Would Jack Browns be a good choice for this ride or something more studly? I'm marking it on my calender right now too.
~Mike~ On Jan 4, 11:17 am, Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
