Tour de Palm Springs

[jfromlv]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

I think it'd work best coming up the 57 to the 210, go east a few miles till you get to Lone Hill, exit here and of course go towards the mountains.When you get to Foothill turn left and go to Valley Center Ave. Make a right and go till it kind of ends at Sierra Madre,make a left and a very quick right will put you on GMR.

Actually, coming north on the 57 to the 210, there is not an exit for Lone Hill. You would have to get off the 57, just before reaching the 210, at Auto Center Dr. Turn left, go to Lone Hill and turn right, then proceed with the directions.

[gurp13]

I enjoy a nice flat ride, but I would vote for some hills. I think it's better training to climb. After all, if you do hills then you can definitely handle flats.

[MTBMaven]

Hey guys I am out for this weekend. I took a small spill on Monday 20 miles into a 60 mile ride. I came around a sharp turn just north of the Santa Monica Pier and hit a patch of sand. My right knee took the brunt of the fall and is still swollen. No real permanent damage to the bike of me. It seems the bike slid on the rear derailleur and bifters.

Hope you guys have a fun weekend.

[gurp13]

Heal soon, dude. Sorry to hear about that.

[Pain Freak]

Sorry to hear about your mishap,Brian.

Are you still in for PS?

[SScheetz]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Mark, do you want to ride with us slow pokes? I have a couple more friends coming from my road club who will be riding a tandem, but they want to go at their own pace, so we probably won't ride much with them.

Hey Mike, you posted a while back, I've been working too much to keep up on the forum. Anyway, I think I'm riding my SS. I'll gear her way up, put on some slicks and see what happens. So I might not even keep keep up with your crew.

[Pain Freak]

LMAO, yeah right!

[MTBMaven]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Are you still in for PS?

I'm not sure about TdPS. My wife wanted to take a motorcycle safety training class for her 30th birthday. Our first class is the 11th, then 18th and 25th. Also I don't think I'm ready for 100 miles yet. That 60 mile ride was pretty tough, granted there was 10-15MPH winds the last 30 and I crashed 20 miles in. Regardless I could not have done another 40 miles that day.

The Solvang Century seems much more do able at this point. My wife will be going on a trip to Isla Mujreres, Mexico in March with USC. She leaves on the 9th and is gone all week. I can easily get away to do the Solvang Century and will hopefully be more prepared by then.

On another note I have been tossing around the idea of doing Moab the week my wife is gone as well. I have so much vacation time (4.5 weeks) and need to burn 3 days by the end of March or I loose them. I have always wanted to ride Moab and I think early March would be a good time of year.

[MTBMaven]

Okay so I'm in for this event!!! My first century ever.

My wife is going to come out with me and go to a spa for the day and hang out in Palm Springs while we ride, i.e. this ride is going to cost me a fortune.

I found a room at the Hilton Garden Inn on Yahoo Travel for $152 for Friday night. The hotel is 7 miles away from the start of the ride, it will give me a nice little warm up.

[Pain Freak]

Looks like great weather. 70 to 74 with no rain depending on which website you go to. I'm going to try to find a room now. I was planning on driving out in the morning, but my wife wants to go and she likes her sleep, so I'll try to get a room.

[RidetheRAAM4]

I'm obviously not in for this. I have been out of much of my riding and training and everything because we have been having some bad news, but its all over now, well on friday it is so I can start riding more often again and maybe do that century in march you talked about

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by RidetheRAAM4

I'm obviously not in for this. I have been out of much of my riding and training and everything because we have been having some bad news, but its all over now, well on friday it is so I can start riding more often again and maybe do that century in march you talked about

Sorry to hear about your Grandma. Hope you're doing better.

[gurp13]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Sorry to hear about your Grandma. Hope you're doing better.

Exactly, what Pain Freak said. Sorry to hear about that. It's never good to go through loss. Hang in there, dude.

[MTBMaven]

30% chance of rain in Palm Springs on Saturday according to Yahoo...I'm out. Just kidding.

Not sure what to do about rain protection. I've got a nice Patagonia rain jacket but not sure I want to bring that whole thing for the chance of scattered showers. If it's in the mid to upper 70s a little rain may feel good.

[Pain Freak]

Saturday: Mostly cloudy skies early. A few showers developing later in the day. High 76F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Saturday (24 hours): Showers possible in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 50s.


I'll just bring a shell. And some arm warmers.

[Chopper]

I'll be out there. The ride passes right by the RV place in Desert Hot Springs where I'm staying so I'm starting there and riding the first part last.
I'll be on my green Surly Cross Check single speed. Give me a wave as you zip past me on the flats.

[MTBMaven]

Word Chopper. I will be on a new Lemond Zürich (black and silver) and wearing a Hammer Nutrition jersey with silver Giro E2 helmet.

[Pain Freak]

The Century went great, but friggin Brian tried to rip my legs off. The guy starts riding and turns into one of the fastest guys out there. All the damn way! At one time he had over a 100 people he was pulling.And we were moving!One guy went up to give Brian a break and Brian I guess thought the guy was trying to race so he took off out front again and dropped the guy. That was some funny stuff. We finished in 6.5 hours with breaks in that time. Brian & Jessy (some guy we hooked up with) probably could have gone out a lot faster, but were waiting for me. Jessy finished 13 minutes ahead of us. We were some of the first guys to come in after the real fast guys. I sat there on the side of the road and watched all the others come in and they just kept coming and coming. It was amazing to see how many people were still coming in.I think our average time was a hair over 16 mph, which isn't to bad considering we didn't train for this. I can't believe how freekin fast Brian is, and he will take you out if you get to close. There's a lady back there that can vouch for this.

Chopper, how did you make out after you left the expo? I spent 2 hours there waiting for my wife. I'm not the only one in this family that's directionally challenged.

[dstepper]

Way to go Brian.

You riding tomorrow Mike?

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by dstepper

Way to go Brian.

You riding tomorrow Mike?

Hell bud, I won't know till tomorrow when I try to drag this sorry ol arse outta bed. Are you meeting on the street where we usually meet?