Northern California - Solvang Double-Ride Report
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Britpower
03-29-09, 06:50 PM
Completed my first double this weekend, finished in 12hrs 55 minutes. Very pleased with the time, glad I went over Drum Canyon in daylight, that road surface is really bad.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, maybe next year we should have a bike forum group ride it.
rumbutter
03-29-09, 07:01 PM
Fantastic Job!!! I told you you could do it. That shiny new bike must have helped too ;-)
BlastRadius
03-29-09, 09:23 PM
Great job. You did it solo?
spingineer
03-29-09, 09:48 PM
Good for you ... quite an accomplishment to complete a double, and then to complete it before it got dark. Yeah, Drum Canyon is not the best paved street at all. Hopefully you were able to avoid all the potholes ... kinda hard to avoid them when it's dark. I am still amazed that I happen to avoid them when I rode it a couple of years ago in pitch black darkness. I did have the benefit of really bright HID's, so maybe that did it?
AsanaCycles
03-29-09, 10:38 PM
ya... Drum Canyon pretty bumpy, but really short in descent time
the wind was perfect
and a good day
perfect weather.
i broke a spoke just before the HWY 101 overpass in SLO
had to ride to Guadalupe with a rear wheel rubbing the stays
maybe i should have turned around to the lunch break and worked on it there
congrats on your 1st double!
peace...d
Great job! Congratulations on your first double. Drum can be a problem, but it's a short problem. The weather was perfect, it was a great day for riding.
taxi777
03-30-09, 12:37 AM
Big time Congrats on your first double!
Britpower
03-31-09, 10:38 AM
Thanks everyone
I am planning on riding the Davis Double next, anyone else riding?
taxi777
03-31-09, 10:45 AM
Lot's of us...maybe we should make some kind of plans for a mass meet up at start!
redspoke
03-31-09, 03:26 PM
Lot's of us...maybe we should make some kind of plans for a mass meet up at start!
How about plans for a mass paceline for the last 30 miles..? :p
AsanaCycles
03-31-09, 05:18 PM
Thanks everyone
I am planning on riding the Davis Double next, anyone else riding?
I plan on Davis too.
then maybe Hemet
cccorlew
03-31-09, 06:08 PM
Congrats! It's a big deal!
Davis: We should start a thread when it gets close.
I can tell you I'll be rolling out about 4am. You'll see me. I'm the guy in the helmet, with a headlight and water bottles.