Puget Sound - Fall C&V bike ride???
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Out of shape, and started cycling again after having cycled in an area with literally no hills, so I'm probably not in the best shape for hardman stuff, but I'm game- it'd have to be a location with relatively easy cycling access from Seattle properly, or reliable transit (i.e. Cedar River would be fine, since there's a bus to Renton, and iirc it's not hard to get to from the RV anyway- same with eastside trails starting in Redmond, etc.) The Foothills Trail seems lovely but I think the bus to Puyallup is hourly on weekends - doable but not ideal.
Any Saturday works. I work Sundays, unfortunately.
Any Saturday works. I work Sundays, unfortunately.
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Re: the Monte Cristo ghost town trail - The BQ guys I first heard about it from did it on their randoneuse bikes with ~35mm tires, but since you STILL don't have any such bike in your stable (tut-tut), for you it'd have to be the MTB you got from Scozim a few years back. Nothing wrong with that.
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Centennial trail is good for me, but Seattle area might work too. Mount Vernon-Conway-Fir Island is a flat scenic classic. The area around Everson-Lynden is a little known cycling paradise. Sundays best for me.
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Here's the ride(s):
Sunday Sept 22 - meet at 10:00am Marymoor Park, Velodrome parking lot
Bring $1.00 for parking
Proposed ride = once around Lake Samm - about 25mi.
Alternative ride = East Lake Samm Rd to Issaquah and back (road or trail).
Beer to follow.
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Saturday Sept 21st = Ride with Wildwood (and maybe others)
Cedar River Trail - 10:00am at the Renton Community Center, also Henry Moses aquatic center (1719 Maple Valley Hwy)
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Saturday Sept 28 and Sunday 29th Sept
Rain dates if above rides are washed out.
Sunday Sept 22 - meet at 10:00am Marymoor Park, Velodrome parking lot
Bring $1.00 for parking
Proposed ride = once around Lake Samm - about 25mi.
Alternative ride = East Lake Samm Rd to Issaquah and back (road or trail).
Beer to follow.
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Saturday Sept 21st = Ride with Wildwood (and maybe others)
Cedar River Trail - 10:00am at the Renton Community Center, also Henry Moses aquatic center (1719 Maple Valley Hwy)
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Saturday Sept 28 and Sunday 29th Sept
Rain dates if above rides are washed out.
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Good thing the ride wasn’t scheduled for Sep15 = rainy all TODAY.
Accuweather for Issaquah shows a dry 21&22 Sep.
The pic below is where the easy ride on Saturday starts. Parking aplenty.
Cedar River Trail from this spot is a couple of miles of flat then a steady false flat rise up to Hwy18. Paved for 10 miles. Hard packed trail (optional) for a few miles past the paved. Return the same route.
Sunday the ride ride starts at Marymoor Park, Velodrome parking area. If that space is otherwise occupied park in a close spot, I will be closer to the the East side entrance (closer to East Lake Sammamsh Rd). But MEET AT THE VELODROME PARKING LOT ON YOUR BIKE. Tentatively, arrive between 10:00 - 10:15 for a departure not later than 10:25.
Rain cancels, but I run fendered for wet roads if the rain has stopped.
East Lake Sammamish Rd gets any sunshine that may exist.
Henry Moses pool & slides, just off Maple Valley Hwy, Renton.
I park just to be left of his pic, next to the grass fields.
Accuweather for Issaquah shows a dry 21&22 Sep.
The pic below is where the easy ride on Saturday starts. Parking aplenty.
Cedar River Trail from this spot is a couple of miles of flat then a steady false flat rise up to Hwy18. Paved for 10 miles. Hard packed trail (optional) for a few miles past the paved. Return the same route.
Sunday the ride ride starts at Marymoor Park, Velodrome parking area. If that space is otherwise occupied park in a close spot, I will be closer to the the East side entrance (closer to East Lake Sammamsh Rd). But MEET AT THE VELODROME PARKING LOT ON YOUR BIKE. Tentatively, arrive between 10:00 - 10:15 for a departure not later than 10:25.
Rain cancels, but I run fendered for wet roads if the rain has stopped.
East Lake Sammamish Rd gets any sunshine that may exist.
Henry Moses pool & slides, just off Maple Valley Hwy, Renton.
I park just to be left of his pic, next to the grass fields.
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I will be there. Maybe with this, if it looks like the ground will be wet:
Or my fixie? Then maybe they'll let be take a few hot laps around the velodrome this time.
Or my fixie? Then maybe they'll let be take a few hot laps around the velodrome this time.
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A build thread? More like a Homeric odyssey!
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Sunday (Saturday, too) is looking good weather-wise. Supposed to hit a high of 68 and should be dry. Fingers crossed, 'cause I'm bringing the Bianchi.
@SurferRosa: wanna ride to Marymoor together? Or are you gonna take the bridge (always assuming you're riding, that is)?
See y'all at the velodrome parking lot at 1000 Sunday
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@SurferRosa: wanna ride to Marymoor together? Or are you gonna take the bridge (always assuming you're riding, that is)?
See y'all at the velodrome parking lot at 1000 Sunday
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I have to say, some of the off-road stuff I did had some pretty scenery to go along with it, so I don't mind going off the beaten path and getting some gravel under my wheels from time to time. I just don't enjoy it as much, and honestly don't like beating my stuff up if I don't have to.
I decided this summer that until I come up with a decision regarding a final finish that is both interesting and durable, the Casati will get the call when I do a little gravel grinding. With that in mind, before winter arrives I plan on taking it up the Iron Horse Trail.
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I decided this summer that until I come up with a decision regarding a final finish that is both interesting and durable, the Casati will get the call when I do a little gravel grinding. With that in mind, before winter arrives I plan on taking it up the Iron Horse Trail.
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@SurferRosa: wanna ride to Marymoor together?
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I have to say, some of the off-road stuff I did had some pretty scenery to go along with it, so I don't mind going off the beaten path and getting some gravel under my wheels from time to time. I just don't enjoy it as much, and honestly don't like beating my stuff up if I don't have to.
I decided this summer that until I come up with a decision regarding a final finish that is both interesting and durable, the Casati will get the call when I do a little gravel grinding. With that in mind, before winter arrives I plan on taking it up the Iron Horse Trail.
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I decided this summer that until I come up with a decision regarding a final finish that is both interesting and durable, the Casati will get the call when I do a little gravel grinding. With that in mind, before winter arrives I plan on taking it up the Iron Horse Trail.
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I guess it's a good thing my daughter has a softball tourney this weekend in the Yakima area. Otherwise I'd be tempted to come over and get embarrassed by all of you thanks to the drastically out of shape condition I'm in. Changing job, chasing kids and moving to a new house will take any hint of time for riding away. I need to make time for the trainer at a bare minimum
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But seriously, Scott, we're talking maybe 25 miles of dead flat, mostly. A guy like you could do this with one leg tied behind your back; a couple years after you died.
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Yep, last two kids will be gone in 3 yrs so we're downsizing some and moving closer to town. With the condition of my low back the maintenance on this place is just too much. Moving to a flat 3 acres where all I have to do is mow it. Just need to build a shop for all the bikes. They'll be in a storage unit for awhile. Just need to decide which one will be the "daily" rider.
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Yes, Tim, I could do it for sure. 20-25 miles is my normal ride distance here. But, at 10:00 on Sunday I will be at a softball field with my daughter.
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Apologies; I didn't mean to lecture. But the "I'm not trained up" excuse does't work for this ride. Not for a hill-eating beast like you. I understand it's more a matter of pressing engagements.
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Shoot, it wasn't a lecture Tim. Actually thought the "after your dead" comment was kind of funny since you accused me of trying to kill you guys on the Tour de Palouse.
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Can we find a rain date for sunday's ride? Like next week?
Maybe the forecast will change, but it's not looking so good...
Maybe the forecast will change, but it's not looking so good...
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Rain-out date for the Sunday (22nd) ride from Marymoor Park Velodrome is the following Sunday the 29th Sep. at (tentatively 10AM), same start location.
On Saturday (tomorrow) i'll be at the Henry Moses Aquatic Center no later than 10:15 for a Cedar River Trail ride to start by 10:30. See pic above.
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Since it looks wet on sunday, I'm gonna try to catch a 32 minute light rail from UW to Rainier Beach station mañana. That's "tomorrow" in el Españolé. "La playa" is the beach. Pixies taught me that.
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