herbm

1/24/08 - Due to weather and the poor condition of the path this ride is cancelled
I will reschedule for mid-late March!

Well since its 2008 it must be time for another B2B ride on the San Gabriel River Trail...
Thats either Back to the Beach or Beanz to the Beach..(who hopefully will attend this with his lovely Mrs)
Some of us will be using this as a base mile tuneup for Palm Springs....


Saturday January 26th
Encanto Park, 751 Encanto Pkwy, Duarte, CA
Meet 8AM - Roll 8:30AM

This ride is approx 72 miles - with 1300 feet of elevation

Rules
If you don't have or carry a cell phone, you CANNOT ride alone! You must stay with someone who has a phone!
You must wear a helmet
You must have a good time - no exceptions!

Starting at Encanto PK
herbm
markaj
mkadam68 and aj
Mr B and hopefully Gina
socaltony - maybe partial route - bringing donuts and bananas
justme - looping thru Lario
tombunn - maybe lario
jaye
peanuthb
urbanknight -(will do 100 but not 108)
clanlee and friends
maria and patty - ocrr
rick - ocrr - maybe jackie
sshakari and jack

Century Ride from the Rose Bowl
merider1
merckx89
scootcore
awiner

Starting from Seal Beach
cole505
pepper grinder

Wishes they could but can't
magicant
dakila
alicestrong - another time

Mr. Beanz

Gina's been out of it for a month or so, so I may go stag depending on how she feels. 72 may be out of her range right now. Unless it rains, I should be there!

herbm

There might be a group that does a shorter distance...
Plus..she has a couple of weeks to train

merckx89

tentatively, im in for the full century. Is it just going to be an out and back on the bike path, or are we going to come back a different way?

herbm

I will be doing the 72 out and back on SGRT...there is usually a group that starts at the Rose Bowl and makes it a full century...but the basic ride is an out and back...

urbanknight

Put me down. What route do they take from the Rose Bowl and what time? I might ride from my house and hook on with them somewhere along the way.

merider1

Yippee! This is going to be fun.

socaltony

Don't know if I'll do the whole 72 miles, but will definitely be there. I may hitch a ride back from the beach, depending on how my back holds up. If anyone else wants, I have room in my truck if I do end up taking a short one.

merckx89

From the rose bowl, we could drop down to the montrose ride start and take Huntington, then drop down on to duarte road, and take that to the park.

herbm

You mean I get to finally meet you Brian....excellent!!

As for the route from the RB...ME???

merider1

Why you asking me? I don't know. I'm just heading east until I get to Encanto. Hey, by the way, I've met Merck in his young pup glory. He'll be dropping me like a badly microwaved potato in two minutes flat. So, I don't know what route HE'LL be taking, but I'll work something out.

merckx89

Im going to be taking it easy that day. Ive got 3 25 minute zone 4 intervals planed for the day before. My legs will be toast, thats why i said tentatively.

merider1

Oooohhhhhh....well, in that case , you are more than welcome to come riding with me and a mystery guest. Don't worry, we'll take real good care of you and them legs.

socaltony

Speaking of dropping, I assume this isn't a hammerfest, is it? I'm not sure what my legs can do yet. My back injury is crazy. Some days I can hammer like anyone else, other days I feel 20 years older than I am.

herbm

Never a hammerfest (at least not planned).... but it usually it breaks into a couple of groups....so there are usually all type of riders...fast and intermediate...
We regroup at 4 Corners (approx 15 miles - right before the whittier dam) then a rest stop at Liberty Park (approx 26 miles) then on to Seal Beach....
Going down tends to be faster, it is somewhat downhill after all...coming back the pace tends to slow a bit...

I know the feeling....been having some backs issue the last few months myself...but they tend to show up when I am climbing...usually the flatter type rides like this its ok...

But I guess I have to say this is not a no drop ride...but we havent lost anyone yet...a few almosts...
But with the regroup and rest stop, everyone should be able to catch up..

JustMe

I'm in for the loop down through Long Beach on the Lario if anyone wants to join.

socaltony

Thanks. I have the same problem right now climbing. Thats why I'm not riding in SM next weekend. Might drop by anyway. I have to say though, getting back into shape (I stopped riding after the Rosarito ride in Sept) has really helped with the back. I should be back in form soon.

alicestrong

I'm up for a part of the ride? I'd hop on at Thienes entry...

That or organize a second short and sweet ride that maybe meets up again later for lunch or ....?

urbanknight

As long as I don't end up with family plans.

Why didn't I meet Mary when I was still single?

merider1

That is so sweet, Brian. No, you wouldn't want me. I'm a PITA in more ways than one.
There's a reason I'm single.

And a reason I like it that way.

Scootcore

ill more than likely do this and if so ill be starting at the rosebowl.........good times

herbm

Excellent

merider1

Yippee!!! Oh, come on, Scoot. This time, I'm going to work out a better route than Foothill back. John doesn't remember, but he did give me side streets that you, the guys and I took a couple of weeks ago. It may not be the most direct route, but we'll avoid all those damn lights!

tombunn

I'm in. I might go for the Lario loop.

tombunn

Here is a route from the Pasadena Tri Club:

Mile Instruction
0.0 Depart Rose Bowl Aquatic Center [360 N Arroyo Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103, (626) 564-0330] on N Arroyo Blvd (North)
0.3 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)
0.4 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Seco St
0.5 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)
0.6 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Rosemont Ave
1.0 Turn RIGHT (South) onto N Orange Grove Blvd
1.2 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto (W) Walnut St
1.9 Stay on E Walnut St (East)
4.1 Keep LEFT onto (E) Foothill Blvd
9.0 Turn RIGHT (South) onto N 2nd Ave
9.4 Turn LEFT (East) onto (E) Colorado Blvd
11.4 Turn RIGHT (South) onto S Shamrock Ave
11.4 Turn LEFT (East) onto E Olive Ave
11.7 In Monrovia , turn RIGHT (South) onto S Mountain Ave , then immediately turn LEFT (East) onto Royal Oaks Dr
14.8 Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto Encanto Pky
14.9 Arrive Encanto Park