Southern California - So Cal needs a long thread "What's Up?" type thread!

Looks like fun...

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/docroot/media/2008/2008-stage7-map.pdf

Wow! you meant that 2 people from the "No-Job-4-the-Summer" crowd have officially obtained gainful (yet sucky) jobs!?!

What is this world coming to?

Wow! you meant that 2 people from the "No-Job-4-the-Summer" crowd have officially obtained gainful (yet sucky) jobs!?!

What is this world coming to?

Yes, but they are just stepping stones to better jobs...or some such crap. :p

Looks like fun...

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/docroot/media/2008/2008-stage7-map.pdf

Nice, looks like they stepped up the difficulty on the ride this year.

Still not coming to San Diego. Fark that.

Still not coming to San Diego. Fark that.

That's so far south. Who wants to go all the way down there.

Wow! you meant that 2 people from the "No-Job-4-the-Summer" crowd have officially obtained gainful (yet sucky) jobs!?!

What is this world coming to?

indeed. and for the same company, no less.

Wat up :D? We still have a ride to put together one of these days.

that de luz/rainbow ride is still calling.

now that i'm working a normal jobCongrats! :D

Wat up :D? We still have a ride to put together one of these days.

I'm in and off the back!

Congrats! :D

thank you, sir. but if you only knew, you'd most likely offer condolences instead. i don't know if it's possible, but i think this job is actually making me more stupider.

that de luz/rainbow ride is still calling.

Maybe in the next couple of weeks, I've got to start climbing soon. Voltman said he's going to pace us up the climbs :p

i don't know if it's possible, but i think this job is actually making me more stupider.

Well, I hate to point it out, but you may be right. You can't say "more stupider." You either have to say "more stupid," or "stupider."

But nevermind, do tell us about this job. :p

Maybe in the next couple of weeks, I've got to start climbing soon. Voltman said he's going to pace us up the climbs :p

For sure. If it weren't for me, there'd be no way you guys could climb at 5mph.

Well, I hate to point it out, but you may be right. You can't say "more stupider." You either have to say "more stupid," or "stupider."

But nevermind, do tell us about this job. :p

:rolleyes:


with an extra, Thanksgiving-sized helping of :rolleyes:

set a new PR on one of my lunch rides. This interval training thing worked out well today. Never thought I can sprint a hill at 27mph!!!

OC roadie, palomar this sunday but I'm not climbing at your pace....

Pssh...anybody can sprint a hill at 27 mph. N00ob.


/oh, you meant up.

i know I'm slow

You may be slow, but Chuckles really needs a new pic of the week.

:rolleyes:


with an extra, Thanksgiving-sized helping of :rolleyes:

What???? He's the one who said it. :mad::p

he's kickin it ol skool

What???? He's the one who said it. :mad::p

;)

You're cute when you're angry. Chuckles has the edumacations to write good when he wants to.

he's kickin it ol skool

*sigh* :rolleyes:

You need help with your spelling too. You've got two strikes - Poptart crap breakfast and poor grammar. :p;):D

set a new PR on one of my lunch rides. This interval training thing worked out well today. Never thought I can sprint a hill at 27mph!!!

Nice Work
OC roadie, palomar this sunday but I'm not climbing at your pace....
You're right, cuz I'm not climbing :p. I'm going to enjoy my last couple of weeks of flatlanding it, before the mountain climbs and hill repeats start next month.

ps. Jeff...it was a CV boot. And I'll soon be $175 poorer because the clutch replacement mechanic and the brake replacement mechanic both insisted that there was no way they could have torn the CV boot...it must have been old and worn out.

:aargh:

;)

You're cute when you're angry. Chuckles has the edumacations to write good when he wants to.

That sounds dirty to me. This thread just got more interesting. :D

Oh, and I'm cuter drunk than angry....not that it's relevant or anything...

*sigh* :rolleyes:

You need help with your spelling too. You've got two stricks - Poptart crap breakfast and poor grammar. :p;):D


Where can I get two stricks? I need to complete my set.

HAHA! In B4 the edit.

Damn I'm quick.


/yes...that is what she said. Smartass.

Where can I get two stricks? I need to complete my set.

Oh, damnit! You caught it before I did. :lol:

But I have an excuse. It's called blondyitisriciosis. :o

They make a topical cream for that. It comes with a silky applicator.

They make a topical cream for that. It comes with a silky applicator.

I tried it, it doesn't work and I end up with awful highlights.

Looks like fun...

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/docroot/media/2008/2008-stage7-map.pdf

Outstanding route! It's probably not quite long enough, or enough steep sections, for the pros. But it beats the flat routes by a mile.

I'll be very interested to see if there is enough climbing to create some breakaway opportunities for the climbers -- perhaps where it gets steep at the end of Aliso? It's not very long, but they've done a fair amount of (semi-) climbing already by that point. What do you think?

ps. Jeff...it was a CV boot. And I'll soon be $175 poorer because the clutch replacement mechanic and the brake replacement mechanic both insisted that there was no way they could have torn the CV boot...it must have been old and worn out.

:aargh:

175 for them to replace the boot? that sucks, I hate taking cars to the shop. I do most of that type of work myself just to save the money and knowing it's done sorta right;)

175 for them to replace the boot? that sucks, I hate taking cars to the shop. I do most of that type of work myself just to save the money and knowing it's done sorta right;)

Supposedly there was a 'kit'...and I couldn't just buy the boot.

kit= grease, boot and 2 clamps

kit= grease, boot and 2 clamps

you're a clamp.

Outstanding route! It's probably not quite long enough, or enough steep sections, for the pros. But it beats the flat routes by a mile.

I'll be very interested to see if there is enough climbing to create some breakaway opportunities for the climbers -- perhaps where it gets steep at the end of Aliso? It's not very long, but they've done a fair amount of (semi-) climbing already by that point. What do you think?

Here's the profile from Santa Clarita to the Rose Bowl. I think there might be enough going over the divide on AF to make it interesting.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2006931511_3b7bc991dc_o.jpg

looks like a great climb!!

It might be good for a ride up that day...

JP, I'm having trouble matching that up. It shows 68 mi vs. 93 mi for the whole route -- is that just the extra mileage around the Rose Bowl they'll be doing? Aliso is the highest point, right?

Aside from being the steepest section, Aliso is one of those climbs with a deceptive landscape, making you think it is flatter than it is... that will be the most interesting section to watch, for me.

JP, I'm having trouble matching that up. It shows 68 mi vs. 93 mi for the whole route -- is that just the extra mileage around the Rose Bowl they'll be doing? Aliso is the highest point, right?

Aside from being the steepest section, Aliso is one of those climbs with a deceptive landscape, making you think it is flatter than it is... that will be the most interesting section to watch, for me.

When they hit the Rose Bowl they do a circuit course a few times which makes up the difference in mileage.

I think the highest point is the road to Mt Gleason.

When they hit the Rose Bowl they do a circuit course a few times which makes up the difference in mileage.

I think the highest point is the road to Mt Gleason.

Hopefully they wont have to ride 2 abreast around the RB:rolleyes:

Hopefully they wont have to ride 2 abreast around the RB:rolleyes:

I heard that Pasadena was going to roll out the mobile stop sign and give tickets to people that blow through it... of course, the motorcycle cops will actually have a tough time catching these guys...

I heard that Pasadena was going to roll out the mobile stop sign and give tickets to people that blow through it... of course, the motorcycle cops will actually have a tough time catching these guys...

what's a mobile stop sign?

wonder how many will stop....

You can't say "more stupider."

i can now, thanks to my job.

Catching up...too lazy to do it good like:

Any job that allows you to say more stupider is a damn fine job.

I often ride to a breast. Sometimes two of 'em.

A mobile stop sign is found in Alabama. Don't worry your little inbred heads about it.

Jeff: Thank you for enlightening me about what a CV boot is...it's bad enough that it cost me $175, but it's doubly more so bad 'n stuff that it would have cost half that for any other car. Corvette tax is alive and well.

If they do glue a stop sign to a set of wheels and try to stop the Rose Bowlers, well...hopefully George gets a video of it.

:beer:

Thank you, Mo!!!! I love it!!! You done good and I hope you'll keep 'em coming. :D

Since it's close to Xmas season, I finally got a quote for the C'dale crash/frame replacement program to replace my dented frame. Caad8 is no more and $600 to get the caad9. I think I'll keep my caad8 for the next little while until they start having a paint scheme that I like. :p

Mo you don't want to know the parts cost for a CV boot on a normal car. So yah thats what happens when you have a $50k car.

biking related, my new bike will break the 400 mile mark in it's first month of riding:beer: