Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
Larry and I have been going out on long rides every sunday and I thought a few of you might want to join us. We usually cover at least fifty miles and try to get started before noon. Our routes are usually fixie friendly, but still challenging. We wouldn't be dropping people, but these aren't Slow Sunday rides either. Anyone feel like joining us?
Jessica
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:15 pm
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Heck yeah!
john
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:56 pm
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post the meet points on saturday nights... my sundays are busy... but those sound quit fun. 50 miles is perfect for a nice sunday... I'll try to make a few. Thanks fer organizing...
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I was trying to do something like that with Bike Gang, which was meet at (rei)vivace at 11:30. Only the few times I did it we just ended up climbing hills.
So, please let us know where and when, and I'll show up when I can!
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Old Crow
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:17 pm
Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
Cool. I'll post the relevant bits on Saturday. I'll figure out the rest by then. Meeting place will probably be in the Udist or Cap Hill. There's a fun ride out to Manchester State Park I'd like to do. It involves a ferry ride and it's pretty long, but not very hilly. The park itself isn't much, but the ride rocks. There's also a surly fisherman bar near the park that only takes cash, so bring some. There's not an atm for miles that works. I did this one with Alastair last year and it was awesome. I think it was about 70 miles round trip, so we would need to get going by 10am to keep things easy.
tehschkott
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:53 am
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Sounds like fun. Details when you have them. If I can't make it this Sunday I'll try to make the next one. We've been doing 30+ miles on the Slow Sunday rides recently, and they're getting longer. Did 37 this Sunday. But maybe its just me.
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tehschkott
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:58 am
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Eric_s wrote:
I was trying to do something like that with Bike Gang, which was meet at (rei)vivace at 11:30. Only the few times I did it we just ended up climbing hills.
So, please let us know where and when, and I'll show up when I can!
I think you invited me to come on a Bike Gang... to climb hills.
You should do more Bike Gang rides. I'd totally be down. Easy on the hills.
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kalen
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:24 am
Joined: 10 Apr 2007Posts: 342Location: Olympia, on the farm
Excellent. I need to get in some pre-touring miles, and this sounds like the perfect way to do so.
FieryIrie
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:30 pm
Joined: 25 Jun 2007Posts: 554Location: Wallingford
You can count me in too, on my new fixie. So hopefully it's not too rough. But I'm finding tooling around Seattle hills to be easier than expected.
Old Crow
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:19 am
Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
This is the route I'm thinking. The map starts at my neighborhood, but will actually start in the U district. I'm thinking meet at the CIP at 10:00 AM. Yes, I know it won't be open, but we all know where it is. If anyone has any recommendations, please feel free to voice them before Sunday. The elevation map looks daunting, but I'm still thinking of bringing my fixie. Don't blame me if you bring yours and it turns out to be hellish for you.
Milx
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:31 am
Joined: 10 Dec 2007Posts: 348Location: Capitol Hill
What is with the huge climb listed for when we would be on the ferry?
Happy Stick Person
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:34 am
Joined: 20 Sep 2006Posts: 1168Location: Leschi
there is a climb from Lincoln park up to the ferry terminal, it's not that bad though...
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Ahh ok, it looked like it was at the 20 mile mark, which is out in the middle of the water!
Old Crow
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:01 am
Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
Okay guys. We're leaving from Cafe Vita on Pike in Capitol Hill at 10:00 AM. Seems like most of the people going live on cap hill so I might as well meet you guys down there.
Happy Stick Person
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:21 am
Joined: 20 Sep 2006Posts: 1168Location: Leschi
can I petition for a coffee shop that doesn't blow?
Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
Some other pics:
Kaylen seems incredibly umimpressed
The Manchester Pub
David's bike smells awful.
FieryIrie
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:57 pm
Joined: 25 Jun 2007Posts: 554Location: Wallingford
Kalen often seems unimpressed. Doesn't mean he is.
How many miles over how many hours? And how were the hills? It ws my first Sunday on my fixed. Figured I'd go for Slow Sunday since the mileage is typically the same, about 30 miles, but we do it over a day.
I'd like to come along in a couple weeks. For now, though my Sundays are booked.
Old Crow
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:47 am
Helen Keller, WHAT?Joined: 30 Sep 2005Posts: 395Location: Ballard
The ride was a lot more fixie-friendly than I anticipated. Lots of small rollers with a couple of moderate climbs. I wish I had ridden my fixie instead of my road bike. I'm not sure how the next ride will shape out. I'm trying to find a more exciting military ruins for us to explore. Hopefully I'll have a destination by Tuesday evening. If anyone else has a destination in mind, feel free to post it.
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