The day started just a hair on the chilly side. Just cool enough to warrant donning both arm and leg warmers, but no rain like last year. Kant and I rolled out of the start with a newbie, to us, guy named Pete and Kevin. Pete seemed to want to…
Category: Double Century
Double Century rides.
That was certainly a tough one, but it was well worth it. I’ve been toying around with the idea of a double century in Las Vegas for a while. I’ve even floated the idea of a “Southern Nevada DC Challenge” and created a few routes to support such an enterprise.…
As I posted on the Adobo Velo Facebook Group Page, “Second verse nearly the same as the first!” The night before I was nervous about how I would feel in the morning. I’d nearly been sick in the room at the end of the ride because I had been so…
What a day and what a ride, let’s dive right into it. I’d checked the weather a few days before and it appeared the temperature wouldn’t get into the 70s. Talking with Dave and Joy the night before it was forecast to get much warmer up near Ojai. Checking the…
What an absolute banger of a double century! By far the most fun I’ve had on a DC to date. A different start to this weekend’s events. At work I’m enrolled in a “Management Training Academy”. It is “a foundational training series designed to provide clear, standardized expectations and development…
Oof that was tough and I nearly called it quits. Thankfully the ride was saved and I was able to finish it. After my tour last year, I said 2024 would be “The Year of the Double” and I’m happy to say I’ve accomplished everything I set out to do…
We use the analogy, sometimes you’re the hammer and other times the nail. Today I was the plywood getting smashed with a hammer and a nail driven into each leg. More details later after I can think. Oof, to say this ride was tough would be an understatement. On Friday…
Oof that was tough. Heat set in again and I was struggling at stops 6 and 7 similar to Hemet. Thankfully some ice in the jersey and soaking the skull cap in ice water eventually did the trick and I was able to bring it home. More details later. When…
Achievement unlocked: 👑👑👑-✔️ Real quick shout out to everyone who sent me a text while I was out there. I don’t think I have the words to describe how it made me feel. Love y’all. What a day and what a ride. Don’t let the less than 6,800 feet of…
Anyone ever seen someone kill two tires, not tubes actual tires, in one ride? After today I have, and I have Joy Martino to thank for it. What an amazing weekend. Things got started on Friday morning when I met up with Joy, her husband Mike, and Jennifer at Scrambled…