Easter Sunday ride... it's a grinder!!

[spazzdog]

Trek420 and I are riding from my place (Oakland) to Lafayette on Sunday.

Meet at my place at 10:30 am, rollout by 11:00. The route is 15-20 miles and kinda difficult since we'll be going over the mountain. Nope, not Snake. I will take Bikerz's advice and utilize Tunnel Rd to Skyline.

Anyone is welcome... insanity with a touch of the masochist required. "City" riding skills a must.

For the REAL wackos, you can do the round trip

Trek and I will be dropping in on a friend of mine for H2O, then BARTing back (probably).

spazz

PM me if you want to join us and need directions to my humble abode.

[jobob]

I was thinking of riding from Union City to Lafayette and back on Sunday, so maybe I'll see ya's.

- jo, whose wackitude is off the charts

[spazzdog]

Cool! I'll be on Epesi, my zebra striped Specialized and Trek will be on her fine Italian steed (which I can never remember the name of... Mondi-sumthin).

... and yes, your wackitude is waaay off the charts. thank goodness

[roguedog]

Sooo.. tempting but alas, I think I'm Easter bunny bound..

[Trek420]

Cool! I'll be on Epesi, my zebra striped Specialized and Trek will be on her fine Italian steed (which I can never remember the name of... Mondi-sumthin).

:::sigh:::: Mondonico

[spazzdog]

Mondonico... mondonico...

All I could think of was Marinara... but I was hungry

spazz

[KnottedYet]

for the longest time all I could think of was Mendocino.

"Waterford", now there's an easy one to remember!

[spazzdog]

For the benefit of the Mondonico's self image...

It is a beautiful machine. And to coin a phrase "...by any other name, a rose is still a rose"

So Trek darlin', bring that Mendocino Marinara on over and we'll do some hills

spazz

[snapdragen]

My knees blew up when I read the word mountain. Have fun!

[spazzdog]

"mountain" may be an overstatement for you NoCal gals... to y'all, it's probably a "hill".

To my poor old, out of shape bod and mind, that puppy's a MOUNTAIN.

spazz (just finishing up weather/sweat proof cue sheet for the ride)

[Trek420]

for the longest time all I could think of was Mendocino.

"Waterford", now there's an easy one to remember!

Yep, and Flossie the Waterford's a memorable bike. Knott, get a triple for Flossie and c'mon down.

Trivia/Italian buffs I'm told that the model of the Mendocino which is Futura Legero means "future lightness" and also that it's either a pun or misspelling.

While I'm somewhat lighter since getting the Mendocino Marinara Marvel I don't know if there will be much lightness in my future. So y'all come on out and plod/slog up the hill with me. In other words....I'm a slow but steady rider, coach Spazz is the hill climbing goat.

[spazzdog]

GOAT... are you kidding!!

I drop into my lowly granny (compact double granny), stand up, "run" about 100 yds (maybe), then die a horrible death.

If I'm lucky, I can unclip before I do a perfect "Artie Johnson".

I refuse to put a triple on my bike... call me silly (just don't call me late for cocktail hour )

BUT... I have hope that this particular ride will start me on my way to actually being able to climb the entirety of Jobob's infamous "Nemesis Hill".

Gotta have the challenge...

spazz-o-chist

[snapdragen]

spazz............come to the dark side................your knees will love you............

[KnottedYet]

Oooh, Snap, that's the one I want for Flossie. Sugino. (Campy is too dang expensive)

C'mon, Spazz. We'll do it together.

triple... triple.... triple...

[snapdragen]

I think Bleu may get one eventually too.