Southern California - Picture of your early SoCal cycling days?

I was looking thru some photo albums when I stumbled onto this one. 1994 was the year I first discovered that there was something better than a Target Huffy. Someone turned me onto the SART and suggested a hybrid. This was my first 1/2 decent bike, a cromo Miyata hybrid. My first organized ride Rosarito/Ensenada. Shortly after I picked up a Target helmet and started doing organized rides like the MS 150 from Rancho to Palmsprings!:D

From softball and pumpin' IRON to cycling. Been 13 years of nonstop cycling!

Tennis shoes, straps, no helmet, and earphones! WHATTA DORK!:D

Got any pics of yourself from long ago?:o

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/1stride.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/1stride.jpg


Reminds me of the Hulk before the transformation :lol: :lol:

Riding with the wife..And LOVNG IT!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c362/jojisan/1995Rosarito.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/1stride.jpg


Reminds me of the Hulk before the transformation :lol: :lol:


You're lucky the pythons have turned to garden snakes or else!:mad:

Cool picture George! That's the wifey? She looks to be in excellent shape!

Riding with the wife..And LOVNG IT!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c362/jojisan/1995Rosarito.jpg

But, but, that bike has MULTIPLE GEARS! :eek: :eek:

Cool picture George! That's the wifey? She looks to be in excellent shape!Thanks Fred! Yep....that's my wife.
It looks like we were on the same road, and perhaps the same ride...:D

But, but, that bike has MULTIPLE GEARS! :eek: :eek:I believe I got rid of gears that same year. :D

Does this count? I think I was three or four at the time.

http://clanlee.smugmug.com/photos/169238598-O.jpg

Thanks Fred! Yep....that's my wife.
It looks like we were on the same road, and perhaps the same ride...:DIhave a helmet exactly like yours in my garage.

Ihave a helmet exactly like yours in my garage.So do I! It's the Giro Ventoux. :D

I'll have to borrow some pics from my mom of my junior racing days. I know they're around, as I showed them to my wife recently to prove that my neighbors had a reason to call me the kid with no @$$ (I have quite a hereditary @$$ nowadays)

I will have to dig deeper for older pics. Gabriel on his first organized ride Tour de Palm Springs 2003 ( 13 miles :eek: ) at the young age of 6 . Geez that brings back memories, thanks Fred.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1319/710179070_21b224bfc8_o.jpg

Ok I'll play...
http://home.earthlink.net/~shellenbargers/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/old-web.jpg
This was my first attempt to ride to Parker, AZ from home in Westminster, CA. My mom took this picture as I left, alone..
with no helmet..
at age 14..
on a 265 mile ride!

I'll need to find a pic from last year.

Ok I'll play...
http://home.earthlink.net/~shellenbargers/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/old-web.jpg
This was my first attempt to ride to Parker, AZ from home in Westminster, CA. My mom took this picture as I left, alone..
with no helmet..
at age 14..
on a 265 mile ride!

Ok... so did you make the whole trip?? :)

Hey Beanz, you always come up with some good ideas. Here is me - million years ago. No spandex, no clip shoes, no helmet :eek: . Boy, who needed foken' Gatorade back then. ;)

http://attachments.us.syspro.com/APDV/DM/Utrecht.JPG

Ok... so did you make the whole trip?? :)
I made it a year later 1987, this time with a route sheet and I did it again the next year. Then quit riding after my bike was stolen. :( I've always wanted to do it again. I can't believe it's been twenty years!

I made it a year later 1987, this time with a route sheet and I did it again the next year. Then quit riding after my bike was stolen. :( I've always wanted to do it again. I can't believe it's been twenty years!
Wow that sounds like fun, if you decide to do it let me know.

Thanks Fred! Yep....that's my wife.
It looks like we were on the same road, and perhaps the same ride...:D

she looks like a hottie! You should get her out with the BF crew!!! :D (not 'cause she's a hottie, just cause ;) )

I was looking thru some photo albums when I stumbled onto this one. 1994 was the year I first discovered that there was something better than a Target Huffy. Someone turned me onto the SART and suggested a hybrid. This was my first 1/2 decent bike, a cromo Miyata hybrid. My first organized ride Rosarito/Ensenada. Shortly after I picked up a Target helmet and started doing organized rides like the MS 150 from Rancho to Palmsprings!:D

From softball and pumpin' IRON to cycling. Been 13 years of nonstop cycling!

Tennis shoes, straps, no helmet, and earphones! WHATTA DORK!:D

Got any pics of yourself from long ago?:o

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/1stride.jpg

LOVE that pic!!!!! Thanks for sharing :D

Wow that sounds like fun, if you decide to do it let me know.

I would be interested in a CA-AZ ride, as well. Probably not in summer, though. :)

I would be interested in a CA-AZ ride, as well. Probably not in summer, though. :)
+1

Hey Beanz, you always come up with some good ideas. Here is me - million years ago. No spandex, no clip shoes, no helmet :eek: . Boy, who needed foken' Gatorade back then. ;)

http://attachments.us.syspro.com/APDV/DM/Utrecht.JPG



Oh my Jimmy, been a million years and your face hasn't changed one bit!:D

Nice pix guys. Young white dude,cool pic. Octico, looks like Gabe has whipped you into shape. You look a few pounds heavier then!

George, I'm sure we were on the same ride and road at one time or another. After that year(1994), I did it 7 consecutive times!:D

Hey Beanz, you always come up with some good ideas. Here is me - million years ago. No spandex, no clip shoes, no helmet :eek: . Boy, who needed foken' Gatorade back then. ;)

http://attachments.us.syspro.com/APDV/DM/Utrecht.JPG


Jimmy, I had to come up with something. I was recording myself singing and playing my guitar. I viewed the recording then said to myself, "OMG, you suck, you better go back to the bike forum"!:D...Maybe the guitar was inspiration for the new topic!:p

Here's me at the "91" Solvang Century.


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p300/rdt333/solvang-91-on-the-road.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p300/rdt333/solvang-91--the-finish.jpg

awesome Ralph !!

Not one of me but my mom & day back in their days late 40's

http://www.jtgraphics.net/form/mom_dad-_1949.jpg

Hey Beanz, you always come up with some good ideas. Here is me - million years ago. No spandex, no clip shoes, no helmet :eek: . Boy, who needed foken' Gatorade back then. ;)

http://attachments.us.syspro.com/APDV/DM/Utrecht.JPG

hahaha Heineken on the BACK!!

Nice pic man that was awesome!!

Here's me at the "91" Solvang Century.


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p300/rdt333/solvang-91-on-the-road.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p300/rdt333/solvang-91--the-finish.jpg

you actually wear RED?

Wow, when did you become such a russophobe? Or are you a closet red?

I would be interested in a CA-AZ ride, as well. Probably not in summer, though. :)

Not in one day mind you, but if you anyone is up for a casual 2 night 3 day trip. + infinity

hahaha Heineken on the BACK!!
Nice pic man that was awesome!!

Thanks Ovo! Yeah, now I'm working on a new sports drink - it's called "I can't believe it's not beer". ;)

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/crazyguyonabike/docs/00/00/01/90/large/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg
This is me in Newcastle England when I toured over there back in 93.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g87/ronjon10/RandomRides/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/crazyguyonabike/docs/00/00/01/90/large/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg

you actually wear RED?

Wow, when did you become such a russophobe? Or are you a closet red?

That's still my winter jersey.:eek:

That's still my winter jersey.:eek:

okay, I'm buying you a new jersey! Not because that one is bad... but because its getting OLD!!! :p

Here's me...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Family/DannoTrikeS2.jpg

Here's me...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/DannoXYZ/Family/DannoTrikeS2.jpg
That's not you now? That's so cute ...

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/crazyguyonabike/docs/00/00/01/90/large/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg
This is me in Newcastle England when I toured over there back in 93.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g87/ronjon10/RandomRides/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/crazyguyonabike/docs/00/00/01/90/large/NewCastleNewcastle.jpg

Ron you actually look older in this pic. Nice pic :)

Ron you actually look older in this pic. Nice pic :)

Sort of a young Brendan Gleeson?

1974. We had ambitions of riding across the US and this was the start of our first "big" ride - Half Moon Bay to LA.

I was 14 (on the right) with my cycling buddy, Tom. My mom made the jersey (neither she or I had ever seen one outside of a magazine). The tights were a pair of long underwear my mom dyed black. I'm next to my first identifiable "real" road bike (i.e. it hadn't been spray-can painted by the previous owner, or found in a dumpster like my previous bike). A Frejus. I loved that bike.

I was the "racer", though I had never been in or seen a bike race and didn't have much more with me than a space blanket (remember those?), a knife, a jar of mustard, and an extra pair of socks. Tom was a "tourer" and had a sleeping bag. We slept in an artichoke field the first night and tried to rent a camp site in trailer park near San Louis Obispo the second, but the park refused us because they didn't know what to do with a couple of 14 year olds on bikes. We headed down to the beach where we huddled out of the freezing puring rain under the awning of a closed hot dog stand. Shivering with nothing other than my extra pair of socks on my hands for warmth, we were picked up (rescued?) by the police who called our parents with a "do you know where your son is?" and the honest "not really" answer. After sorting out that we were not run aways, they released us on our way at 6am after we got 2 hours or so of sleep in the police station.

Neither of our parents, it turned out, really grasped that were were actually going to ride our bikes "all the way" to LA. Both thought were were just all talk and would be back in the afternoon. Ha!


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/hawkdl2/LAtrip1974.jpg


Notice the cool army surplus ammo bag on my bars.

Wow....some really interesting shots! I need to dig further....:D

Genedoc, that's f'in hilarious!

okay, I'm buying you a new jersey! Not because that one is bad... but because its getting OLD!!! :p

Cool, I'll chip in 5 bucks!!!:D

1974. We had ambitions of riding across the US and this was the start of our first "big" ride - Half Moon Bay to LA.

I was 14 (on the right) with my cycling buddy, Tom. My mom made the jersey (neither she or I had ever seen one outside of a magazine). The tights were a pair of long underwear my mom dyed black. I'm next to my first identifiable "real" road bike (i.e. it hadn't been spray-can painted by the previous owner, or found in a dumpster like my previous bike). A Frejus. I loved that bike.

I was the "racer", though I had never been in or seen a bike race and didn't have much more with me than a space blanket (remember those?), a knife, a jar of mustard, and an extra pair of socks. Tom was a "tourer" and had a sleeping bag. We slept in an artichoke field the first night and tried to rent a camp site in trailer park near San Louis Obispo the second, but the park refused us because they didn't know what to do with a couple of 14 year olds on bikes. We headed down to the beach where we huddled out of the freezing puring rain under the awning of a closed hot dog stand. Shivering with nothing other than my extra pair of socks on my hands for warmth, we were picked up (rescued?) by the police who called our parents with a "do you know where your son is?" and the honest "not really" answer. After sorting out that we were not run aways, they released us on our way at 6am after we got 2 hours or so of sleep in the police station.

Neither of our parents, it turned out, really grasped that were were actually going to ride our bikes "all the way" to LA. Both thought were were just all talk and would be back in the afternoon. Ha!


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/hawkdl2/LAtrip1974.jpg


Notice the cool army surplus ammo bag on my bars.


That is a great story!!