Re: 11/20 SRLB RRR 6:15

you crashed your brand-new madone?  bummer dude.

ended up working out fine, as stefan showed up, and we rendezvoused w/ maureen and cedric just south of the city.  a sociable 4some and troublefree, other than maureen's unfortunate spd-cleat/shoe separation (anxiety), which was fixed quickly by the nascar-style pit crew of stefan and cedric, resulting in on-time arrival and no shortage of smoothie selection.

-SC

On Nov 20, 2007 7:57 AM, Lorenzo Colitti <l.colitti@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott Crosby wrote:
> bullshit!  drinking a macchiato right now.  solo mission of doom I guess...

Sorry people. I crashed my bike on its test run yesterday, and while the
bike can still be ridden (although damaged), I was not in a fit state to
ride. I apologize for getting you up early for nothing. :(

Cheers,
Lorenz

Re: FRIDAY nov 16 NRLB - 6:15 RRR - bayway & partycar

Ride report: 

another day, another tragic wreck.  that's it, i can't take the guilt, i will lead no more sf2g rides...

http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GWreck/photo#5133573309424170290

...in this case, daniel got acquainted with the asphalt in some nameless peninsula burg and the meeting was not amicable.

-SC

On Nov 14, 2007 11:40 AM, Scott Crosby <crosby@google.com> wrote:

as an extra special courtesy to those of you who like to bring clothes and whatnot into work in advance of riding in, i hereby announce the usual no-rider-left-behind (NRLB) friday ride from SF 2 tha G.  

since the large friday group rolls in at a leisurely pace and often finds itself fixing flats and such, we'll do the ritual roasters rollout (RRR) at 6:15, so bring at least a blinky light, if not an $1185, 1400 lumen Lupine Betty mobile supernova.

as for the return trip, it shall be via the 5:46 caltrain, aka partycar.  meet at the charleston/huff sunny glen @ 5:17 for that.

there's also a Trinh-sponsored skyline ride tomorrow, should you care to subject yourself to much legburning.

-SC

Fwd: bayway wed nov 14 RRR! 6:30

Ride report:

the enigmatic marius, laconic daniel, and mild-mannered yours truly were minding our own business at ritual this morning circa 6:20, when who should walk in the door but the dreaded julian, aka the knobby-tired crusher, whom we had assumed was on semi-permanent disability after suffering a compound femur fracture earlier in the year. 

rattled, we nonetheless set off into the twilight of dawn... or was it twilight of doom?

in short order the warm, deceiving rays of mr. sun convinced us it was to be a typically genteel waltz down the byways of the bayway, but then the omen appeared: a solitary black cat blocking our path, refusing to yield and appearing to sneer at our attack.  foolishly heedless, we pressed on... and this is the result:

http://picasaweb.google.com/scrosby/SF2GWreck/photo#s5132820583059582434

-SC

To: SF2G <sf2g@googlegroups.com>

who's in for bayway tomorrow?  some wardrobe malfunctions, so to
speak, prevented breakfast today so you can bet that's not happening
tomorrow.  that said, no gratuitous punishment is forecast.

-SC

tues 11/13 skyline

rolling thru the pre-dawn blackness to Peet's I saw Chris up ahead veering the wrong way onto a side street from Dolores... hmm, must not be Chris.  if only we were so lucky.  seems he was collecting the dreaded Space, king of skyline, which meant a fearsome pace and merciless accelerations at every turn.  and so it was to be.

Liam, Space, Chris, Marius, BC, and yours truly started about 6:45 and after 3 flats and some waiting for the still-hungover BC, we rolled into G at about 10:20... with only some granola and yogurt to satiate our massive calorie deficits. 

Canada avg: about 24mph

the highlight was Space's assault on sawyer camp trail -- very fast and curvy, with lots of runners and walkers as slalom cones -- good times.

-SC

Fwd: monday 11/5 RRR 6:15

4 battle-hardened warriors (kemler, altendorf, chris, yours truly) set
off at 6:30 from ritual today with some much-needed daylight assisting
navigation. le kemler selected the underpass of broken bottles and
dreams, as the cortland hill was deemed too steep for a monday.

a powerful pace was set and E.P.A. was reached in under 2 hours of
ride time, with noname arriving at 2:17:30, about 19mph avg. Not bad
for a monday.

-SC

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Crosby <scrosby@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 4, 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: monday 11/5 RRR 6:15
To: sf2g@googlegroups.com

old man winter giveth and he also taketh away; tomorrow he provideth
one hour more of darklessness, and so we ride extra early to appease
the guardians of punctuality, both of noname and and of certain surly
superiors.

if you get there before me, i'll take a double macchiato.

txt to 619-917-5560 should there be any need for further chatter.

-SC