught up to us. They had gone back and got their single bikes. It was downhill most of the way back. Some Tandems got ahead of me and made a wrong turn -they got back- but with less mileage. we all had Mexican food for lunch, and got some Fair Trade coffee from Henry's and head home via the scenic route. Wound up with 51 miles