Originally Posted by upthebikepunx
yeah, you can definitely get in on this! the more the merrier. as far as transportation goes - nothing's been worked out yet. there's an afterparty down in SD, if you're down with that. but as of this point it's every man/woman for his/her self. hopefully as it gets closer to go time, we'll have more details worked out. i'd like it if there was some form of organized transportation. we're thinking about taking the train back, but who knows.
honestly, i've never done a century, much less a century fixed. i'm not sure what gearing you'll be best at. where are the hills you're speaking of? do you know a route from lbc-sd? we're basically just a bunch of kids just kind of throwing ourselves out there and hoping everything works out. none of us have done much research.
spandex is a-ok with us. none of us personally have the balls to wear that stuff, but if you're about that, more power to you. and as far as a front brake goes, that's fine as well. i'm kind of considering taking my road bike, even. so you're one step above me, man.
Not exactly sure about LBC, but I've done a route from Newport to San Diego a couple of times. It's been so long since I did it, I honestly couldn't remember the route though. We basically just followed PCH, until we hit SD, and from there I don't remember. I know we ended the ride in the gaslamp district though, and stopped for pitchers of beer in San Diego somewhere about 10 miles from the end. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but I was *suffering* that last ten miles
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We also went through Pendleton on the way, I've heard that they've tightened security since then and won't let riders through anymore (Last time I did that ride was pre-9/11). Is that still the case?
-Trevor