Showing posts with label 300k. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 300k. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2016

SFR Double Brevet Weekend! ~ When I became a Super Randonneur!!!


Finally... after a few years of doing these rides, I got my Super Rando... meaning I completed a 200, 300, 400, 600K in one year... which then qualifies me to ride longer rides!  (woopie!).  So... a 1000k is on my radar now.  And this was my first double brevet weekend ride.  I did the 300k up to Cloverdale on Sat, and 200k down on Sun.  Here are the rides:






Karl saying hi.  There were some whales below the bridge, but I missed em... 





In Cloverdale, joining the crew for dinner & beers.  

Day 2: ready to disco.... or rando.  Either way, same outfit.  
Pano from the hotel.

Our RBA: Rob Hawks doing his pre-ride talk.

The fastest tire change I've ever seen.  Bill Brier is fast...




Check out this 27lbs tandem!  Paketa.  

http://www.paketabike.com/index.cfm?page=paketa_v2_tandem

I've gotta apply!
https://rusa.org/cgi-bin/awardapp_GF.pl?awdtid=10&mid=9021

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Old Caz 300km

Been busy taking care of the most important thing in my life.  A baby boy... so yeah, this blog will slow down a bit....

So the weekend after Jeff and I completed the Davis night 200km, we decided to go for the Old Caz 300 km brevet.  After reading the description, how could anyone resist?
http://www.ridebike.org/2011/old-caz-300k/

Highlights included:

  • bread pudding!  
  • river crossing
  • sunrise & sunset over the g.g. bridge
  • beautiful roads
  • riding with the box dog bikes folks... great company.  

This took us 15+ hours... left a 5:30 am... got back at 9 pm or so.

Bike route 390494 - powered by Bikemap 

Here's a long time-lapse... look for the helicopters towards the end.


From Jeff:
On highway one at the top of the climb after Stinson beach there were two helicopters and bunch of police and an ambulance at the top of the cliff. One copter was grounded and the other scanning the shoreline below. We saw a rope being lowered over the cliff to (presumable) pull someone up. The road was closed but luckily they let us go by.
I just found this story online so I assume this is what happened. Adnan you should pay close attention to where they landed!
http://www.ktvu.com/news/28720669/detail.html


Other links
http://veloflaneur.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/1146/
http://www.boxdogbikes.com/old-cazadero-300k-this-weekend/