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HVR and Old Julian Road Ride Report
HVR and Old Julian Ride Report 13 July 2013 by Rob Verfurth We had a good group ride yesterday. I was late as usual to my PQ meeting spot so I pedaled solo over to casa Voris. Waiting there were … Continue reading
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Sequestration Palomar Ride Report
Sequestration Palomar Ride Report The government budget misfortunes has opened up an opportunity to Eric R to ride even more. He will have a number of Friday’s off courtesy of Uncle Sam or US Congress, depending on your perspective. In … Continue reading
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July 6 Ride Report: Lake Wohford & Couser Cyn
We had 19 Descenders on our Lake Wohford Ride yesterday. New riders, Jay and Paul have joined the usual gang of riders at the Mall. Eric had an unfortunate flat in the first few miles. He went home, grabbed a … Continue reading
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Scripps Old Pro Ride-Catch me when you can (followup by Oleg)
to add to Rob’s detailed report: I rode over from my house to Sorrento Valley to avoid the hectic starting miles, but I was a bit early – a good 10-15 min ahead of main group. I met with and … Continue reading
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Scripps Old Pro Ride-Catch me when you can (by Rob)
Hi All, The annual independence day celebration included the Scripps Old Pro ride. It is a 50 mile loop that starts east of Mira Mesa and circles around to Lake Hodges and back. The Descenders had a large contingent of … Continue reading
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Elfin Forest + Double Peak Reverse Loop, June 29 2013
> > Surprisingly few riders showed for the Elfin Forest + Double Peak Reverse Loop ride this morning. We had 8 riders at the start: Steve K, Tony, Dave Ernst, Rick B, Eric, Larry, Chris (a friend of Jeff S … Continue reading
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Coastal “Recovery” Ride, June 15, 2013
This past weekend the ride was supposed to be an easy, "recovery" ride that avoids as much climbing as possible, to assist those still recovering from post-traumatic hypoxia-thermal stress induced by the horrors experienced during Monster Climbs 2013. Of course … Continue reading
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Nick Venuto Memorial Ride summary (David Voris)
Nick Venuto Memorial Ride summary Descenders, Please find the Nick Venuto Memorial Ride summary attached. Thanks to all those who participated and made it a success. Dave Voris nick ride 2013.pdf
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Toc Stage 7 trip (Morgan Territory and Mount Diablo), by David Voris
The Plan was for the wife to come up Saturday PM to the Bay area for a long weekend getaway in the Sierra foothills for our 28 anniversary. That provided a perfect opportunity to see stage 7 of the TOC … Continue reading
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Mussey Grade and Pamo Road Ride Report
Mussey Grade and Pamo 4 May 2013 by Rob V A ride that includes Mussey and Pamo always bring out a good crowd of Descenders. We had 15 guys meet in Poway to start the ride. Riders included Guido, Geoff … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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