Mid-Week Riders/Mid-Week Rides [2008]

propeller heads

propeller heads

Five riders took a brisk winter ride starting with breakfast in Livermore. Maybe 200 miles covered under blue, but cool sky. Pictures from Bob, Chris, Dick, and Marc.

Mitsuko likes this one

Mitsuko likes this one

Yet another ride in search of Fall Foliage. This one led by Chris to the north bay. Some nice colors were found once we got away from the foggy coast. About 275 miles from home-to-home.

Fall color

Fall color

The Mid-week Photographers Riders braved blue skies and temperatures in the mid 70s on this November day looking for fall colors.

Riders Courtyard

Riders Courtyard

Chris supplies many pictures and a write-up of the Veterans Day ride over Nacimiento-Ferguson road also attended by Bill and Dick.

Pigeon Point

Pigeon Point

Major WWWobble and Marc take their camera and go looking for fall foliage colors in the Santa Cruz mountains. So how come there are lots of pictures of the Pigeon Point lighthouse on the coast?

Kings Mountain Road

Kings Mountain Road

Not so much a ride as an excuse to take some pictures using the long lens. A 30 mile loop on the R69S in the Sun on the last day of September.

Devil's Slide

Devil’s Slide

Marc turned a visit with his mom in Pacifica into a short short solo ride down the coast.

group

group

Dick provides a nice write up of a late summer mid-week ride north of the Golden Gate Bridge attended by four riders. Chris sends lots of pics from the ride.

Bixby bridge looking south

Bixby bridge looking south

Four riders headed south to Big Sur for lunch at the Cafe Kevah. Not too hot, not too cold. About 250 miles for me. Dick lead this ride with only one missed turn (for half of the group).

Riders in the fog

Riders in the fog

Chris and Pat joined five riders for breakfast in San Francisco before the riders took off in search of perfect weather. Simon joined us for the first half of the ride before he left to run needed errands. 210 miles on my bike, 70 degree temps for most of the ride, some new roads traveled. Great ride.

Altamont, Ca

Altamont, Ca

A short, hot ride started with breakfast in Livermore, a ride on the single lane, bumpy, and twisty Morgan Territory road, with stops in Altamont and Sunol.

It's a bit too long to jump

It’s a bit too long to jump

Why did the mid-week riders go to Sacramento? Sacramento wasn’t on the original itinerary. The destination was to be Locke, then back via various back roads.

Cooler closer to the coast

Cooler closer to the coast

Marc, Eric, Chris [The Captain], and Bob [Major WWWobble] rode north on a day when heat records were being broken all over the bay area. Heading toward the “cool coast” seemed like a good idea in the planning stages. Too bad the coast was anything but cool.

Mid-week Riders

Mid-week Riders

Leave San Mateo at 8, Breakfast in Livermore about 9. Home 250 miles later.

WWWobble, Eric, and Marco head east, south, west, then back north in a 300 mile loop with the Panoche Inn more-or-less the destination.

ocean

ocean

At Dick’s request we headed south after breakfast in Cupertino. After a freeway slog to the mission at San Juan Bautista Marc led the way to the coast. Note for future rides: don’t make a habit out of forgetting to bring your wallet, causing your riding mates to buy you breakfast, gas, lunch, etc.

From the pictures it looks like three riders headed north of the Golden Gate bridge. If they followed the plans from an earlier email message I suspect they rode up to Healdsburg after breakfast for West Dry Creek and worked their way through Asti for the north-end of the Geyser’s Loop and then came south from there. Or they took some other route.

Pictures from a Saturday after brunch ride around Calaveras Reservoir. Hey, we’re retired. Saturday can be part of the mid-week if that’s what we want.

Marco approaches Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Marco approaches Pigeon Point Lighthouse

WWWobble and Marc took a short ride on this first day of spring, 2008. Out and back was just under 100 miles. Lunch was at the Gazos Grill.

Dem Guys Again

Dem Guys Again

Three riders headed north toward Clear Lake under partly cloudy skies and 60ish temps on what is likely to be the last mid-week ride of the winter. Pictures from Marc and Chris.

Pretty bikes, all in a row

Pretty bikes, all in a row

Al is still here from Buffalo, trying to escape winter. What better way than a ride in the north bay under a mostly blue sky with yellow flowers green hills. Sure beats white snow.

No Leonard; Bob getting fed

No Leonard; Bob getting fed

Yep, it’s still winter. Chris tells how easy it is to get lost on the way to Patterson for a beginning-of-the-week, President’s day midweek ride that eventually wound up at the top of Mt Hamilton.

Near Pescadero

Near Pescadero

A winter ride (honest, even if it did hit 70 deg the calendar still says it’s winter) down the coast and over the Carmel Valley road with a stop at the mission near Solidad.

GS at 40F

GS at 40F

Marc rides to brunch in Watsonville where he meets Darryl. Originally the ride was going to be a 350 mile loop over Naciemiento-Ferguson road but the weather caused one rider after another to change plans. Wet, cold, and the possibility of snow will do that.

Map Overview

Map Overview

The first ride of the year is to Ft Ross. Only two riders met for breakfast in Mill Valley before heading north on the coast. Chris provides the story with pictures (including pictures of his map) for those who want to follow along.