SART 9/15/13

A nice 44.5 miler with Gina, Aimee and Jose on SART. Considering the way we felt last week the day after a GMR ride, we both felt pretty good on today's ride. A good 1 MPH improvement over last weeks' average. Ran into Stranger Ed (MTBLrkr) who we hadn't seen in a long time, still camera shy! Videos later but a few pics for now. Also crossed paths with Krylon and Bad Bob...WITH A HELMET???????

                       Oh crap! I remembered his name this morning, but it slipped my mind  at this moment.                                          But he's from Oceanside. RAY, that's it! Too many Boob pics ha ha!

It's funny because when I ran into Ed at the start, he said "hey it's that guy Mr. Beanz that can't get along with anybody ha ha! Good intro into this story. Gina and I stop off at Del Taco for a breakfast burrito before we ride. Sunday as we walked up some dude kind of surprised me as soon as I got out of my truck. HEY BUDDY! Check this out!.

I look at him and he's some kind of low life looking trashy looking dude. He says look what I got but I see the goods and right away I know he's going to try to sell it to me so I say in a somewhat rude voice, "no thanks, I don't deal in that kind of stuff!". Yeah, I was rude because either the thing is damaged or stolen and from the looks of this guy, I'd bet stolen.

He gets defensive and snaps at me "WHAT STUFF? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS!". Oh it's on MOFO! I respond with "You're kidding me dude! It's an FSA crank, from the looks of it, a compact with a 50/34 ring for a road bike". Then I say I know he is going to try to sell it and I don't deal with stolen or sheot that's sold out  on the street! Now do I know what STUFF I am talking about?

He says, "No, I wasn't going to try to sell it to you, I saw your bikes and just wondered if you knew what this was or not". Oh BULLSHEOT! You were going to try to sell it an I told you, I don't deal with that sheot! So now he starts to walk away ans says" oh yeah, well I have a 1988 Bianchi and it will whip a Cannondale!". He walks into the Del Taco via backdoor then we walk into the front to order. As soon as we do, he walks out and jumps on some old beat up looking jalopy of a bike and rides away with his skanky looking girlfriend.

Wow, he knows his sheot!  A Bianchi will whip a Cannondale? He really knows what he's talking about ha ha! Maybe I should apologize knowing the engine is the biggest factor, PFFT! So Gina says, "that dude got mad when you blew his game but you looked really mad when you snapped back at him". Yeah, I told him straight up I don't deal with that sheot! He didn't believe me I guess!

Of course to show I don't discriminate, there is some beefcake footage in this video for the women. An old man in a thong. I even slowed the footage down for good viewing. He's against the sun so it's a little hard to see so look hard ladies ha ha!

                                                   Wow, that is a nice tire! Schwalbe.

                              I honestly believer that if a cyclist rides a bike in a utility type of way,
                                             two things are a must. Fenders and a nice rack!

It's a choice but I believe a cyclist should not wear anything that interferes with the hearing. Now tell the truth, if you wrapped those big things around your head while riding, you know your hearing would be muffled!

                                       My Mr. Beans mobile again, though nobody really cares!

I honestly believe that cyclist should not use the cell phone while riding! BTW, the dude had a really goofy  look on his face and I blacked out his face cause honestly, nobody's going to look at him anyway ha ha!

                                      I highly recommend against riding in swim trunks. I honestly
                                                   believe good cycling shorts are a must!

                                         They're just sitting there talking like a couple of boobs!

                                                I'm not the only one hearing voices ha ha!

                                                                     On the return

                                                               Another shot for fun!

GMR 9/14/13

Saturday was another nice GMR climb. Another early 7'ish am start to beat the heat so it wasn't too bad. Quickly ran into JMX doing one of his major climbing rides. GMR, Crystal Lake, Lil GMR and back. 100 miles with 13,000 ft, that's crazy! At the top we ran into GMR, Matt, and a couple of their friends Mark and Eric.









                                                There she goes heading up GMR once again!

                          Well I was going to say Gina was dropping these riders but turns out it's
                               Vertical Bob! Blew my cover , can't make up any tall tales now!

                                                                        Go Bob Go!

                                           Well Gina still has a one or two second lead ha ha!

                              7 am start produced some shade on GMR so the heat isn't all that bad

                                                    Newman's Point for a sweat break

                                       The famous GMR Blogger (link is to the right of my blog)

                    Their friend Mark. Man I hope I got it right, I'll know when I view the video. ;-P

                                        Matt in the light. Seems every pic I get is in the shade
                                        and you can never really see what he looks like ha ha!

GMR Glass Bothers Me

Well I can't stand the thought of glass on GMR. Glass itself does not bother me, but the idiots that throw the bottles do. As I've said before, yes a flat riding up, ha ha you got me you butt hole but a flat going down? You idiots can seriously hurt somebody! There were two places that had broken bottles scattered across the road on Saturday's ride. Not something some idiot dropped but you could tell it was placed their intentionally. Last thing I need is an emergency room visit or worse, Gina getting seriously hurt because of some stupid dope! I enjoy my hobby but do what I can to avoid the danger for Gina and myself. The thought of that glass there just bothered me over the last few days. I had a chance to head up in the truck so I took a broom with me. Fortunately the sweeper must have went by because most of it was cleared off the road. There was still some glass here and there along the shoulder where we ride so I swept it up best I could. I went to both spots, about 3 miles up and then again at 4 miles where the idiots must hang out!

EDIT: Now that I think about it, there was a dude that used to ride his bike up with a push broom to sweep the road. I want to say his name was Bill (could be wrong). I wonder what happened to the guy.

What the heck, figured I'd make a video out of it ha ha!

Heading up there gave me a chance to check out the zoom on my new camera. Sony Cyber Shot 30 zoom DSCH200. Nothing fancy, couple hundred bucks but the zoo is cool. Much better on a clear day, this day was not clear at all but I just wanted to test it. Nice for those grandson football games etc.

Funny thing! I took a tripod that I had bought maybe 25 years ago. Never used it much so it's still seemed to be in great shape. Once I set it up, the top wiggled a bit. I fought with the red ring swivel type thing on it near the mount. Everything seemed fine but the little wiggle I couldn't get settled.  I fought with it for a quite some time. So I took the pics and when I told Gina the story, she said, "why don't you just screw that thing in right there?". Oh SNOT! Ha ha ha ha!  

                 I forgot the arrow on this one. Lil GMR and the zoom is near the end of the left side

Some dude riding up there on a MTB

SART 42 Miler

I posted this weekends's ride video below in the GMR post. Mostly GMR and a little SART footage.

Decided to ride my Mr. Beans Mobile today. I ordered some spokes on line then built up this rear wheel for the bike. Wheel went together amazingly smooth. Good tension and the wheel went together in almost perfect dish. So very little messing with it other than twisting a few nipples ha ha! Legs warmed up quickly after a day on GMR but Gina did seem to tire half way through the ride. I was kind of surprised as she did very well last week but then as I posted my Garmin info, I realized last week was a holiday so we had one day between to recover. that explains a lot.  Jose rode with us most of the way but had to leave the coast early for a haircut so that gave us a chance to do a nice easy cruise back. Turned out very well. Only one tenth of  a mile slower than last week without a day between. She was tired but overall she did well!

My Mr. Beans Mobile. I had t convert to a "Z" when I went online.

                                         Is the Mr. Beans Mobile getting fresh with Gina's bike?

                                      Jose had to leave early so I took his pic before he left.;-)

                                   Jose had to leave early so I took a pic of his shoes before he left ;-)

                                        Jose had to leave early so I took his pic before he left.;-)

                                      Why would anybody want to ride an MTB on pavement?

                                                         Is there a Colnago in the picture?

                                             Summer is almost gone so I got to get it while I can

                                          Should be a commercial........Can you hear me now?

                                                                      We survived!

GMR 9/7/13

GMR ride video with some SART at the tail end. I like AC/DC so I used a few songs for the long video. A ride with Herb and Alyce. Hot but bearable, not as bad as past weeks. Not as much sweat so the bug spray stayed on a little better. Must have worked cause Alyce didn't use any and got bit by several bugs. Poor Alyce is dealing with bookoo bug bites this week.  Ride went well with the exception of Herb flatting on the descent. Lots of glass on the road today. Two areas, about 3 miles up and 4 miles up, some idiot figured it would be funny to smash a bottle and spread it out for the riders. OK, so I can understand that some moron would get their thrills from this if the riders are riding up the road. But on the descent a rider could be seriously injured or even killed. Too bad they don't have the intelligence to consider this.

We did see Matt, GMR and Bill ride by as we arrived at the start. Deep in concentration they didn't see us. Also ran into John R at the shack. He and his little group flying up the mountain found a couple of minutes to stop and say hello.

Gina did very well once again on the climb as did Alyce. Both went up nicely and at a consistent pace. No low slow points which is good in the heat considering both are a little heat intolerant. But another good ride!







                                                       Some familiar faces, err I mean hineys!

                                                               One of my favorite views

                                                                 Ahhhh some shade!

                                                      Back is all sweaty, I like it! ;-)

                                                          Shweaty Gina at the shack