Southern California - It's pose time! (ride proposal)

It's about that time again. I'm looking at late October or early November. It's time for a pose ride! 50 - 60 ish miles. Put on your finest kit and take off on suburban tour 4 or 5 local cafés in the San Diego. Bring you cameras, polish up the bikes, and plan to spend a day of looking good on and (mostly) off the bike. Still working on a route, but be assured it will be interesting yet familiar and of a low level of difficulty, er, maybe. So who's up for it? I'll post details as they come. Anyone have a preference for a date?

i don't have a pro kit or any cool clothing :( i have a colorado cyclist bike :( i wear a camelbak :(

is there a nerd ride? not even the ventiest starbucks cup can help this fashion idiot

Oceanside is far.

Go for November. The Pie and Borrego rides are this month.

solana beach and escondido are alright too. what i can't vote more than once? what a stupid poll! what's mark's 08 pose ride?

i have a cap with world champ rainbow stripes and some usps socks... am i cool yet?

If the ride is in November I will have time to finds socks and gloves to match my jersey.

what's mark's 08 pose ride?

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/san-diego/613447558681

No stopping at Starbucks. The stops last time were:
Peet's Coffee, Point Loma
Cafe Calabria, North Park
Pannikin, La Jolla

i roast my own coffee, so i get plenty of great coffee all day long. i have no problems with drinking subpar coffee, or i can throw down some monster/amp/redcaca if the coffee is really bad. i just want to fit in with the cool kids, or at least be seen riding with them

i roast my own coffee, so i get plenty of great coffee all day long. i have no problems with drinking subpar coffee, or i can throw down some monster/amp/redcaca if the coffee is really bad. i just want to fit in with the cool kids, or at least be seen riding with them
You'll be riding with me tomorow. It doesn't get better than that.

I would be interested. Preferably on Sunday and preferably in October. I voted for Solana Beach. Mark's ride last year was nice but too hard. I think we had about 5K of climbing over the 50 miles.
4-5 coffee stops? :eek: Listen son, coffee is not beer - you can't drink that much coffee in one day. ;) :D

You'll be riding with me tomorow. It doesn't get better than that.

i know i'll be with some of bikeforum's coolest kids, but the effect is lost when diluted with thousands of people. cya in the am!

No stopping at Starbucks. The stops last time were:
Peet's Coffee, Point Loma
Cafe Calabria, North Park
Pannikin, La Jolla

Awesome, err I mean excellent, err I mean nice. (Sure hope no one finds offense with this.) :rolleyes:

Finally, we have some serious talking about "some serious riding"..................I mean "serious posing".
:bike2:

On Saturday on the Grizzly Century (the best, by the way, especially the great views and good descending -Chris) I saw a guy wearing a Poser, Charlatain jersey and I thought of you guys. Is that some Itialian club or something? I think it was wool, classic, pretty cool looking.

I,m sure I was one of the biggest posers there!

... the Grizzly Century..

So how was it Larry? Bit nippy on the descents?

Not at all! Absolutely perfect weather. 52 degrees at 7:00 at Bass Lake, hottest part of the day might have been 75. It's on the "Scenic Byway" -road to nowhere, so there were virtually no cars, just a few off road type motorcycles. Views of Mammoth mtn. Mammoth Pool, The Minarets, Redinger Valley. Then Grizzly road -1 lane 15mi climb, then 20+mi descent down Besore rd. --Fun!

On the way back home Fri. nite, bout' 8:00, I was Driving Ron's 09 Subaru Outback and we hit 2 cows That were standing right in our lane as I rounded a curve. One on each corner of the front end. Pretty much totaling it.

I should add a disclaimer: There will be absofrickenjesusbootslutely NO STARBUCKSES.

I should add a disclaimer: There will be absofrickenjesusbootslutely NO STARBUCKSES.I love Starbucks. We stopped at one yesterday on the way to Poway.

I love Starbucks. We stopped at one yesterday on the way to Poway.

Was that before or after the start? :notamused:

Was that before or after the start? :notamused:

Probably both. Not really his fault though; Starbuck's knows which buttons to push for some people.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2640835162_35bb95c672.jpg?v=0

i'm no fan of starbucks, but i do think that they have (very) slightly raised the standard for coffee quality in our country.

i looked everywhere, and i can't find my usps socks. do cal socks count as posing? i suck :(

You could always borrow Frank's La Grange socks. Nothing says poser like La Grange:)

i'm no fan of starbucks, but i do think that they have (very) slightly raised the standard for coffee quality in our country.

i looked everywhere, and i can't find my usps socks. do cal socks count as posing? i suck :(

I love my cal socks. Go bears!

Unfortunately, The Sensei (Master Poser) will not be able to participate in this ride. I'll hopefully be able to join you all next time.

Peace and Dry Roads.. :)

Hey robertkat, do we have a verdict on this one? When? Where? What's the route?

Give 'til Wednesday to decide on the route. Have some esplorin' to do. What does everyone think about the 25th?

Give 'til Wednesday to decide on the route. Have some esplorin' to do. What does everyone think about the 25th?

October 25 works for me.

Anyone north of the orange curtain interested in making the trek for the big pose off??

Too late for entries ? Sounds like a good time, so if you'll have me, I'm in. I don't have any pro-kit, but I do have a jersey that will help you practice your Deutsch while you're behind me! I don't know if that's cool enough or not.

Too late for entries ? Sounds like a good time, so if you'll have me, I'm in. I don't have any pro-kit, but I do have a jersey that will help you practice your Deutsch while you're behind me! I don't know if that's cool enough or not.

it's not for another week yet. hardly late. you will likely be more fashionable than me :( sprechen nicht or whatever they say...