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It was great meeting you all today. Weather was nice and cool and the pace set by the tandems was fantastic. I felt a bit guilty wheelsucking all day so I tried to do some pacing on the way back but made a complete pigs ear of it. Its really hard to do anything other than draft a tandem. Special mention must go to the "uspspro" tandem team who set a blistering pace on the way out down highway 1. I touched 48MPH trying to catch them up on one of the downhills.
Great bunch of people and a fun ride.
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Smooooth

It was great meeting everyone. Lots of new faces on this ride. Was incredible fun except for Haskins Hill , that was brutal Here is a link to the pics we took:

https://gallery.mac.com/gordonreese/100116

You can download any you want.

Thanks to Alan for pulling this one together.

reidconti

Thanks for the great ride guys! I need to spend more time riding in groups; as much as I like to go at my own pace, being pushed really helps with the training. I averaged about 17.9mph and my avg HR was 162, which is probably my highest avg. Seemed like I spent the whole time over 170, with some 180+ work!

60 miles, not a bad ride for only three and a half hours' worth of work!

qpliu

It was great riding with some of you. Wheelsucking was really fun and I don't feel bad about doing it at all.

Sorry about checking up without warning at San Gregorio. That's a lesson for me.

Pete, sorry about getting your vest all sweaty. It was pretty warm on the Haskins climb.

JoelS

Thanks for posting the pictures! Looks like ya'll had a great time.

powpow

Great ride everyone. Thanks especially to the tandems for letting us wheelsuckers do what we do best. Cheers to Alan for hosting the after party. Every ride should end with good tunes and Coronas!

Also, thanks to Cathy for the great food!

- Adam

cgallagh

We are so sorry we missed this ride. We will try to put something together up here or if you guys do it again we are in (unless something dire comes up). On a plus note our crit went off well and our good friend Gio won the 35+ 4-5 race.

exhorserider

It was great to meet everyone! and definitely agree--- thanks tandems!! Those were definitely the best pacelines I've done. And to Alan for hosting and Pete's wife for all the great food! (I'm sorry I forgot her name! )
-Becky

Red Rider

Oh, look at you all rocking the jackets and armwarmers and vests! We had close to 100* today and I'd have given my Kool Kovers for your weather. Even in the shade, holding a flag and hollering "Riders up!" I sweated.

Pity party on aisle 5!

It did look like fun, and to Pete for reppin' the 50+.

uspspro

That was a great ride/party.

Ruth and I don't feel spent at all really. However, we just couldn't get the power down on the longer hills. Maybe it's these damn antibiotics and stuff (I just had a root canal a couple days ago). I don't know haw to describe it, like my dial was stuck at 6 or 7 and couldn't dial it up.... hmmm.

The party was great: the food, the music, and the folder antics at the end... classic stuff, haha.

The other tandems were blazing fast! I think we are going to try OOP (Out of Phase, for you half-bikers).

We'll try it when we get back from our trip at the end of the month.

Thanks again guys, for a great time. Special thanks to Cathy and Alan.

spingineer

Great pics. Thanks for posting it for those that couldn't make it (myself included). I'm sorry I couldn't make it, but work related scheduling made it a bit of a challenge.

Hermes

It was a pleasure meeting everyone. What a great hammerfest although Haskins Hill was more of a death march. Here are our pics.

Smooooth and Sassy



Staging area





Hanging out after Haskins

Velodiva

Yes, a great ride - fun was had by all. We have some really strong riders! Great to ride with old friends and meet new ones. Thanks! (And Smooooth and Sassy's new Beyond is a beauty.)

damnpoor

I'm jealous you all got such a nice ride. Wish I coulda been there.

Ty.S

Here are some of our pictures..

This was a great ride, and a super great turnout!! I was really bummed to miss the afterparty, I wanted the chilli, especially towards the end. However, our schedule was so tight, we had debated our ability to even make the ride at all. But I didn't want to miss this ride.

It was great to see all of you, and meet some new faces. We are very fortunate to have such a great group of people here in the norcal section. Can't wait for the next one. I need practice with my camera I was clicking almost all day, and I only got a handful of useable pictures (operator error almost the entire time)

Must start with this ANIMAL!!! OMG SKILLZ!!!


Our fearless ride leader, and his rickshaw


Miguel and Andrea (Tallest Tandem Couple EVER)


Curtis showing his attack skills


The Father / Son BULLET TRAIN!! <-- New name sorry if you don't dig it

Ty.S

a few more..

Big Boss Man.. turned into Big Climber Man


I'd smile to if my bike was blessed by the pope


Tandems must make you happy, especially if it has a rockin paint job


I have a few more pictures, but I'm all gassed out from. I'll try and get some more posted up later

jonathanb715

Now I'm really bummed I had to miss this - my son's b-day party got moved from tomorrow to today (without any input from me!). Looks like you all had fun!

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msincredible

Here's my pictures:

The bike:


Pete at the beginning of the ride:


Overthere's friend Caroline:


Bovine friend on Stage Road:


Need help with ID here:


One of the mild ride regroups:


Alex:


Andrea and Michael...I think someone has a tandem on their shopping list now!

t4mv

Wow, what a fun ride! 'Looks like both groups got what they signed up for; it was great catching up with the NorCal regulars and meeting some new folks. Thanks also to Alan for pulling off this ride and being a gracious host, to the photogs amongst us for posting up their cool pics, and to everyone who came out and made this a very memorable ride. I vote we repeat this ride the next time we're stuck in the middle of a heat wave.

zorrov999

Great Ride and weather!

Thanks again Alan for organizing this ride and hosting the party afterwards, and thank you Pete and Cathy!

The ride was a too fast for me.. Haskins hill was brutal and overall the pace was really fast. I was able to enjoy the paceline on Hwy84 , and it made a huge difference. Most of the ride I was on the back, behind Gary (steelblue).

Total Distance: 61.16mi
Total Time: 4:00
Avg. Speed: 15.3mph
Max Speed: 41.5 mph
Avg. Cadence: 77rpm
Total Ascent: 3,529 ft

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And here's a small video of Alan & Paula on the bike

Angel.

sweetnsourbkr

Looks like we missed a great ride. Here's what we did instead.

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Hey, it was a nice, warm, clear summer day, perfect for a ride!

Or... not.


No matter, though, we have tandems!




Fearless leader and leaderette.


Hanging about at the top of a hill.