Folks - This is going to be a real treat. Some of the attributes of our back country are: 1) fairly close to downtown San Diego - our starting point is about 12 miles east of the gleaming waterfront; 2) Its really wild out there on the trails - no spa-style hikers and dog walkers (no offense intended), just rugged country and surprising wilderness; 3) wide open country roads with breathtaking vistas of the mountains, Mexico, desert, ocean, etc. This will be completely worth the trip. Here's the photoset of the ride that Dustin curated last year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671...@n02/sets/72157623972790726/ This ride won't be quite as alpine, but we have good beer here, too (the famous, tiny, Alpine Brewery is not far off this route), and I'm sure we'll include some in our activities for the day if you wish to partake. I'm hoping to run the freshly-painted Protovelo with Hetres, topped perhaps by Albatross bars for pure fun. We'll see. No one's left behind, but there will be bail-out options. Would be worth a trip for disaster-prone Southern California-ians. Perhaps worth a trip for folks further out! Esteban San Diego, Calif. On Jan 4, 10:08 am, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > February's planned ride lets us get inland a bit, as well as giving the SD > crowd have a break from traveling (the price of living in paradise). It's > shaping up to be a 50+ mile mixie, over mostly back roads and ~30% dirt > content guaranteed. A chunk of climbing, so work on those intervals! Hope > the North LA & Ventura crowd can make it down there! We're going to try to > meet up @ 9:00 to get on the road by 9:30 > > A route map and some more specifics can be seen > here:http://www.flickr.com/groups/socal_rivendell_bicycle_appreciation_soc... > > As with all these rides, expect to meet some really great folks and put > faces to names, as well as to see some beautiful areas of SoCal that you > probably have never been to! All bikes are welcome, aluminum, bamboo and > crabon. Run what you brung! Rain or shine, unless there's one of the recent > "decade" storms we've been having. Otherwise fenders and wool should handle > it nicely. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > probably benefit more from > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
