Pictures are worth a thousand words...
...that I don't feel like writing! Lots went down in Cali. I probably should have kept updating throughout, but alas, I'm not very good at it. Fontana Norba went like this....Crap town! The short track went well, but it was super fast, so the result (12th), wasn't too great. There were a lot of us close together, so it could have been a bit different. I've decided that targeting Norba races doesn't really work for my life style. I'm not against them, but not gonna make them a priority either. Anyway...Cali was pretty good. Good shop visits and a beautiful area. This was my route: Santa Barbara, Fontana, Redlands, San Diego, then up the coast back to Santa Barbara. I didn't ride too much. It was my first trip doing the actual job, so I was learning as I was going. Bottom line is, I need to manage my time better. Lesson learned. I also need to call shops b4 I travel, so I can find out when/where the group rides are. I was good at learning of group rides the day after they happened in SD. I attended 1, "practice," race and it kicked by b o o t y. Some SoCal pro on a tt bike popped me out of the lead group. The last weekend was spent in SB w/GF's family and it was great. Her older sis got married and it was so relaxing and fun to be attending the wedding/next day party. Plus I ate my first cactus...er napales. Here are some pics to tell the story of my trip. I already wrote more than I wanted.
The drive down...rain, the whole way.
Santa Barbara trails are fun!
Brig inspired me to start cooking in my hotels.
These are a few of the visit hilights. Check 'em out in SD. Adams Ave Bicycles, Pedal Pushing Bicycles and Mission Hills Bikes. The one at the upper right (Pedal Pushing) was all old stuff. Just bins and bins and bins of old parts to look through. I spent hours in there putting a fixie together for GF. Amazing. If you wanted to put a vintage Dura Ace group together, and had the time, this is the place. It's like looking through records.
Bio Dielsel baby!
He looks thrilled to go for a mtb ride, huh?
Yup.
