- Date: August 2, 2008
- Distance: 24.5 miles
- Total riding time: 2 hours
Today we rode with the wonderful CSBG to breakfast at Legends Classic Diner in Rancho Cucamonga. This was also my first real ride with my new clipless pedals — could I ride AND socialize with the group without falling?
Legends is a diner decorated in 50s-era style with images of famous legends and other items lining the walls and hanging from the ceiling.
Jim and I knew from previous visits to Legends that they serve very large portions and, remembering our humongous plates of French Toast last Saturday morning, we decided to split an egg and sausage burrito. It’s a good thing we did — even the half was big!
We met one of the members we hadn’t met before, a gentleman named Ernest. During breakfast, I asked him how long he’s been riding, expecting to hear the typical 10-20 years.
“About 70 years”, he said.
“70! You don’t look old enough to ride 70 years!”
“I’m 80″.
“80!!!!!! I thought you were about 60!!”
Then he explained how he got into riding. Back in the days when people like Ernest were forced to ride in the back of the bus, his father gave each of the kids a bike to ride so they wouldn’t need to ride the bus. He was about 5 years old, and he’s been riding ever since. Ernest is a great story teller and I’m still astounded he’s almost 20 years older than I would have guessed. Cycling seems to erase the years.
We thoroughly enjoyed a nice breakfast and, most of all, socializing with this great bunch of people.
