oh my gosh -- so embarrassing So when I woke up this morning and saw Scott's email about riding at 7 I thought, "oh wow...I'll be running past Ritual like 15 minutes after 7... so if they are late (which seems feasible), I'll totally run past my bike homies!" So there I was running down Valencia and I saw a group of bikers right out side Ritual. At first I was like "slackers!! It's got to be past 7:15 at this point" -- but then I was overcome with excitement. So from about a block away I totally thought I saw Scott. So "Scott" and this tall girl were sort of looking at me as I ran up -- so what did I do? I had on this huge smile and was waving my hand like a crazy person. And then right when I got near them I let out a huge "Good morning!" right at the exact moment when I realized that was in fact not Scott... and in fact, I'd never seen these people before in my life! Thankfully they said "hey! Good morning!" back and then I ran away... :)On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:04 AM, gherinm wrote:--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ info: http://sf2g.com | blog: http://blog.sf2g.com | terms: http://sf2g.com/terms.html | bike prep: http://sf2g.com/prep.html | unsub: http://groups.google.com/group/sf2g -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---What's the pace gonna be like? You up for having a newbie along?On Nov 5, 10:34 pm, Ruth Emerson wrote: > late to this thread... but i'm planning to head down closer to 6:15 > tomorrow if anyone wants to go eaaarly. > > On Nov 5, 9:39 pm, "Daniel Hobe" wrote: > > > +0.5 depending on oncall tonight. > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Scott Crosby wrote: > > > ok fine, I'll ride to work tomorrow, twist my arm. > > > > i got a 10am, so 7am should work. > > > > who's NOT in? I'm guessing about 400 of you will want to jump on this > > > opportunity, so just let me know if you're opting for the dreary, grim, > > > depressing 101 or bike-hostile caltrain instead of your bike, which seems > > > completely insane, but diff'rent strokes i guess... > > > > -sc
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Re: thurs 11/6 bayway RRR 07:00 sharp
Friday, October 31, 2008
10/31: Rainy Bayway 630 RRR
Ankle injury acting up again :-(
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ride report: sean, ed, mike, tivo HD kit guy (sorry didn't catch your handle), and yours truly met in the predawn blackness at ritual and, donning rain capes, set out to conquer the elements. unexpectedly, an unknown rider emerged from the gloom of cortland and joined our skulking retinue; fearing the presence of a highlighter-toned wraith, I timidly inquired of the apparition what manner of spirit it was, but instead of inflicting greivous wounds upon me, the answer came a cheerful "Hi, I'm Ruth from Stanford!" This good witch of the Castro summoned another rider on the unlit, rainswept corner of Paul/San Bruno, who turned out to be another Stanfordian wisely mounted on a 'cross bike, and whose name was something exotic, perhaps of the Steppes of the Caucasus, starting with an S.
sheets of rain and mighty unabating headwinds assaulted us relentlessly, but we carried on in grim defiance, unmoved. the 'cross section was particularly noteworthy today, as it received just enough rain to form a new type of supergoopy gluelike substance, which resisted all streams and jets of water from the hose following the bridge to nowhere. Recommendation: bring the 'cross bike w/ knobbies next time, as traction is limited.
mud-faced yours truly attached.
-sc
an ideal CX pedal...
-sean
Thursday, October 30, 2008
crash!
So I meant to write something up about Fridays ride or really crash.
The ride was fantastic up to that point, 16 riders from Ritual and
another 3 from Martha's. I think another rider got picked up along
the road. Anyhow it was an amazing day with the sun rising once we
were on the road tho I am sad to say the fixed gear ridership was very
under represented.
Anyhow the carnage all happened on the final right turn on Haven Ave.
in Menlo Park, just before the Bayfront Expressway/Marsh Rd.
intersection. Andrew was in front, I was second and Yuko was third
around the corner. Andrew was probably 1-2 bike lengths ahead of me,
I think Yuko was right behind me and according to my GPS we were doing
something like 19-20MPH. I had just grabbed my water out of the cage
thinking it was my last chance to hydrate before the inevitable sprint
on the bike path ahead. Right as I got the bottle to my lips I saw
Andrew slide out. I tried to maneuver to the left around Andrew,
unfortunately being a little bit off balance with the raised bottle
and 1 hand on the bars I couldn't really do much. Andy's sliding bike
and my wheel intersected and next thing I knew I felt my helmet slam
the ground and I remember sliding to a stop. Then sometime in there
was some more commotion and Yuko joined our mess. I think Michael and
Eric rolled up right after that.
Everyone pulled over to the side of the road to assess injuries and
Yuko pretty quickly figured out she was in bad shape.
Gallery of my gruesome parts here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2067114&l=0ed96&id=11612915
you probably don't want to click that.
End result is hopefully just sitting out a few days of riding, new
helmet, new brake lever, new leg warmers, possibly a new seat and new
rear wheel. BTW: if you have a Giro helmet crash replacements are
available at a 30% discount from the manufacturer, I think they prefer
it be less than a year old. I'll find out for sure tomorrow when I
call.
ride safe!
-s
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Re: UPDATE 6 - Half-Moon Bayway: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
Stage 4: http://picasaweb.google.com/ericaltendorf/SF2G5d5wStage4#
Stage 5: http://picasaweb.google.com/ericaltendorf/SF2G5d5wStage5#
Enjoy.
--eric
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:
> Victory!
>
> Full ride report coming, but for now, since it's hard upon beer-o-clock,
> this must suffice:
>
> 6 powerful riders of the apocalypse have conquered all known roads of SF2G
> and have rightly claimed Triumph in their Olympian, titanic battle. They
> are:
>
> altendorf, heather, yuko, jim morrison, marius3, and yours truly. in
> addition, 3 worthy gladiators joined for the final, most taxing conquest:
> kemler, lorenzo, and wickman (othman joined for about 5 miles)
>
> Summary and photos:
>
> http://sf2g.com/5d5w_2008.html
>
> note to riders: I propose this agenda for this afternoon:
>
> - 4:30: TGIF (social) w/ many, many beers and some band
> - 6:37: caltrain bullet to 22nd st., thence to Bender's @ s. van ness/19th
>
> at last, rest cometh!
>
> -SC
>
>
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> http://sf2g.com/terms.html | bike prep: http://sf2g.com/prep.html | unsub:
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Re: UPDATE 6 - Half-Moon Bayway: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
And thanks for the lunch at Google! My ride ended with a flat - but not until I got back to my office.
And what a shame, the bullet train doesn't stop at California Ave or Palo Alto :-(
I'm a rider of the apocalypse!! what up!
Who cares that my ass pretty much actively burns as I'm typing this, I'm still alive!!
Thanks to everyone for waiting for me (over...and over...and over) today!
Especially to Jim -- if you didn't make sure I made all the turns, who knows where I'd be right now!
My guess: keeled over from hopelessness and exhaustion on some mountain road... feebly writing SOS text messages that t-mobile would never send.
:)On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:
Victory!
Full ride report coming, but for now, since it's hard upon beer-o-clock, this must suffice:
6 powerful riders of the apocalypse have conquered all known roads of SF2G and have rightly claimed Triumph in their Olympian, titanic battle. They are:
altendorf, heather, yuko, jim morrison, marius3, and yours truly. in addition, 3 worthy gladiators joined for the final, most taxing conquest: kemler, lorenzo, and wickman (othman joined for about 5 miles)
Summary and photos:
http://sf2g.com/5d5w_2008.html
note to riders: I propose this agenda for this afternoon:
- 4:30: TGIF (social) w/ many, many beers and some band
- 6:37: caltrain bullet to 22nd st., thence to Bender's @ s. van ness/19th
at last, rest cometh!
-SC
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Re: UPDATE 6 - Half-Moon Bayway: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
Who cares that my ass pretty much actively burns as I'm typing this, I'm still alive!!
Thanks to everyone for waiting for me (over...and over...and over) today!
Especially to Jim -- if you didn't make sure I made all the turns, who knows where I'd be right now!
My guess: keeled over from hopelessness and exhaustion on some mountain road... feebly writing SOS text messages that t-mobile would never send.
:)
Victory!
Full ride report coming, but for now, since it's hard upon beer-o-clock, this must suffice:
6 powerful riders of the apocalypse have conquered all known roads of SF2G and have rightly claimed Triumph in their Olympian, titanic battle. They are:
altendorf, heather, yuko, jim morrison, marius3, and yours truly. in addition, 3 worthy gladiators joined for the final, most taxing conquest: kemler, lorenzo, and wickman (othman joined for about 5 miles)
Summary and photos:
http://sf2g.com/5d5w_2008.html
note to riders: I propose this agenda for this afternoon:
- 4:30: TGIF (social) w/ many, many beers and some band
- 6:37: caltrain bullet to 22nd st., thence to Bender's @ s. van ness/19th
at last, rest cometh!
-SC
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Re: UPDATE 6 - Half-Moon Bayway: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:
> Victory!
>
> Full ride report coming, but for now, since it's hard upon beer-o-clock,
> this must suffice:
>
> 6 powerful riders of the apocalypse have conquered all known roads of SF2G
> and have rightly claimed Triumph in their Olympian, titanic battle. They
> are:
>
> altendorf, heather, yuko, jim morrison, marius3, and yours truly. in
> addition, 3 worthy gladiators joined for the final, most taxing conquest:
> kemler, lorenzo, and wickman (othman joined for about 5 miles)
>
> Summary and photos:
>
> http://sf2g.com/5d5w_2008.html
>
> note to riders: I propose this agenda for this afternoon:
>
> - 4:30: TGIF (social) w/ many, many beers and some band
> - 6:37: caltrain bullet to 22nd st., thence to Bender's @ s. van ness/19th
>
> at last, rest cometh!
>
> -SC
>
>
> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
> info: http://sf2g.com | blog: http://blog.sf2g.com | terms:
> http://sf2g.com/terms.html | bike prep: http://sf2g.com/prep.html | unsub:
> http://groups.google.com/group/sf2g
> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>
>
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Thanks,
Sean Dawson
UPDATE 6 - Half-Moon Bayway: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
Full ride report coming, but for now, since it's hard upon beer-o-clock, this must suffice:
6 powerful riders of the apocalypse have conquered all known roads of SF2G and have rightly claimed Triumph in their Olympian, titanic battle. They are:
altendorf, heather, yuko, jim morrison, marius3, and yours truly. in addition, 3 worthy gladiators joined for the final, most taxing conquest: kemler, lorenzo, and wickman (othman joined for about 5 miles)
Summary and photos:
http://sf2g.com/5d5w_2008.html
note to riders: I propose this agenda for this afternoon:
- 4:30: TGIF (social) w/ many, many beers and some band
- 6:37: caltrain bullet to 22nd st., thence to Bender's @ s. van ness/19th
at last, rest cometh!
-SC
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Re: UPDATE 5 - Skyline: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
-Jim G
Re: UPDATE 5 - Skyline: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
Re: UPDATE 5 - Skyline: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
-chalky
UPDATE 5 -- Skyline: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
at six thirty meet
pedalling with great élan
a perfect skyline!*
* Today's ride was the great classic: Skyline. Of unknown origin but perfected by generations of SF2G riders, the route yields many a fruit for its various labors. A warmup climb is followed by delicious flora, and appetite-enhancing fauna (Eric and Scott find delight, I'm sure, in the aforementioned flora). It is concluded by the legendary Cañada team time trial before warming down on the Portola loop.
With 13 caffeinated comrades, the convoy was assembled. Great relief was sensed in the 6 saddle-sore 5d5w contenders when Space, the harbinger of great pain and voluminous lactic acid, promised a dimished yield due to "training for a marathon" and "had a really bad run yesterday."
The group swiftly and skillfully negotiated the exchange of kinetic and potential energy on the approach to Daly City. Heather, previously apprehensive, is now more agreeable with this aspect of Leibniz' work.
Thereafter, the convoy split into several cohesive units. These are stealthier, but also less harmful to the elderly wanderers on the miscellaneous trails that comprise this part of Skyline.
With great authority and contrary to his claims of dimished capacities, Space appropriated pain and suffering to the various crazies that followed him on Cañada. The team time trial was concluded by a final sprint, where Scott employed his famed slingshot maneuver to finish in front.
As a special treat, Space revealed the etymology of his name. This will remain a Skyline legend, inaccessible to those who choose to participate merely by email.
altendorf^, marius^, heather^, yuko^, jim morrison^, scrosby^, space, dave, trinh*, andy, hobe, sean, tivo ed
^ 5d5w contender as of this ride * unrelenting climber-of-skyline, and also terminates in san mateo
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
the sweetness of day 3
the climb to 'the top of the hill' in DC was accomplished with ease. the rapid descent past the graves of Colma flew by
at speeds around 35MPH and shortly thereafter we were back on the standard bayway route. We anxiously awaited the lagoon
detour promised by our fearless leader, but when the time came he got caught up in the excitement and we cruised the normal
route. on arriving at the midway rest stop Cedric and crew lingered at the edge for approximately 3.2 seconds before blazing ahead.
after everyone dumped their effluvia and water bottles were topped off we set out in chase. many feral cats came out on this day to
wish us well. the rest of the ride proved fairly uneventful, team Cedric was caught up around Marsh road and they cheerfully joined in the
peloton for the Bayfront sprint.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Re: UPDATE 2: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
I'm not mistaken.
On 10/6/08, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:
> This just in:
>
> 13 conquering commuter commandos today vanquished Day 1 of the mighty *5
> Days, 5 Ways SF2G.com Challenge*, a full 20% of the mission (by some
> measuring techniques).
>
> Victors over the roads of the peninsula included altendorf, marius, wickman,
> jacob, murph, yuko, heather, lorenzo, hobe, jim, steve, trek-with-rack-guy
> (sorry, i'm really bad w/ names) and yours truly
>
> A moderately glorious ride overall, with the most notable feature being a
> battle that we witnessed the aftermath of between a semi and a caltrain...
> guess who won.
>
> Some photos, including semi-vs.-train...
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GCom5Days5WaysChallenge?pli=1#5254166392537400946
>
> Day 2 will be a standard Bayway. see you at Ritual, 6:30 yo!
>
> -SC
>
UPDATE 2: SF2G.com 5 Days, 5 Ways Challenge, Oct. 6-10 2008
13 conquering commuter commandos today vanquished Day 1 of the mighty 5 Days, 5 Ways SF2G.com Challenge, a full 20% of the mission (by some measuring techniques).
Victors over the roads of the peninsula included altendorf, marius, wickman, jacob, murph, yuko, heather, lorenzo, hobe, jim, steve, trek-with-rack-guy (sorry, i'm really bad w/ names) and yours truly
A moderately glorious ride overall, with the most notable feature being a battle that we witnessed the aftermath of between a semi and a caltrain... guess who won.
Some photos, including semi-vs.-train...
http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GCom5Days5WaysChallenge?pli=1#5254166392537400946
Day 2 will be a standard Bayway. see you at Ritual, 6:30 yo!
-SC
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
9/24 Bayway 6:20ish departure RRR


9/23 Skyline Peet's 6:30
Just got home, drinking that wine I had to put away last night, waiting for my roomie to finish cooking a yummy Thai dinner...
After doing HMBway recently, I've been itching to do some more climbing (Tunitas was awesome), and wanted to incorporate something along those lines in Skyline since HMBway unfortunately is slightly incompatible with work. Solution: more Skyline!
It was a beautiful morning, with the sun out even in Daly City, which definitely made route extensions a compelling option, although I didn't say anything about my plan as I hadn't quite committed to it myself (yeah yeah, I'm lame and non-committal). Despite the sun, SCT was freezing cold (wtf?!) and I think I saw a couple of Michael's fingers lying on the side of the trail, having fallen off due to lack of adequate gloves. But after all, the sun _was_ out and it was beautiful, and Trinh gave me a cue and said it would be nice to go all the way to Santa Cruz on a day like this (I swear I didn't set it up!). I unfolded my devious plan to lure Ed and Michael up the mountain with me. These brave gentlemen did not hesitate for long and we headed off.
In anticipation of the upcoming climb, I even forgot to exclaim my usual "I hate hills!" as we pedaled up towards 92 on Skyline. And here we parted ways with the Skyline route as we know it, turned right on 92, did not get killed by trucks, and arrived at - Skyline! (Wtf is up with that road? It just keeps disappearing and reappearing in different places.) Again, we did not get killed by trucks as we did a left turn onto Skyline (this was quite an accomplishment).
Going up was beaaaautiful! The road goes along a ridge with views both of the valley and the ocean. Well, it would have had views of the ocean if the ocean hadn't been all fogged up. We climbed and looked and climbed and looked and climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed. Pesky rolling hills of Cañada begone! Well... at the top there were actually a few rolling hills, meh. But they were at least steep enough to properly identify themselves as hills, as opposed to Cañada where you just suddenly find yourself inexplicably weak until you realize that the road is, in fact, not as flat as it looks.
At the top, Michael called me an evil woman while Ed stopped to fiddle a bit with his wonky breaks, thinking they may be of use during the descent on King's Mountain Road. I'll blame him dropping me on the descent on my functioning brakes. Ed had a scary near-car experience on the way down but we still all enjoyed the twisty road. It's kind of like a roller coaster, except way more fun and less safe! Whee! Helpful tip: do slow down when the street signs claim you should. This is not SCT. Once down and having reached Woodside, Michael said I wasn't an evil woman anymore.
After a somewhat eventless ride back on Sandhill Rd/Junipero Serra we reached Google way past breakfast time.
Strengths:
- 2000 ft more or so of climbing!
- Avoids pesky rolling hills on Cañada
- PRETTY! Depending on weather, may beat HMB for most scenic route depending on weather.
Areas for development:
- Oops. Very late arrival at work, although not as bad after HMB.
- 92 is not great but tolerable, turning left onto Skyline really sucks though
Total time: 4h15 perhaps?
Rolling time: 3h39
Distance: 53.5 miles
Added distance compared to Cañada: 6.4 miles
Route: Kind of like this, except SCT isn't on the map.
-Lina
It was a pretty route and the King's Mountain Road descent may have
become my favorite in the Bay Area.
Here's the MB for more detail:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6833849
Good suggestion Lina!
Mike
Sweeet!
But it says 5k6 ft of climbing. That doesn't seem reasonable? (Well,
if you ask my legs it is... but not if you ask me. :) It's just 2k ft
added to the normal Skyline route, and then we still avoid the rolling
hills on Cañada.
-Lina








