Date: August 30, 2008
Distance: 30.00 miles
Total Riding Time: 2 hours 47 minutes
Neither of us felt like riding yesterday, but we’re glad we did. We awoke at 7:00 which meant having to fly out of bed, get ready in a hurry, and leave by 7:30 to meet the group at 8:00. Unfortunately, we forgot [...]
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The Daily Bread
Posted in Rides on August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Legends in Our Own Minds
Posted in Rides on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
The SART to Surf City
Posted in Rides, tagged SART on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: July 26, 2008
Distance: 34.34 miles
Total riding time: 2:50
Today’s ride was our 3rd Saturday ride with the Claremont Senior Bicycle Group (CSBG). (Our 2nd ride with them was last weekend when we rode to the Corner Bakery Cafe in Glendora for breakfast. No pictures but it’s worth mentioning the most [...]
Ride to Puddingstone with the CSBG
Posted in Rides on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: July 12, 2008
Distance: 32.4 miles
Total riding time: 2:51 hours
On July 12 we went on our first ride with the Claremont Senior Bicycle Group (CSBG), a group for riders of all ages and skill levels. Jim saw a notice about the group in the local newspaper and we thought it sounded [...]
City of Angels Fun Ride
Posted in Rides on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Date: May 4, 2008
Distance: 34.1 miles
Total riding time: 3.11 hours
We made a last minute (actually, last week) decision to participate in the 11th Annual City of Angels Fun Ride, a charity ride to benefit Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Bloodmobile Fund. Like the Memorial Ride for Randy, it began and [...]
Tour de Heat Stroke
Posted in Rides on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Date: April 28, 2008
Distance: 40 miles
The forecast for today was hot and sunny. With the City of Angels Fun Ride bearing down on us and nothing else planned for the day — except perhaps to stay inside and out of the heat, which most sensible people would have done — we decided to head [...]
Back in the Saddle Again
Posted in Rides on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life goes on. I miss my dad terribly; there is so much to miss about him and I find reminders of him all around our house. If only he wasn’t such a great guy and a gentle, good-natured teddy bear, this grieving wouldn’t be so hard. But hard it is, and life [...]
“Good Morning!”
Posted in Rides on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Good Morning!”
That’s the greeting you would hear if my dad answered the phone, any time of day. If you said “It’s not morning”, he’d answer in his cheery voice “It is somewhere!”.
On April 5, 2008, just one week after our Ride to “Joe’s Place”, my dear father — a strong, optimistic, active, 88-year-old teddy [...]
Ride to “Joe’s Place”
Posted in Rides on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today’s ride was meant to be our typical “short” 20-mile ride, just to get some miles and time on our new bikes. We set out around noon with no particular destination in mind. We decided to head west for a change and ride through Glendora. Shortly after we left I told Jim [...]
Memorial Ride for Randy
Posted in Rides on February 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
LAPD Memorial Ride for Randy Simmons
Date: February 16, 2008
Distance: Almost 51 miles
When I learned about a memorial ride planned for fallen LAPD SWAT officer Randal Simmons, I immediately knew I wanted to join. The Police Unity Tour Southern California Chapter announced that their regular training ride on February 16, 2008 would be [...]
