Mar 2004
Diablo
03/20/2004 09:06 PM Filed in: bike
Back to the mountain! What a perfect day for a
ride up here! I met Chuck and Bill for a ride up the
back-side of Diablo. Going up from Walnut Creek
seemed harder than starting in Danville... I guess
the jury's still out. I was very happy to climb
again less than a week after the SBC ride. This
time I made it to the top with only a short (less
than 2 minute) stop at the ranger station. I
felt very good today but was bummed to see Chuck
resting on the side of the road with only a couple of
miles to the summit. What a crappy place to
pick up a flat... without an extra tube. When I
passed him he just yelled at me to keep going and to
catch back up with him on the descent (thanks,
Coach!). I was nervous about "the wall" but
made it up just fine, rested and then went to get
Chuck. Well... Chuck's luck kept getting
worse. I gave him my tube and pump... my pump
broke and then the tube croaked when Bill
CO2'ed
it! So, now we had 1 tube and a 12 canister of
CO2
between us... thankfully it
worked.
Bill made it to the summit (great job, Bill!) eventually we all got down. What a great ride... thanks guys!
Bill made it to the summit (great job, Bill!) eventually we all got down. What a great ride... thanks guys!
|
Folsom - American River trail
03/06/2004 09:10 PM Filed in: bike
I
finally made it out to the Old Sac - Folsom
trail. Since I heard there was flooding in the
Discovery Park area I decided to start from
Folsom. This is one of the coolest rides in the
area... no cars... a lot of other bikes, which I will
take over cars anyday! I only had time to go
from Folsom (Beale Point) to CSUS and back.
Next time... Old Sac or bust!
