Ride Report RR: Hail, Hail the gangs all here (Neil's turtle ride)

Wow what a ride! Its been a long while since I've been on an STR ride and I have to say that it is great to see all my old friends again. I knew it was going to be a good day when I see Painfreak Mike show up early in the morning. A few of us waited for Steppie to show up before we started the ride and as always it was a blast to ride and talk to Dean. Huge thanks to Neil for setting up the ride and Traci and SXP + wifey for getting all the snacks and beverages up to Beaks











FYM and GoGo



Guero and Calepic



He needs no introduction



for old times sake, Dave showing us his Fully Loop turtle move





Lety cruising by



Hanzo and Guero

 

moar@!






Bubbs











Andy got lost on the way down lol

 

Awwww. Looks like it was a blast. Had to work today, but I'll be there next year for sure!!!

 

Vincent (the kid) and I had a great time. Took a few pics along the way.

Santa!
























Closing in on the finish, Vincent is still going strong. He really loves the group rides.



Occupy Beeks.







Yeah the weather sucked but it didn't stop this party from happening. Thank you everyone that made this happen.

 

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt115/cgereffi/STR Blackstar 12172011/P1030911-Version2.jpg

As I'm ROFLMAO My boys are asking "Hey Dad what is that picture of?":lol:

 

We had a great time Neil thanks for putting on such a great ride!! I have a bunch of pictures but I cant seem to upload them from my computer , i took them with my iphone any advice ??

 

Great ride today! Many thanks to Neil, Traci, The Path and all who made this a great ride. I brought a couple of buddies, one of whom had only been on a Mountain Bike one other time (at Fullerton). He got his new bike yesterday and was itching to rideso he came along. I am happy to say that he made it all the way to Beeks without complaint and safely back down to the car. If someone had taken me on Blackstar on my 2nd ever ride I would have cursed them to no end. I'm sure he'll be sore tomorrow, but I think he had a great time. We finished off the day with huge burritos at Chronic Taco. Sorry that I didn't get to chat to much with some folks that I hadn't seen in a while (I didn't even know Kid A was there until I say this thread), oh well, next time.

 

Such a fun ride today! Here are some of the pictures I took.

 

talk about crazy! It was good to see everyone. the climb was awesome because no matter what you did (spin, stop, walk, ect.) there was someone you know waiting or passing you!

Didn't get too many pictures of the climb due to rain. Thankfully, my camelbak Mule NV has this rad all weather(aka Rain) bag thing that is stowed away most of the year, but today it got its second use. Its waterproof and keeps everything nice and dry even with more rain than we had today.

On to the Pictures!!!



Maxwell to the rescue!




Brownie! Pre bitch-out because it was cold and wet. Much like his V......



Hey bro, I'm taking pictures here!



CalEpic



I guess santa pedals too!




:steppie:



"Awww C'mon Gene, I thought you could pull a faster time up B*.... LOL."



Rockinthecashbah.... AKA Token flip off the camera guy...... :-k



Traci, Letty, Dave, And Dave.



Some guy named George, Does any one know this guy?!?!? :-k :beer:



Neil



Gabe was happy to see Craig....



Three random guys.... :lol:



NSFW, pretty much how STR rolls at a social ride...




What is fearless FREAK doing?



Rut, aka Mobile beer man!



I don't know about you guys but it feels like someone was missing?



Doing what they do best!



She gets mad when I post "fishy face" pictures.... I think they are funny.

By the way kimmi, good job keeping up with us on the DH. I guess all those lessons are paying off...... :lol:


More pictures here! http://s770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/thomswildchild/STRholiday/

 

Wow! looked like a lot of fun. Too bad i missed it. (had to work)

 

u guys all rock! thx for takin time to snap some pics.. （么咯veyou龙题么）

 

Fun ride today -- thanks everyone for making it so much fun.

BTW, who do we have to thank for the Bass beer and donuts? Probably my new favorite recovery meal

-Alan

 

neil and da PATH!

good times

 

I had a super fun time riding with all. It was my first group ride and I will be back again for more. My helmet goes off to the crew and the path for setting it all up and providing some refreshments at the top. Could not have asked for a better ride. Thanks Everyone.

 

Donuts were supplied by SXP his wife and their dog. Along with all the help getting everything up there. HUGE shout out to them we couldn't have pulled it off with them!!

Great to see so many old and new faces at the top! This ride was a success thanks to you all!!
So thank YOU for coming out!


Ps. Thanks Neil for thinking STR needed one of these rides and thanks to The Path for the cold bevis, cookies, and fruit

 

The dog was really cool. It came up and checked me out early on but wouldn't get close enough to let me pet. Hadn't seen it in a while, but when I got my sandwich out of my backpack and turned around and the dog had suddenly and mysteriously appeared out of nowhere asking politely for a little taste. What breed is it?

 

I had a blast yesterday even though I "wussed" out when my V got cold and wet! I got the chance to meet some OG's and ride with friends that have "fallen off the face of the earth" (SteveC). Tony (Blindman_22) and tha HAB crew rode awesome, BikeThePlanet is now a goat (he beat Kimmi up to Beeks with only a 2:15 head start!), we'll be ridding Harding soon, anyone care to join? The post ride lunch at Taco Mesa was one that will NEVER be forgotten!
Merry Christmas STR family members!

BTW TWC,
Cold and wet V is not good!
Warm and wet V is very good!

 

Then, let me say a huge "Thank You" to Neil (rocking the xmas mitten sweater), the Path, SXP + wife + dog, and all the others that helped with the event!!!

 

It was great seeing the old faces again. Thanks.
Neil, next time I expect to see you follow my new "line" down the singletracks!

 

great ride! thanks to Neil and crew that helped put this ride together. i had a great time riding with old and new friends. i was a little pressed for time so i didn't get to mingle as much as i would have liked. i knew the it was going to be a good ride when i went to say hi to folks and the trash talking started immediately. also wanted to thank the Thomas (wild child) for convincing the group to push a little further and see if the weather got better.

side story that i thought i'd share.
as dakit and i were driving out we'd figured we try to chat up a female rider. she was riding along with long curly hair. i rolled down the passenger window and slowly drove up beside her. i yelled out "excuse me miss". that's when Ryan (biketheplanet) turned around #-o:lol: