umd
06-26-08, 05:24 PM
I was on the fence for a while but signed up for the higland double route. Anyone else doing it Saturday? What time are you starting?
Southern California - Grand Tour - Who's In?
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roadfix
06-26-08, 05:46 PM
I didn't register yet due to my work schedule. I'll decide for sure on Fri night.
DanteB
06-26-08, 05:54 PM
I'm doing the Highland Triple, leaving at 4 am.
mateo44
06-26-08, 06:36 PM
Melissa and are in for the double metric.
DScott
06-26-08, 08:03 PM
Highland double, old-n-slow category.
Extort
06-26-08, 08:17 PM
I'm in for the double....
shot of vodka in my Bloody Mary starting at 9AM!
shot of vodka in my Bloody Mary starting at 9AM!
KINGS HOCKEY
06-27-08, 08:59 AM
I'm in for the Lowland Double, riding with my wife (her first double). Starting about 5 am to get in as much daylight as possible.
Rick@OCRR
06-27-08, 10:28 AM
I'm in for the Highland Double, starting at 4:30 AM with a goal of finishing in the daylight. This will be my 5th Grand Tour, my 4th Highland.
Great route, and about as easy as doubles get!
Rick / OCRR
Great route, and about as easy as doubles get!
Rick / OCRR
umd
06-27-08, 10:30 AM
Oh yeah, I plan to start at 6
alicestrong
06-27-08, 10:47 AM
I'm doing the Highland Triple, leaving at 4 am.
Triple AND quadruple? :p
What will you crazy kids think up next...:lol:
Triple AND quadruple? :p
What will you crazy kids think up next...:lol:
roadfix
06-28-08, 09:42 AM
I rode to work instead. I knew this.
Everyone else doing this today, have a great ride!
Everyone else doing this today, have a great ride!
Rick@OCRR
06-30-08, 07:56 AM
Thanks Geroge,
It was a great ride! We had a wonderful overcast until well beyond Potrero, temps even quite good climbing Grimes Canyon and Dennison Grade into Ojai. A bit warm over Casidas until the 2nd summit, then cool breeze off the ocean cooled things down well.
Great tail winds from Rincon to Malibu! 4:30 AM start, 7:00 PM finish. Rode all the way to Casidas trying to hang on to Roland's wheel (ADO Gang), but finally dropped off, finished 1/2 hour after Roland.
Perfect weather (pretty much), great organization by Bobbi Fisher and Kermit Ganier, excellent checkpoint staff at all locations, great food, lovely route (Highland)! I'd ride it again . . . next year.
Rick / OCRR
It was a great ride! We had a wonderful overcast until well beyond Potrero, temps even quite good climbing Grimes Canyon and Dennison Grade into Ojai. A bit warm over Casidas until the 2nd summit, then cool breeze off the ocean cooled things down well.
Great tail winds from Rincon to Malibu! 4:30 AM start, 7:00 PM finish. Rode all the way to Casidas trying to hang on to Roland's wheel (ADO Gang), but finally dropped off, finished 1/2 hour after Roland.
Perfect weather (pretty much), great organization by Bobbi Fisher and Kermit Ganier, excellent checkpoint staff at all locations, great food, lovely route (Highland)! I'd ride it again . . . next year.
Rick / OCRR
umd
06-30-08, 07:57 AM
Great tail winds from Rincon to Malibu! 4:30 AM start, 7:00 PM finish. Rode all the way to Casidas trying to hang on to Roland's wheel (ADO Gang), but finally dropped off, finished 1/2 hour after Roland.
We must have rolled in right near each other, I came in at 6:59 by my GPS clock...
We must have rolled in right near each other, I came in at 6:59 by my GPS clock...
Rick@OCRR
06-30-08, 08:03 AM
We must have rolled in right near each other, I came in at 6:59 by my GPS clock...
I think I remember seeing you (not knowing you were "umd") at the finish, or at least recognized your kit from Shai's photos. I may have finished a minute or two before 7:00 PM, so yeah, right about the same time. But then, I started a lot earlier than you did!
Rick / OCRR
I think I remember seeing you (not knowing you were "umd") at the finish, or at least recognized your kit from Shai's photos. I may have finished a minute or two before 7:00 PM, so yeah, right about the same time. But then, I started a lot earlier than you did!
Rick / OCRR
umd
06-30-08, 08:13 AM
I think I remember seeing you (not knowing you were "umd") at the finish, or at least recognized your kit from Shai's photos. I may have finished a minute or two before 7:00 PM, so yeah, right about the same time. But then, I started a lot earlier than you did!
:D
True, I started a little after 6:15. The guys I ended up riding with from Ojai on started at roughly the same time as me but made a wrong turn and rode 8 miles out of the way, so they were really moving! I probably would have finished sooner had I not been cramped up several times on PCH on the way back.
I got a picture from the Moorpark rest stop:
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/3093.jpg
:D
True, I started a little after 6:15. The guys I ended up riding with from Ojai on started at roughly the same time as me but made a wrong turn and rode 8 miles out of the way, so they were really moving! I probably would have finished sooner had I not been cramped up several times on PCH on the way back.
I got a picture from the Moorpark rest stop:
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/3093.jpg