Cool I'm the third registrant. Planning on coming out and doing a portion of the ride soon maybe February?
~Hugh "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > Getting more and more legit by the moment! Official registration is now > open, hosted by the Inland Empire Biking > Alliance<http://www.iebikingalliance.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=961736&item_id=321339>! > This isn't an organized ride with numbers or anything, and it's all on > public roads so anyone can just show up and ride (Just Ride!), but we're > trying to get an idea of how many participants there will be. This will > help with general planning, as well as the post-ride festivities! So please > take a moment and register at the IEBA page! > > http://www.iebikingalliance.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=961736&item_id=321339 > > Again, the main info page is http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com > > And most up to date map is: > http://www.mapmyride.com/us/redlands-ca/redlands-strada-rossa-100k-route-296421965 > > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 6:14 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Over the years, the SoCal chapter of the Rivendell Bicycle >> Appreciation Society has put on a lot of great rides! >> >> I've loved EVERY one I've been on, and met a lot of greatpeople. >> They've actually lead to some pretty good friendships IRL, which is >> the best part of them. The other thing I love is seeing new areas of >> the state I've never been to. Amazing to explore back-country from San >> Diego to Ventura with the above-mentioned folks. >> >> I also love the idea of the organized rides/brevets/populairs that are >> happening like the D2R2 in Vermont, and La Ruta Loca in the Bay Area. >> >> So I think to myself: Why not combine the two? Which gives us this: >> http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com/ >> >> Some locals and I are trying to put on an "organized" ride, that shows >> the best of Inland Southern California in the Spring, and keeps people >> on as much dirt as possible. The rest is majority back/rural roads. >> Many of the SoCal rides have been on parts of this route, but this >> links the segments together in an amazing loop that comes out at just >> about 100km. >> >> A decent amount of climbing to keep folks honest, but there are no >> chest-bursters. Some singletrack as well. Not terrible technical, but >> 1km section of climbing that may cause some walking. Not a biggie. >> >> The vibe aimed for his an extended Riv-Ride. There are no timing >> devices, no podium spots, no t-shirts, just the knowledge that it'll >> be good people on a good route. >> >> And it's free! Not a money-maker, either for for profit or charity. >> Just a good ride! I am trying to arrange a post-ride meal and party >> hosted by the Redlands Bike BBQ http://www.bikebbq.com/ that will be a >> donations-only set up. They're good people and I'd like to help them >> out, but again, that's not the point of the ride. >> >> So long/short: The ride is on March 15th, 2014. Weather should be >> great. I hope many of you can make it here for this. Cheap/clean/safe >> hotels in town. Quaint historic downtown to walk around and lots of >> Victorian, Arts & Crafts, MCM homes to look at for significant others >> that may not be into the whole 100km bike ride thing. >> >> Oh, and two independent breweries in town as well. Just thought I'd >> mention that! >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> >> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/onagr1s9VbY/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
