Great ride report Manny! On Mar 6, 3:39 pm, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Riding to NAHBS had a new meaning when I found out that MASHsf was > hosting a fixed gear time trial race to NAHBS starting at Pitsburg/Bay > Point Bart. Not wanting to carry a backpack the whole way there I > decided to join in on the race figuring I can just tag along with the > group to Sacramento. A meet a group of nice guys who just recently met > up to race so I decide to offer my services to pull their team to > NAHBS. Little did I know that 30 minutes into the race I get a flat. > Thing is about alley cat races no one is there to provide car support. > I pull off and try to desperately change the flat to stay in the race. > After getting the flat fixed 15 minutes later I flat again. With no > spare tubes I had to walk a mile to the nearest bike shop to get some > tubes. I get to the shop and I find out that the shop isn't open for > another 30 minutes. I finally got back on the road after losing an > hour to catch up with the race. Lost, my only source of directions is > the cue sheet I hastily printed out, only after riding a couple of > hours do I realize that the cue sheet is printed backwards. Starting > at my destination and ending at the Bart station. Not very helpful. > But I continue to ride on with the only hints of me going the correct > direction are lost water bottles on the side of the road. I finally > catch up the one lone fixed rider that same guy I was suppose to > support before I got my flat. My only break for that day is that this > one lone rider used to live in Sacramento so he knew where he was > going. So I do the right thing and I take the pull to Sacarmento. We > get there late with only a hour for the show so we scramble to try to > find someone to open up the sag van to get my stuff, while in the > process of getting my bag I run into Marc, Mr.OwlBoogie himself with > his handmade XO-1 hoodie. After a quick camera duel I finally get my > stuff back and with no time to check out the show I huff it back to > Davis to stay with my brother. Which turned out to be a good thing and > bad thing. Good because I got a free place to stay with brother who > knosw where to get a great hamburger. Bad because I got to deal with > the college scene debacle, where his roommates decide to go bar > hopping late into the night and provide a rude and aburpt awaking at 3 > in the morning. I wake up early to get ready for the Mimosa Ride with > Sheila Moon prior to going to show I'm surprised to see random people > sleeping in his living room. I silently and quickly take my leave. At > the ride I got to meet plenty of interesting people, I'm horrible with > names but it was great riding with so many people from so many > different places and backgrounds doing one common thing; out on a > Sunday enjoying the weather and riding our bikes. Got to see a > handlefull of Rivendells Mr.Harry Hugel Quickbeam was one of them. > Harry introduced me to a nice lady who happened to be the wife of the > Convention Organizer, Rich. Who both happen to organize the Tweed > Rides in Sacramento. Even better got to meet Rich personally at the > show! The show itself was bike geek heaven tons of shiny parts and > interesting looking bike. Got to check out the Rickshaw booth who was > testing out their new bag, got to see Mark Dwight(Owner of Rickshaw > Bag Works) fresh with off his tour biking down the coast looking fancy > in his MUSA pants. > Riding and hanging around NAHBS was a memorable experience in itself > but by far the best event was the ride back from Amtrak that Sunday. I > got to meet a great couple Jim and Ginger who rode a Atlantis and > Homer and we hit it off right away. Our connection with our bikes came > secondary to just the experience we all shared and the roads we rode. > It didn't matter how we got there both our of experiences were special > and amazing. It's great how something as simple as a bike can provide > experiences that can cultivate amazing stories. > > Pictures Proved it Happen:http://flic.kr/s/aHsjz34X3M > > Manny " Who's hosting the ride to Denver next year?" Acosta
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