Southern California - SD North County Century - Rescheduled - Sat. March 22

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Indolent58
03-16-08, 07:56 AM
Rescheduled from 3/16 to 3/22 due to weather.

This is a great ride covering some of the best areas of SD North County. The ride starts in Oceanside and heads down the coast to Solano Beach.
It turns east via Rancho Santa Fe/Del Dios to Escondido and continues out to Lilac Road, Couser Canyon and Rice Valley. It returns Oceanside via Fallbrook and Bonsall. I originally based it on an abbreviated version of the SD 200K brevet, but I asked Grumpy Pig to share some of this North County expertise to improve the route. So if the route sucks we can blame him.

When: Saturday, March 22

Where: Oceanside Amtrak Station Parking Lot, South Tremont Street, Oceanside

Start: Meet at 7:30, roll at 8:00

Route: http://www.geocities.com/grumpypig/Oceanside_Century.pdf

Elevation: 5-6K ft

Food: Post-ride pig-out in Oceanside TBD

Speak up boys and girls. Who's in?

IN:
Indolent58
Chaco
igoyippy4skippy
alwaysbikn and friends


MAYBE: (no excuses, Oceanside is as close to el-ay as you can get without being el-ay)
Grumpy Pig
jsigone
JimmyNH
Rick@OCRR
DaveSANYYZ

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Chaco
03-16-08, 08:25 AM
Cool! I'm in!

efficiency
03-16-08, 10:41 AM
It's sunny right now.


Indolent58
03-16-08, 10:56 AM
It's sunny right now.

What's your point?

efficiency
03-16-08, 11:01 AM
I love weather forecasts.

Indolent58
03-16-08, 11:21 AM
But are you in? You have the opportunity to redeem your previously lameness..

igoyippy4skippy
03-16-08, 04:05 PM
I am in for sure

GP
03-16-08, 05:31 PM
Maybe. A firm maybe.

efficiency
03-16-08, 08:48 PM
Lameness still persists for another week.

alwaysbikn
03-16-08, 08:53 PM
We will be there on the Machiatto and a good friend of mine will be on his C'dale tandem as well.........

Indolent58
03-16-08, 09:05 PM
Lameness still persists for another week.

Such lameness... it's overwhelming... I don't know what to say...

Indolent58
03-16-08, 09:07 PM
We will be there on the Machiatto and a good friend of mine will be on his C'dale tandem as well.........

Two tandems. Excellent. If my math is right that's four people!

efficiency
03-16-08, 10:05 PM
Such lameness... it's overwhelming... I don't know what to say...

Ride away, lest you be infected with my lameness.

jsigone
03-16-08, 11:47 PM
I'm a maybe, might be working on my car next weekend if my parts come in

JimmyNH
03-17-08, 08:30 AM
I'm in if my back doesn't hurt too much by then. I guess this makes me a "maybe". Please ignore my post in the old thread, I've been blind.

Rick@OCRR
03-18-08, 04:09 PM
Kim just phoned me to tell me about this ride, but I'll be flying back from Seattle late on Fri. evening, so I'll have to have my act together and be somewhat awake.

Which makes me a possible maybe. Chuck Bramwell has a ride up Palomar (and beyond) that day too so I have to decide. That one starts in Oceanside too.

Rick / OCRR

Indolent58
03-18-08, 05:23 PM
Kim just phoned me to tell me about this ride, but I'll be flying back from Seattle late on Fri. evening, so I'll have to have my act together and be somewhat awake.

Which makes me a possible maybe. Chuck Bramwell has a ride up Palomar (and beyond) that day too so I have to decide. That one starts in Oceanside too.

Rick / OCRR

I admire decisiveness.

DaveSANYYZ
03-18-08, 06:48 PM
Maybe depending on work work. :(

JimmyNH
03-20-08, 03:14 PM
Guys, I'll bail out. I feel better, but not 100% and I think a 100-miler will be too much. I think I'll do the club rides this weekend - shorter and closer to home. Sorry about that, I was really looking forward to this ride. :o

GP
03-20-08, 03:16 PM
I'm out too.

I updated the routeslip and will put it on my website by tomorrow afternoon.

Chaco
03-20-08, 10:31 PM
Today I drove over major portions of the route. I've done 6 centuries in the past 9 months, but this one is clearly out of my league. If I were 20 years younger and rode a bike that was great at climbing there'd be no question.

It is a beautiful ride, that's for sure. I hope you guys have a great time.

Indolent58
03-21-08, 06:41 PM
You bail you fail.:rolleyes:

I haven't ridden since last Saturday, I'm fried from a stressful week at work and am probably not ready for this at all.

But I'm doing it anyway. I will see who materializes tomorrow AM and we'll go from there.

Nachoman
03-21-08, 06:53 PM
Negative. Relatives in town.

DaveSANYYZ
03-21-08, 09:34 PM
I'm downgrading from a "maybe" to a "no", sorry Dan.

Still at work. :(

Nachoman
03-21-08, 09:45 PM
I worked a half day today. Looks like you're working my other half. :p

igoyippy4skippy
03-21-08, 09:51 PM
sorry i am going to also have to bow out of this ride