South Bay Ride on 09/23/06

[kjay]

LOL Yes, one can always walk the hill, and it isn't really all that bad . . . I really didn't mean to scare you. I happened to take a fall yesterday and hurt my knee, so I think that's why I'm shying away at this point in time.

Go for it!

[roguedog]

It's really not as bad as it looks.

---> roguedog, frantically looking @ googlemaps trying to figure out topography and remembering what edgewood road looks like... <feeling faint already>

and i can't even open my can of spinach these days to do like popeye! <laughing weakly>

[BikeMomma]

Hey Gals -
See ya in the morning....I'm coming. Which means I gotta get to bed!!!
~BikeMomma

[Trek420]

Ok, better pump up the tires now.

Thinking waaaay too far ahead, the next Melo Velo rides will be 10/07 & 10/15/06.

15 miles, little traffic, rollers, no big hills, Roberts Market in the middle if we need a cookie. Would either of those dates work for our shorter distance (or short on time) riders?

See the rest of you soon.

[slinkedog]

So, how was it?????

[Trek420]

It was great, I'll write a full report in a little bit, I'm actually pretty tired,
Going to go eat a little more. This was a chalenging ride, congrats and thanks to all who came.

It was good to see Cindysue and be reminded how much we'll miss her being around. Cindy you better use those 3-day weekends to visit. She reminded me that while this was south of some of us this was really NOT South Bay, more like peninsula.

If we do this again it will be more accurately titled. Good to see the familiar and new faces.

It pretty much was as decribed a while back. We got going at about 10:15 I had a moments panic while I thought I might actually have to lead the ride.

It's been a while since I've been on the VG club ride and this started from a new location, Summit has moved. While I think I could have done it but...y'all would have gotten tired of waiting for me.

Lisa and two other gals from the club appeared (I have got to get better with names) and we set off. One of these gals wanted to do the 50 but road with us anyway, she just did the hills twice This is one of the things I like about our club, very easy going.

Next time Lorri must be there as I hear she knows the top secret less traffic way from Summit.

Anyway it turned out to be a good thing we started at Summit, there's always something you forget and need to get at the shop in this case....Bikemoma forgot her shorts! So it was a good thing we were there. The ride went well to Roberts Market, we decided to to the extra loopy thing that adds about 6 miles. Got back and 5 of us had lunch at the brew pub.

I just realised that none of my digital pictures turned out so .... we'll just have to do this again

[BikeMomma]

Anyway it turned out to be a good thing we started at Summit, there's always something you forget and need to get at the shop in this case....Bikemoma forgot her shorts! So it was a good thing we were there.

Yep....got to driving down the road, and then about a half-hour into it, I for some reason did a little mental checklist and WHAa! Oh crud! I forgot my shorts! 'Course I couldn't believe that I did something SO idiotic, so I did the mental checklist thing another couple times, had a look around the car frantically (at freeway speed) then had to accept the grim reality. So I called Slinkedog to see if she was going (I couldn't remember). I thought maybe I could borrow a pair of shorts from her, wash them, then mail them back to her --- something insanely crazy like that. She called Cindy (thanks Shannon!!! thanks Cindy!!!), who said that the shop was going to be open and I could buy some there. Whew....

That's what I get for doing laundry so late the night before!!! The crazy thing was, I took the socks out of the dryer, but not the shorts!! But hey, needed the new shorts anyway, so it's all good.

~BikeMomma

[slinkedog]

My shorts would fall off of your skinny a$$.

I'm glad you got it worked out and were able to ride! Is anyone EVER going to post some photos??? I'm looking forward to a ride report from roguedog... how hard was it?

[Trek420]

::sigh:: new camera, techno challenged Trek. Not a good combo.

I took pictures at the recovery meal, nothing came out. I just got a teeny tiny point and shoot digital what can go wrong?

You know what that means, we have to do this again!

I was thinking about a TE takeover of the Mello Velo ride; 15 miles, easy ride (really!) for those who missed this one.

[roguedog]

My shorts would fall off of your skinny a$$.

I'm glad you got it worked out and were able to ride! Is anyone EVER going to post some photos??? I'm looking forward to a ride report from roguedog... how hard was it?

Hey slinkedog..

I really enjoyed the ride. "I'm really glad Trek made me come." That's what I told Trek at one point in the ride and set her off for 5 minutes in giggles

It was a beautiful ride. I took it easy at an "all day" pace cuz I had no idea what the heck I was in for and I just wanted to take it easy and enjoy the people and the ride. Plus I had my HRM and wanted to keep it in the fat burnign zone. Also, I didn't want to crash and cramp up like I did on a previous ride.

There is one fairly steep hill, though BikeMomma would probably contest that. It is for us lowlanders!! Then they're mostly rollers, some a mite steeper than others.

YOu couldn't beat the view though and the weather was just gorgeous. Clear blue skies. A slight breeze. Canada road by the reservoir. Perfect.

Then, Lisa, who didn't have enough of torturing us with all the beautiful scenery took on a loop through Woodside so we could feel sorry for all those poor Woodside residents.

It was my first day with clipless and the girls kept wanting me to fall over. One even tried to push me over! Ok..ok.. maybe she was just tryign to stop and was tipping in my direction but it looked suspicious! HA. She has a cow bike called Sophie's Choice. Is that what cow tipping is???

Had fun hanging out and getting to know BikeMomma, CindySue, Trek and.. I don't know the screen name of the other nice lady (the one who tried to push me over. Sorry I forgot her name but I know her bike's name and her cat's name!) at Steelhead Brewery.

All in all a nice way to spend a Sat with some really nice folks.

Course now that I've done this I'm looking at other rides. Thinking bout doing Tierra Bella and the Cinderella next year... And yes, trek, I'd do the Mello Vello with you. What day was that again?

[Trek420]

Hey roguedog

"I really enjoyed the ride. "I'm really glad Trek made me come." That's what I told Trek at one point in the ride and set her off for 5 minutes in giggles "

I believe what you said was "thanks for making me come" and I struggled ....must...resist...the...bad...pun. And this is a family forum. You're welcome and don't worry TE gals it wasn't that kinda ride

"I took it easy at an "all day" pace..."
That's your easy all day pace? I have some training to do.

"You couldn't beat the view though and the weather was just gorgeous. Clear blue skies. A slight breeze. Canada road by the reservoir. Perfect."

It's a beautiful route!

"Then, Lisa, who didn't have enough of torturing us with all the beautiful scenery took on a loop through Woodside so we could feel sorry for all those poor Woodside residents."
oh how they suffer

"It was my first day with clipless and the girls kept wanting me to fall over. One even tried to push me over! Ok..ok.. maybe she was just tryign to stop and was tipping in my direction but it looked suspicious! HA. She has a cow bike called Sophie's Choice. Is that what cow tipping is??? "

OMG, this was your first day clipless? Good job!

Nice bike handling skills. Yeah I don't know what happened but I was behind you when Stephanie (who is not on TE that I know of ...yet) and her Trek with Cow Spot paint job got just a leeetle bit too close to your rear wheel for my comfort.

Your life flashed before my eyes heh. Not sure how that happened to get there but you did a good job of staying balanced, cool and calm and accelerating out.

"Course now that I've done this I'm looking at other rides. Thinking bout doing Tierra Bella and the Cinderella next year... And yes, trek, I'd do the Mello Vello with you. What day was that again?"

Sounds good, will check the schedule see when the next one is.

[BikeMomma]

I believe what you said was "thanks for making me come" and I struggled ....must...resist...the...bad...pun. And this is a family forum. You're welcome and don't worry TE gals it wasn't that kinda ride

OMG, this was your first day clipless? Good job!

BBBAAHHAAHHHaaaaa! Too funny Trek....like I told ya at the ride, LOVE your humor. Tell me you like Monty Python!

And Rogue....I agree --- good job on your first day of clipless.

My shorts would fall off of your skinny a$$.

At least I would have had something covering it!

[Trek420]

BikeMomma "BBBAAHHAAHHHaaaaa! Too funny Trek....like I told ya at the ride, LOVE your humor."

Thank you! Glad to keep you entertained

"Tell me you like Monty Python!"

oh puleeze, I loooove Monty Python. Somewhere here Duck on Wheels re-wrote a version of the Lumberjack song for bikergrrls for us.

This (from the Times online) is cow tipping. Note: do not attempt this ;-)