Northern California - Rice Valley Tandem Rally

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bigbossman
01-25-07, 05:42 PM
Coming up on Feb. 11th, The Rice Valley Tandem Rally (http://www.chicovelo.org/ricevalley.html).

Anyone planning on doing this one? I'm not riding a tandem, but I'll be there. Evidently wheel-suckers are welcome. :D

I did it last year, and it is a flat, scenic ride, and a good choice for "1st" century of the new season. I'm planning on going unless the weather is crap - see you there!!

Dchiefransom
01-25-07, 07:20 PM
I'll be looking for rides like this next year when my muscles have become conditioned to my new bike.
SkyeC
01-25-07, 08:29 PM
um... what's a wheel sucker?

bigbossman
01-25-07, 09:06 PM
um... what's a wheel sucker?

When you grab someone's wheel and draft without taking a turn at pulling, you're a wheel-sucker (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_w.html#wheelsucker). Since this ride is a tandem rally, us singles are more or less going to be wheel-suckers. At least, if we're smart...... :D

Last year on this ride, I was cruising along at about 16mph all by myself and was overtaken by 4 tandem's in a pack. Without any additional effort on my part, my cruising speed went up to 19mph. I've been in a pace line or two in my time, but I never got sucked up in a vacuum like that in my life.

It was a very pleasant 10 miles. :D