So today I went out with @sdvelosocial (Ben) for his Half Century. It was a great, no awesome, ride. 52 miles, approximately 4500ft of climbing and 4020 calories burned. The weather was beautiful, as usual for this time of year and there were plenty of people to share it with.
This was my first "offical" sdvelosocial ride. Last week I kinda tagged along with Ben and Eric but this week Ben brought out some big guns. We had 9 riders in total. All are excellent riders but more importantly they are great group of guys.
Today we started our ride from the Ryan Bros coffee shop in San Marcos at 9:00am. It was a prefect time to start since it allowed me time to wake up and get ready. The ride left in the usual manner with all riders saddling up and heading down the road.
The route Ben put together was hilly... yep, it was way hilly and right from the gun too. We headed north on Old Twin Oaks Valley Road. This was a great opener. The hills weren't hard per se but they definitely woke the legs up a bit. (I don't remember all the names of the streets but here is a map of the ride.) From there we headed toward Circle R outside of Valley Center. Circle R was a long, medium grade climb. Not to hard but long. From there we weaved around a bit then started a climb that was much more taxing on the legs. I can't remember the name but what I do remember is the jerk at the top.
It seems all cyclists are idiots, at least this was the view of this guy. All 9 of us were standing at the top of the climb catching our breath when some guy parks his truck next to us. He proceeds to tell us that we were all idiots because we rode our bikes on the road and how much he disliked that. He continued by letting us know that "just because you CAN ride your bike on the road, DOESN'T mean you should!" Thanks guy, we appreciate the knowledge of a profound statement like that!!
At this point we had one more climb better we made it to the Rainbow General Store where we took a rest. I love this place. Good looking cars, lots of traffic and a Sanford and Son's junk yard in the back. Pretty cool place.
Once we were done there we headed back toward San Marcos. Nothing to exciting happened along the route home except of the hellish hills along I-15. They plum wore me out, as we would say back in Texas. Anyway, the ride home was fun but long. It was capped off by a trashing along Twin Oaks Valley Rd. I guess we were all a little frisky so we hammered. I'm not sure how many were left at the end but I'm pretty sure we were kicking up some dust. My data showed that the last 3 miles averaged well into the mid to upper 20mph. After a lot of climbing I was impressed with how hard we went.
It was a great day on the bike with some great guys. I love riding here. The weather is perfect, the routes are stellar and guys are great. I look farward to riding with them again very soon.
Thanks Ben for putting this togehter. Great ride my friend.
This was my first "offical" sdvelosocial ride. Last week I kinda tagged along with Ben and Eric but this week Ben brought out some big guns. We had 9 riders in total. All are excellent riders but more importantly they are great group of guys.
Today we started our ride from the Ryan Bros coffee shop in San Marcos at 9:00am. It was a prefect time to start since it allowed me time to wake up and get ready. The ride left in the usual manner with all riders saddling up and heading down the road.
The route Ben put together was hilly... yep, it was way hilly and right from the gun too. We headed north on Old Twin Oaks Valley Road. This was a great opener. The hills weren't hard per se but they definitely woke the legs up a bit. (I don't remember all the names of the streets but here is a map of the ride.) From there we headed toward Circle R outside of Valley Center. Circle R was a long, medium grade climb. Not to hard but long. From there we weaved around a bit then started a climb that was much more taxing on the legs. I can't remember the name but what I do remember is the jerk at the top.
It seems all cyclists are idiots, at least this was the view of this guy. All 9 of us were standing at the top of the climb catching our breath when some guy parks his truck next to us. He proceeds to tell us that we were all idiots because we rode our bikes on the road and how much he disliked that. He continued by letting us know that "just because you CAN ride your bike on the road, DOESN'T mean you should!" Thanks guy, we appreciate the knowledge of a profound statement like that!!
At this point we had one more climb better we made it to the Rainbow General Store where we took a rest. I love this place. Good looking cars, lots of traffic and a Sanford and Son's junk yard in the back. Pretty cool place.
Once we were done there we headed back toward San Marcos. Nothing to exciting happened along the route home except of the hellish hills along I-15. They plum wore me out, as we would say back in Texas. Anyway, the ride home was fun but long. It was capped off by a trashing along Twin Oaks Valley Rd. I guess we were all a little frisky so we hammered. I'm not sure how many were left at the end but I'm pretty sure we were kicking up some dust. My data showed that the last 3 miles averaged well into the mid to upper 20mph. After a lot of climbing I was impressed with how hard we went.
It was a great day on the bike with some great guys. I love riding here. The weather is perfect, the routes are stellar and guys are great. I look farward to riding with them again very soon.
Thanks Ben for putting this togehter. Great ride my friend.
2 comments:
Great to have you along with us, can you find an old fat guy to hang with me on those climbs?
LOL!! I will see what I can do!
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