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Mussey and Pamo Group Ride–22 Sep 2012–Ride Report
Mussey and Pamo Ride Report 22 September 2012 by Rob Verfurth The planned ride was a favorite–Mussey and Pamo. I met Chad on the 56 bike path and we pedaled over to Spring Meadow. We picked up Proulx, Voris, Jeff … Continue reading
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Ride Report for Sept 22, 2012: Mussey and Pamo
Descenders, today we rode towards Ramona, featuring Mussey and Pamo Roads – descenders classic! I counted at least 13 riders. At the start in Poway we had an amazingly gorgeous cloud cover that soon disappeared. We climbed Scripps Poway together … Continue reading
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Gilbraltar Road and Painted Cave–Santa Barbara Ride Report
Gilbraltar Road and Painted Cave Loop Monday, 17 Sep 2012 Bob Proulx had to drop off his daughter at UC Santa Cruz. I had a consulting strategy session in Pismo Beach. We decided to meet in Santa Barbara on our … Continue reading
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Sept. 15: Coastal Ride Report
Today we road coastal (in reverse), a last-minute substitution of Pamo/Mussey ride due to hot weather. At the start we only had 7 riders: Bob Proulx, Steve, Matt Babb, Dave Voris, Yi-Shiou, Chad, and I – we picked up … Continue reading
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Bob Raibert competes in Fiesta TT, Eddy Merckx would be proud! (Sept. 9, 2012)
Bob Raibert has done Merckx-style Time Trial (no aerobars, aerohelmets or other aero equipment of any kind) at the Fiesta Island. Bob rode 20K (3 laps around Fiesta) in 30 minutes and 28 seconds. Below is a brief report from … Continue reading
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Sept 8th – Oceanside Ride Report
The Oceanside gang enjoyed a nice day along the coast. We had a small group of 4 riders including Steve, Yi-Shiou, myself and a new rider from Scripps Ranch, John. No pic’s to prove the ride happened, but we do … Continue reading
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Sept. 8, 2012, ElliptiGO Ride up Palomar (South Grade)
ElliptiGO Worlds.pdf Download this file Writeup for Elliptigo Ride Thanks for the pictures Gary! A really fun day. Dave
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Four Faces of Soledad, Sept. 1, 2012
We had a fantastic ride up Soledad today – we liked it so much we did it four times. 12 Descenders and two cameo appearances (by Roman De Salvo and Herb "Soledad" Johnson, more on that below). Len and I … Continue reading
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Greater Western aka “Donkey Ride” aka “Going South”
this is a little delayed ride report for Greater Western Ride, aka “Donkey Ride” aka “This Deal is Going South, Fast” we did back on Aug. 18, 2012. This was a new route for Descenders – going through gorgeous roads … Continue reading
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Mount Hamilton (ride report by Oleg)
Today I rode up Mt. Hamilton – the West side of Mt. Hamilton is an 18 mile climb (from East Foothills) with a few short descents thrown in the middle – so even though Mt. Hamilton sits at 4,200ft elevation, … Continue reading
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NorCal Descenders Ride: Dave Voris, Keith and Oleg
(written by Oleg) Since I was visiting Berkeley I wanted to get in a Descenders ride with recent NorCal transplants – Keith and Dave Voris. We met at Castro Valley and soon were climbing up Redwood Road, which offers some … Continue reading
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Tunitas Creek, Old La Honda and Stanford
This is the 4th time my Ritchey Breakaway goes to Bay Area. Originally my plan was to ride Mt. Hamilton but I decided to change it last-minute and go to Tunitas Creek. It was a great day, with the weather … Continue reading
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Elfin Forest in REVERSE (08/25/12 ride)
Descenders, we had an outstanding ride yesterday. I rode from home and half way into the ride it started drizzling. It was foggy at the top of the Black Mountain Road. I met up with Matt Davis, RIck, Voris, Ernst, … Continue reading
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Monster Climbs 2012 Videos
Below is some video footage of Monster Climbs 2012. (Full report here). Day 1, Climb from Azusa to Crystal Lake: Day 1, Descent from Crystal Lake: Day 2, Shirley Meadows East: Day 2, ride to Glennville/Woody and back: Day 3, … Continue reading
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Descenders Ride Report-HVR, Bandy, Ramona Grade and Old Julian Loop
Hi All, Hot! Damn Hot!* *quote taken from Good Morning Vietnam It was a scorcher last Sat for our group ride. Jeff S rode over from Del Mar to meet Guido and me on the bike path at Black … Continue reading
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Mt. Evans climb (14,130 ft) — by Oleg
Yesterday (August 13) I climbed Mt. Evans in Colorado. At 14,130 ft it is the highest paved road in North America. It also turned out to be the toughest day I ever had on a bike, and elevation had nothing … Continue reading
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Descenders Social-Pool Party
Hi All, The pool party was a good time. We had more than a dozen Descenders there and a number of significant others. The pool was open and we had another picture perfect San Diego weather afternoon. Our friends from … Continue reading
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Descenders Ride Report for Sat, 4 Aug
Hi Guys, We had another good ride on Saturday, heading up to Oceanside Harbor. It was its usual fast and furious ride. We started on the 56 bike path with Guido making a cameo appearance. He had already ridden over … Continue reading
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Descenders Ride Report for Sat, 28 July
Hi All, From the looks of Strava we had riders out all over CA both days this weekend. The NORCAL Descenders team did their first official ride near the Redwood Regional Park. Voris and Keith climbed over 4,000 feet during … Continue reading
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