Capay Valley Cruise, Sunday November 8
11-08-09, 07:51 PM
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Rats!
Long way to go for a free donut, though. 160 miles, round trip.
Rich and I made the best of it, though, and did a Livermore Loop ride. While it was no Capay Valley, it was a reasonable approximation at just over 48 miles and ~2000' of climbing. Of course, I only had Rich for company, and that sucked - but hey, all he had was me, so he probably got the better end of that deal.
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11-08-09, 08:30 PM
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At least we made the effort and showed up.
Long way to go for a free donut, though. 160 miles, round trip.
Rich and I made the best of it, though, and did a Livermore Loop ride. While it was no Capay Valley, it was a reasonable approximation at just over 48 miles and ~2000' of climbing. Of course, I only had Rich for company, and that sucked - but hey, all he had was me, so he probably got the better end of that deal.
Long way to go for a free donut, though. 160 miles, round trip.
Rich and I made the best of it, though, and did a Livermore Loop ride. While it was no Capay Valley, it was a reasonable approximation at just over 48 miles and ~2000' of climbing. Of course, I only had Rich for company, and that sucked - but hey, all he had was me, so he probably got the better end of that deal.
11-08-09, 09:44 PM
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Thanks all for a fun ride today. Twelve of us gathered in the Cache Creek Casino parking lot, with two DNS-equipment issues. Oh well, next time. Absolutely spectacular weather, hope you rode today, too.
Joel & shiz702 headed off to get in more climbing while the rest of us formed a paceline behind.
First time on the new bike, nice ride Daniel!
cantdrv55, thanks for the donuts
After 12 miles of the Capay Valley, we entered the Rumsey Canyon
At the first rest stop
Anyone else ever ride by a teepee?
Not much water in the creek
Joel & shiz702 head off to climb Resurrection and fight the traffic
Thanks again for joining me. I'll lead this again in March....
Joel & shiz702 headed off to get in more climbing while the rest of us formed a paceline behind.
First time on the new bike, nice ride Daniel!
cantdrv55, thanks for the donuts
After 12 miles of the Capay Valley, we entered the Rumsey Canyon
At the first rest stop
Anyone else ever ride by a teepee?
Not much water in the creek
Joel & shiz702 head off to climb Resurrection and fight the traffic
Thanks again for joining me. I'll lead this again in March....
11-08-09, 11:14 PM
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Great day, great route, great ride. Thanks Joe for setting this up. Thanks everyone for pulling me along. I love riding with BF'ers. You guys just don't seem to mind going out of your way to look out for one another.
How come when I look in the mirror, I look fine? Just how many pounds does a camera really add?
How come when I look in the mirror, I look fine? Just how many pounds does a camera really add?
11-08-09, 11:51 PM
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Bikes: Me, check. BBM, check.
Shorts: Check and check.
Jerseys" Check and check.
New material with which to keep everyone entertained: Check and check.
Shoes and helmet? Me, check. BBM, not so much.
BBM offered to wait around at the Cache Creek Gaming Resort whilst I rode with other folks who came prepared, but I am such a loyal friend that I was willing to ruin my day, not to mention a significant portion of my life, giving up the chance to enjoy this scenic wonderland in such absolutely perfect autumn weather, a combination I'll likely never be able to duplicate, rather than abandon him to a fate of crying in his beer and losing the house in a cutthroat game of gin rummy. That is the kind of loyal friend I am.
So while you guys were living it up in the Capay Valley, we ended up capering about the Livermore Valley. Not an Indian gaming facility along the entire way.
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11-08-09, 11:54 PM
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Per camera.
Using that as the measurement, I've had five or six cameras on me for about 30 years now.
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11-09-09, 10:12 AM
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Uh, let's get this straight. Bigbossman had "equipment" issues. I had "the guy who drove me up had equipment issues" issues. Let's run down the list.
Bikes: Me, check. BBM, check.
Shorts: Check and check.
Jerseys" Check and check.
New material with which to keep everyone entertained: Check and check.
Shoes and helmet? Me, check. BBM, not so much.
BBM offered to wait around at the Cache Creek Gaming Resort whilst I rode with other folks who came prepared, but I am such a loyal friend that I was willing to ruin my day, not to mention a significant portion of my life, giving up the chance to enjoy this scenic wonderland in such absolutely perfect autumn weather, a combination I'll likely never be able to duplicate, rather than abandon him to a fate of crying in his beer and losing the house in a cutthroat game of gin rummy. That is the kind of loyal friend I am.
So while you guys were living it up in the Capay Valley, we ended up capering about the Livermore Valley. Not an Indian gaming facility along the entire way.
Bikes: Me, check. BBM, check.
Shorts: Check and check.
Jerseys" Check and check.
New material with which to keep everyone entertained: Check and check.
Shoes and helmet? Me, check. BBM, not so much.
BBM offered to wait around at the Cache Creek Gaming Resort whilst I rode with other folks who came prepared, but I am such a loyal friend that I was willing to ruin my day, not to mention a significant portion of my life, giving up the chance to enjoy this scenic wonderland in such absolutely perfect autumn weather, a combination I'll likely never be able to duplicate, rather than abandon him to a fate of crying in his beer and losing the house in a cutthroat game of gin rummy. That is the kind of loyal friend I am.
So while you guys were living it up in the Capay Valley, we ended up capering about the Livermore Valley. Not an Indian gaming facility along the entire way.
"One DNS-equipment failure and one DNS-nice guy who didn't force his friend to sit in a casino because he left his helmet and shoes at home."
11-09-09, 10:14 AM
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Great day, great route, great ride. Thanks Joe for setting this up. Thanks everyone for pulling me along. I love riding with BF'ers. You guys just don't seem to mind going out of your way to look out for one another.
How come when I look in the mirror, I look fine? Just how many pounds does a camera really add?
How come when I look in the mirror, I look fine? Just how many pounds does a camera really add?
Notice that there's no pictures of me in this? It's better to take the photos.
11-09-09, 12:11 PM
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11-09-09, 07:09 PM
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Some more pics from the ride:
Bikingshearer explaining to cantdrv55 that he did have all his gear, but...
Pre-ride prep.
Rushfan rotating back after a pull
Miles and miles of scenery that looked like this
Joel and shiz702 going up the road after climbing Resurrection and catching some of the group on the way back.
Thanks again, Joe, for organizing, and thanks to everyone that came out and made this a really fun ride. 'Can't wait for the next ride.
Bikingshearer explaining to cantdrv55 that he did have all his gear, but...
Pre-ride prep.
Rushfan rotating back after a pull
Miles and miles of scenery that looked like this
Joel and shiz702 going up the road after climbing Resurrection and catching some of the group on the way back.
Thanks again, Joe, for organizing, and thanks to everyone that came out and made this a really fun ride. 'Can't wait for the next ride.
11-09-09, 10:33 PM
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A great group of people to spend a Sunday with! Thanks again for organizing the ride, Joe. And thanks for the morning donuts, Chris! The weather and scenery were perfect, even though my feeble climbing legs were not 
11-10-09, 10:47 AM
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11-10-09, 12:21 PM
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11-10-09, 01:53 PM
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If I had a nickel for every time I disappointed a nun...........
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11-10-09, 03:13 PM
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11-11-09, 04:38 PM
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This was definately a good day for riding. I had fun despite having a cramping in my right hamstring/glute the entire ride. Thanks to everyone! The Mexican food wasn't bad either...
Here's some of the shots I took.
Here's some of the shots I took.
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11-11-09, 05:56 PM
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Great pictures.
Joel, looks like your jersey is getting too big again.
11-11-09, 06:02 PM
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