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Monthly Archives: April 2013
descenders A Descenders’ Weekend in Emilia Romagna Italy *by Bob Proulx
A Descenders’ Weekend in Emilia Romagna Italy by Bob Proulx This week I again had one of my European business trips and was scheduled to be in Bologna for the weekend. Fortunately, my business colleague was able to lend me … Continue reading
Posted in foreign road trips
Alpine Challenge Ride Report
Alpine Challenge Ride Report 27 April 2013 by Rob Verfurth The Alpine Challenge has been an annual Descenders group ride for many, many years. In the past we have ridden hard on the 62 mile loop, trying to finish in … Continue reading
Posted in Races and Gran Fondo Rides
Bay Area Descenders Ride with Keith James: Morgan Territory and Mount Diablo
Yesterday Keith James and I met in Bay Area (we started from Walnut Creek) to ride up Mount Diablo (spanish for, like, “Fighting Chicken”). It was good to see Keith and chat with him – doing it over cycling was … Continue reading
Posted in NorCal Ride Reports
Dudley’s Dream Ride–Ride Report
Dudley’s Dream Ride 20 April 2013 by Rob Verfurth Oleg planned and organized another awesome day of riding with the Descenders last Saturday. This is one of my favorite routes, painful, beautiful and memorable. I look forward to tackling it … Continue reading
Posted in Road Trip Ride Report
Dudley’s Dream Ride, April 20, 2013
All, 18 descenders have participated in today’s Dudley’s Ride. This was the first Dudleys of 2013 (usually we do about two Dudley rides a year) – and served as preparation for opening stage of Tour of California on May 12. … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports, Road Trip Ride Report
Sheehan Nifty Fifty Ride–addendum to ride report
Hi All, Oleg aptly described the ride well in his ride report. I volunteered to host a 50th birthday ride for Sheehan and planned to include two of the original Descender sections, climb up Poway Grade and HVR descent. Oleg … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports
Sheehan’s Nifty Fifty Ride (April 13, 2013)
today’s ride was in honor of Sheehan’s 50th birthday. This was a new ride, even though every road was known to us. We had 22 riders overall – we started with 16 riders on the bike path, but soon had … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports
Belgian Waffle Ride Report
Belgian Waffle Ride 7 April 2013 Riders: Mike Hodges and Rob Verfurth Let me start by affirming that 130 miles of riding is a long distance and a long time pounding the pedals. Hodges coerced me into signing up for … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports, Races and Gran Fondo Rides
Alpine Ride, April 6, 2013
We had 13 Descenders at the Alpine Ride today. 12 of us (Rick, Voris, Larry, Geoff, Yi-Shiou, Klaus, Matt Davis, Bernie, Guido, Steve, Garet, Oleg) met at 7-Eleven and Jeff Langley joined us at the top of SPP. Unfortunately Jeff … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports, Road Trip Ride Report
HVR, Ramona Grade and Pamo Loop-Ride Report
HVR, Ramona Grade and Pamo Loop 31 March 2013 by Rob Verfurth Dave Voris called for a group ride on Easter Sunday. We met at 8 am at the corner of RB and Pomerado Roads. Bob Proulx and I rode … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports
Ride Report – Race for Autism
Descenders: Strava says that we had Desenders in several locations today. The scheduled ride went to Old Julian, HVR, etc., and sounded like several attended. Some of us, notably Rick, Dave V, myself and my son that’s on the spectrum, … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports, Races and Gran Fondo Rides
Lake Wohlford Ride Report
Lake Wohlford, Couser Canyon, West Lilac and Camino del Rey Loop 23 March 2013 by Rob Verfurth The Descenders group ride started at the mall by Lake Hodges. I rode over from my house to join a very large group … Continue reading
Posted in Local Ride Reports
