12/14 NRLB Skyline 630am Peets or 715am John Daly Blvd. meetup

Trinh's Ride Report:

- 7 hearty riders headed out for what would be one of the coldest
rides I have ever experienced
- took John's safer, nicer detour around the 35/1 offramp/onramp
interchange of death
- Sawyer Camp Trail was the treat of the ride with temperatures
dipping down to 25 F
 in fact, temps didn't get above 30 F until we exited the trail

- the rest of the ride was mellow as we soaked in the scenery

Sean and I confirmed that breakfast at Cafe 14 on the Crit campus is
open until 1030. The place was still stocked with eggs, potatoes,
sausages, pastries, fresh fruit when we got there at 1020.

Re: thurs 13th RRR 6:20 bayway

On Dec 13, 2007 6:48 PM, Ksenya wrote:

scott did not regale us with ride fanfare today so i'll fill in, albeit i cannot use as many GRE words in one sentence as he can. no ride shall go unreported.

lorenzo, daniel h, scott, julian, marius, and yours truly rendezvoused at ritual, surprisingly cheery for 6:15. on the way to cortland, othman joined as the seventh. we were truckin along fairly peacefully in the 37 degree sub san franciscan environs (that's 2.5 degrees celcius for those not brought up in the u s of a), when somewhere just past the airport marius attempted to unclip and boy did he. the pedal, along with the crank, spontaneously fell to the ground, but with the help of julian's trusty 5mm allen wrench was as good as new. again the gang stopped by the golf course to enjoy the sunrise and fix julian's mtn bike tire flat. i used the opportunity to gain advantage on the pack (cos ya kno, i rather be chased than have to chase.... on a bike), and forged forward alongside three feral cats. the breakaway was alas futile as the rest of the group took the foster city shortcut and passed me mere seconds before i reached the crossing of the two roads. thus the chasee became the chaser and julian caught the next caltrain. with all the holdups, and in hopes to redeem the sad demise of food at noname the day prior, five riders raced to eat every omelet, gritz, granola, and hazelnut muffin out there, whether they wanted it or not. a giant plate of strange hodgepodge of food awaited me as i leisurely arrived later. great ride, end state temperature 48 degrees.

-Ksen

PS: besides experiencing strange mechanicals, today marius also revolutionized something for the world of cycling. all know that full finger gloves are better than short finger gloves on a day like today. but what's even better is mittens. and what do you do when you don't have mittens? but of course, you wear socks on your hands. shifting ability is not impaired, similar results to marius's not guaranteed. scott has photographic evidence of this new fashion.

On Dec 12, 2007 5:55 PM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:

due to the aggressive "sorry you missed breakfast... sucker!" attitude at no-name these days, tomorrow's bayway will be departing at 6:20.  get to ritual at 6:10 for your double macchiato.

ksenya will be Ride Commander, and you shall do her bidding.

-SC

Re: Bayway wed or thurs?

the other ride report - THE LATE, HUNGRY CREW

sean, sandor, yours truly, and SF2G newcomers/ungooglers joe and john (i think) rolled out of ritual about 6:35, slowing slightly to merge with the cheerful mary @ florida/chavez en route to the underpass of broken bottles/dreams and thence the usual bayway.  no one was of the disposition that we should attempt to reel in the earlier group, and so a sociable pace was decreed by silent zeitgeistial convergence, and the irksome headwind kept it that way.

one flat near the dual tonayense taco truck roachcoaches and graniterock cement factory was fixed in short order, and there was some talk of getting breakfast right then and there, but no, we figured what are they going to do, *run around no-name at light-speed taking all food away while we attempted to grab it from them?*  naaah, why would they do that?  that would be Hella Lame.

fears were assuaged when osmond and e-dub emerged from no-name and announced a broad selection of breakfast vittles... but they didn't count on the Hamburglars on the kitchen staff who were apparently under very strict orders to allow NO ONE to eat ANYTHING after 9:30 EXACTLY.  I think I had the ladle *in my hand* when the dude ran off with the pot of oatmeal.  Zero smoothies, eggs, potatoes, burritos, fake sausage, nada, nothing, only a grim residue of yogurt and some bits of granola.  NOT EVEN CAFFEINATED COFFEE.  I tell you the new Google sucks.

Dickman will hear from us, oh yes.

-SC

On Dec 12, 2007 11:29 AM, Ksenya Gusak <ksenya@google.com> wrote:

one of the ride reports: THE EARLY CREW

a shuttle service of sorts:
at 5:52am i left my house
at 5:58am i picked up E&O at e-dub's house
at 6:03am we picked up misha at his house
at 6:15am we picked up maureen at the top of cortland...
and there you have it. no flats, no mechanicals, the only holdup was slowpoke me.
a beautiful dawn pre-6:30 over the bay.
yay for sf2g!

tomorrow 6:15 coffee 6:30 RRR.

-Ksen

Re: Skyline 12/11 6:40am from Peets or meetup at John Daly at 7:15am

when you get to 200bpm and lactate threshold on a flat road 3 inches from the guy in front of you, the pace is indeed brisk.  blistering leadout by chris and when 24mph just wouldn't cut it anymore, space, and no turns at the front for me.  remind me to use a bronchial dilator next time, -hack, cough-

incidentally, tomorrow's bayway will now be a recovery ride, so anyone who favors a leisurely/conversation pace, see you at ritual at 6:20.

-SC

On Dec 11, 2007 11:00 AM, Trinh < rutricky@gmail.com> wrote:

Ride Report:

- 7 riders departed the city on a cold morning
- very brisk pace with some intervals thrown in to stay warm
- sadly, couldn't get a pace line going on Canada road, all I could do
was wave bye, bye and good luck to Space, Chris, and Scott
- arrived at the Goog at 9:50 and to our surprise there was plenty of
food at No Name

hope to see everyone out again

On Dec 10, 6:06 pm, "Julian Bill" < juli...@google.com> wrote:
> I'm riding in tomorrow and will be up for Skyline. Scott where should we
> meet? I'll bring my road bike.
>
> Julian
>

> On Dec 10, 2007 5:43 PM, Scott Crosby <cro...@google.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > so i'll see you types at daly/skyline at 7:15.  anybody else doing this
> > (peet's bypass/mission direct) route?  if not i'll skip ritual and leave
> > dirctly from my crib @ 25th/shotwell.
>
> > -SC
>

> > On Dec 10, 2007 1:50 PM, Jay Boren < bo...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > > +1
>

> > > On Dec 10, 2007 10:29 AM, marius a. eriksen < m...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > > > i'm in.
>

> > > > On 10/12/2007, Scott Crosby <cro...@google.com> wrote:
> > > > > yeah i'm down.  ran into space yesterday too and he said he's
> > > > interested.
>
> > > > > i'm sure ksenya bought some cold weather gear by now and is also in.
>

> > > > > On Dec 10, 2007 9:56 AM, Trinh < rutri...@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > > > > > After the holiday party I figure we all need 10 extra minutes of
> > > > > > sleep. Anybody interested?
>
> > > > --

> > > > m3 - m...@google.com
>
> > > > www.google.com
>
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Re: 12/5 630am Skyline from Peets

Solo ride report (solo for the first hour anyway):

I showed up about 3 minutes late to Peet's, and spent the next 30
minutes trying to catch up with the Peet's group before an unfortunate
incident on great highway. Things I learned today:

- if you're going to spill, the thick, mushy succulents alongside the
coast are a very comfy crash pad. They may clog up your helmet air
vents, though.
- when a curb grinds all the way through your sidewall, finding an
empty packet of gu to use as a boot is very useful
- how to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on sand-drowned jammed
STI shifters using water from a camelback
- if you step off the pavement with speedplay cleats, you'll spend 5
minutes and another few cups of camelback water clearing the mud out
of them
- show up to Peet's on time
- replaceable rear dérailleur hangers are a good thing
- i do not want a carbon frame
- when looking over your shoulder to find a passing truck to draft,
make a velocity-compensated mental model of your trajectory w.r.t. the
curb first

an educational morning to be sure.

--eric

On Dec 5, 2007 12:24 PM, Mary Hollendoner <maryhollendoner@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 flat on my first SF2G ride last friday
> 2 flats today on my second SF2G ride
> So, should I bring 3 spare tubes with me next week?!
> (and only 1 flat in the previous 1,000 miles on this bike!)
>
> Beautiful ride, thanks for joining, see you next week! (i'll steer clear of
> Jay since my bike tubes seem allergic to him ;o)
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2007 12:17 PM, Eric Altendorf <ealtendorf@google.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Dec 5, 2007 12:08 PM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:
> > > ride report distilled: multiple departure points converge like a team of
> > > synchronized swimmers and a new mission-skyline route is christened.
> > >
> > > stephan, lorenzo and yours truly departed ritual @ 6:40 and performed a
> > > difficult rolling rendezvous w/ mary and john deep on mission st. on the
> > > daly city approach vector. right-turn (clyde) at john daly blvd. and a
> > > smooth ride to CA-35/skyline for revdezvous deux with trinh, marius,
> chris
> > > h., daniel, and jay makes 10 for a gorgeously foggy/sunny/slippy ride
> down
> > > the scenic route. at least 3 flats recorded on mary's bike alone I
> hear,
> > > with a couple more for good measure. punctual 10:30 arrival.
> > >
> > > some mediocre photos:
> > >
> > >
> http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GSkylineRoute/photo#s5140577615189532226
> > >
> > > mission dwellers take note: skyline route does not require a 3-mile trip
> > > north to Peet's (mediocre coffee anyway) - just go to ritual and then
> take
> > > mission->john daly->skyline (essentially), much faster and better
> macchiatos
> > > to boot.
> >
> > No dawn surf, though. That's what I ride north for.
> >
> > --eric, who makes his own coffee at home anyhow
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -SC
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 4, 2007 9:17 PM, Daniel Hobe <hobe@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 12/4/07, Trinh <rutricky@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Wednesday is supposed to be the only dry day of the week. Anybody
> want
> > > > > to take advantage and ride?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Daniel Hobe <hobe@gmail.com>
> > > > > >
> > > >
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Re: 12/5 630am Skyline from Peets

ride report distilled: multiple departure points converge like a team of synchronized swimmers and a new mission-skyline route is christened. 

stephan, lorenzo and yours truly departed ritual @ 6:40 and performed a difficult rolling rendezvous w/ mary and john deep on mission st. on the daly city approach vector.  right-turn (clyde) at john daly blvd. and a smooth ride to CA-35/skyline for revdezvous deux with trinh, marius, chris h., daniel, and jay makes 10 for a gorgeously foggy/sunny/slippy ride down the scenic route.  at least 3 flats recorded on mary's bike alone I hear, with a couple more for good measure.  punctual 10:30 arrival.

some mediocre photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GSkylineRoute/photo#s5140577615189532226

mission dwellers take note: skyline route does not require a 3-mile trip north to Peet's (mediocre coffee anyway) - just go to ritual and then take mission->john daly->skyline (essentially), much faster and better macchiatos to boot.

-SC

On Dec 4, 2007 9:17 PM, Daniel Hobe <hobe@gmail.com> wrote:

+1


On 12/4/07, Trinh <rutricky@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wednesday is supposed to be the only dry day of the week. Anybody want
> to take advantage and ride?
> >
>


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Fwd: SRLB RRR KBR 6:30 Tues Dec 4

Contender for ride report of the year?

On Dec 4, 2007 10:51 AM, Ksenya Gusak <ksenya@google.com> wrote:

KBR ride report:

energized by the sight of gargantuan raindrops outside at 5:30 am, the fearless gang texted each other saying "sweet! it's raining! i've always wanted to do a rain ride and the sf weather is just too damn dry!", and rolled down to ritual by 6:15.

the cupcake was de-li-cious! who knew ritual even had cupcakes.

all our clothes got absolutely drenched even before we cleared the cortland hill but hey, it was dark. from there on out it was just mud in the faces of those who tried to hang on to the back wheel of the leader and of the passers by (there weren't too many of those crazy people on the streets today, but we got every single one that was fool enough to be out there in the rain).  the muddy cyclocross section was a little difficult to navigate with skinny tires and no fenders but at least we had it fresh in our minds that it hurts when you hit the 5 inch concrete basrelief at the top of the bridge.

you all missed out.


actually, we did too. the text messages went something like "going back to bed". "me too". "yup". go go go on trinh's dry day ride tomorrow! it's your only chance.

Ksen

On Dec 3, 2007 10:13 AM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:

I'll be there, assuming ksenya will still be my friend and it's not raining.

-SC

On Dec 2, 2007 10:50 PM, Eric Altendorf < ealtendorf@google.com > wrote:

Weekend overbeerage demand penance; I'm shooting for two rides this
week, Tuesday and Thursday.

KBR = Ksenya Birthday Ride.

We'll gather at 6:15 at Ritual, buy a cupcake and put a candle on it
and sing Happy Birthday, assuming Ksenya actually shows up, then roll
out at 6:30.  SRLB just means that I won't be doing the sweep this
time.

--eric

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