Any Roadies in Irvine?

[okaypatrick]

Anybody? I've already ridden with the Bike Club of Irvine and plan to ride this evening with Orange County Rebel Riders.

I would like to put together another riding group in and around Irvine. Anybody interested?

[Pain Freak]

Just curious.
I've rode with both of these groups and consider them a great bunch of people, any reason why you are starting up a new ride?

[Pho'dUp]

Originally Posted by okaypatrick

Anybody? I've already ridden with the Bike Club of Irvine and plan to ride this evening with Orange County Rebel Riders.

I would like to put together another riding group in and around Irvine. Anybody interested?

I was riding road once a week and I'm in Irvine. But haven't ridden for about a month. The weather's been too good! How fast are you OKPatrick? Hate to make you wait. I was averaging about 15.5mph when I would do my long ride. Route was usually from my place up Jamboree to Santiago Canyon Rd to Cook's back. Maybe circling back and riding up Bake or doing parts of Tustin on Newport Blvd.

What pace do the OC RR or the BCI keep for their after work rides? What's the route? Lastly, are they running pace lines? Because, I usually ride solo so I'm not used to riding in a pack/peleton riding. But I'm down with learning.

Thanks,

Carl

[Pho'dUp]

Originally Posted by mechmann

damn pho... how can you ride a road bike that slow?!?!?

even allison rides faster than that!

I like to think I'm aerodynamically challenged.

[cjwally]

I would be interested. I live in Irvine too. Right off of Jeffery and Alton. I am not that slow. Ask Mech.

[Pilas]

I'm also in Irvine, in the University Park area (University and Yale). About once a week, I do a relatively flat 2-3 hour road ride, for endurance maintenance. I wouldn't mind some company on those, as they tend to be pretty boring.
Let me know if anybody gets something together.

[Jordansrealm]

I am in RSM but I ride through Irvine or did when I used to road ride. Hopefully I will have a road bike this week.

[2wheel_lee]

I used to do a lot of rides with the OC Rebel Riders. They're a really cool group to ride with. I will probably join them more this summer, as my gf just got a road bike, and it'll be a good group for her while allowing me to ride with some of the faster guys.

[okaypatrick]

Pho, I don't think I'm that fast either so I don't think I will be too fast for you. I really just started up and have no cyclometer to figure out what my average speed is. I'm thinking I might do the Thurs evening ride with OCRR, but when I rode with BCI, I thought some of the guys were kinda sloow. hahah..

[Pain Freak]

Slow old guys,hhmmmmm..........

C'mon and join us this weekend for a little ride call "Ride around the Bear."
104 miles with about 9K of climbing.

I'm one of those ol slow guys.

[okaypatrick]

hahah Didn't mean to offend anyone there. I would but I'm not in that kind of shape yet. =P

[Jordansrealm]

If there is one thing I learned its never make fun of more experienced people. I recall when I was a kid and road alot of road the group I was with was mostly younger. We would meet up with other groups and on occasion some of those groups would be quite a bit older. Some guys in my group would snicker until they were passed as the rides got more challenging by the older groups. Its kinda like the 5K races I have been doing, the 34-39yr class is always producing the top finishers. The young kids bolt off the line and always get caught Experience pays off...

[Pilas]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Slow old guys,hhmmmmm..........

C'mon and join us this weekend for a little ride call "Ride around the Bear."
104 miles with about 9K of climbing.

I'm one of those ol slow guys.

Hey Mike, good luck on the Bear. I love that century. I have done it the last couple of years, and I'm kind of bummed that I have to miss it this year. I'm doing the Traverse instead.
Wacht out for the speed limit coming down the back side of Onyx!

[okaypatrick]

That being said..anybody up for a road ride this Friday?

[andy aka rut]

I really like the fact that you consider the 34-39yr class the old guys. Geeeeeeso! You might as well bury me now.

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

If there is one thing I learned its never make fun of more experienced people. I recall when I was a kid and road alot of road the group I was with was mostly younger. We would meet up with other groups and on occasion some of those groups would be quite a bit older. Some guys in my group would snicker until they were passed as the rides got more challenging by the older groups. Its kinda like the 5K races I have been doing, the 34-39yr class is always producing the top finishers. The young kids bolt off the line and always get caught Experience pays off...

[Jordansrealm]

I am 33 so I am basically in that class. I didnt say that was the old guys that we rode with lol. I was trying to say that Im considered an old guy and in my class at the runs I have done the guys in my/our age range whipe up the little tikes maybe that came out a little wrong my bad!

[Pho'dUp]

Hey OkPat,

I don't think I'm that slow either. There's some reasonably long hills on my route and definitely some rolling hills so climbing those at 10mph will definitely kill your average. To be honest, it's not like I'm getting passed by everyone and their grandma out there. I just don't ride road in groups at all so I have no frame of reference. Can't make it thurs, but maybe next week sometime after work.

Originally Posted by okaypatrick

Pho, I don't think I'm that fast either so I don't think I will be too fast for you. I really just started up and have no cyclometer to figure out what my average speed is. I'm thinking I might do the Thurs evening ride with OCRR, but when I rode with BCI, I thought some of the guys were kinda sloow. hahah..

Originally Posted by Jordansrealm

Its kinda like the 5K races I have been doing, the 34-39yr class is always producing the top finishers. The young kids bolt off the line and always get caught Experience pays off...

Same thing at XC races. I raced on my 30th b-day at Bonelli. If I was a day younger that day and in the 22-29 class I would have finished 2-3 spots higher. 30-39 was much faster. More years of training under their belts for the "experienced guys".

[ChrisB]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Slow old guys,hhmmmmm..........

C'mon and join us this weekend for a little ride call "Ride around the Bear."
104 miles with about 9K of climbing.

I'm one of those ol slow guys.

Don't fool yourself, you aren't that slow.

[gurp13]

Originally Posted by RidetheRAAM4

Don't fool yourself, you aren't that slow.

I could be wrong, but I detected some sarcasm in his original post.

Speaking of the ride around the bear, I wish I could join in. It's just not in the cards right now.

[PHAT TIRE]

I work in Irvine so I could ride in the evenings once a week.