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From the discussion here: http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=6192.msg532012#msg532012 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=6192.msg532012#msg532012)

Who is interested in doing a women's ride in the bay area?

1st ride is Oct. 24 (if the weather cooperates).

Long route (http://tinyurl.com/ylqwljw)
Meet at Skywood Trading Post across the street from Alice's Restaurant at the 35/84 junction at 8:30 am, kickstands up at 8:57 am.

From the bakery in Pescadero we could either take Stage to 84 (shown) back to the start or take Pescadero Rd to 84 (or if you want to get goatish we could take Pescadero to Alpine to 35).

For anyone wanting a shorter ride, you could meet us at the bakery in Pescadero probably sometime around 11:30 (take 1 > Pescadero to get there) and then finish the ride with us.

In
somegirl
maillotpois
mostrobelle
Princess

On the fence
EjGlows
ducnymph

Interested for a later date
ro-monster
duqette
BikerGoddess
mbalmer

I'm in!  Thanks for posting this!   [thumbsup]

I'd love to go but my poor bike has been sitting unridden for ages and probably won't be ready to go in 10 days as I just moved into a new place and don't have time to deal with getting it roadworthy. I'm just barely roadworthy myself now! Who knew a broken shoulder would take 9 months to heal?

Hey Paula,

Thanks so much for the invite!  I'm (again) 3 months post-op on shoulder surgery from my accident last Dec and am just starting now to get back on two wheels.  How long is this proposed ride?  I went out for an 1 1/2 last weekend and hit my limit.  Any proposed routes?

I've really got to be careful...4th time HAS to be the charm...

Cheers,

e

I figured we would see who was interested and figure out a length / route based on that.  Maybe we can do something with both long and short versions so people can choose?

Sending healthy shoulder vibes to you and ro!

Probably in.   [thumbsup]

hey girls! Really sorry I've been hiding in my cave the rest of the summer. Just dealing with some crap as usual and my mood has been up and down lately - i think a nice ride would probably be good for my psyche. Just lemme know the details.

.... Princess ....

p.s. anyone doing any halloween parties? I got a cool set up I wanna wear *somewhere*

I'm wearing my "wings" on this ride.   [laugh]  I wear them every year when I commute on Halloween.  I won't be commuting around the big day this time, so y'all get to see them on this ride.   [cheeky]

Hi Somegirl,

I'd love to go on a ride with a bunch of monster gals, but with my school schedule, work and a tall order of things I'm doing to prepare myself for a career change, I don't have a whole lotta time to ride  :(

I'll keep checking this thread and see when you guys decide to go and if I can I'll jump on. I certainly could use the reprieve!

Routes - I think either Marin or Pescadero area would be great.  Whatever works for most people.  Having a bakery en route is always a plus.  (My favorite right now is Wild flour in Freestone - we could go up the coast, hitting Tomales or Bovine on the way and do a nice optional longer Coleman Valley/Occidental loop that would get us there http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11293 (http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11293) ).

I've got several mom-related things going on that weekend, so I'm out. Thanks for the invite and the organizational prowess!

I just updated the first post with the current list of participants.

North bay is fine by me if you guys want, although that seems to be where most of the local group rides have been lately.  In that case I'll defer to your route recommendations.

Peninsula is good for me too, I know it very well and I can come up with all sorts of different route options.

Any preferences?

I would love to but DQ and I have something planned for that day already. Any other dates?

It's your ride.  Where you wanna go?   ;D  I haven't ridden S. Bay in a while.

Good enough, South Bay it is, with a stop at the bakery in Pescadero for maillotpois. 8)  I'll play around with some different route options and post up later.


Seems like there is enough interest to do another one on a later date. [thumbsup]

Wow. That sounds like fun. Unfortunately, I will be in Palm Springs that weekend at a science conference. (Well...maybe a little of the conference. More out to play). Another time would be great.

Sounds great - S. Bay is fine by me as well.  Looking forward to it.  (I sure hope it doesn't rain...   [roll]  ).

So far the weather forecast looks promising, fingers crossed. [thumbsup]

I put up a proposed route in the first post, hope that sounds ok to everyone.

What is a good meeting time?  It's only 15 minutes to Alice's for me so I'm flexible.

For those of you interested in a later date, maybe you can suggest some possible days that would work for you?

It's a bit of a trek for me to get there, so I'm up for the longer route.  I'm also down for meeting a little on the earlier side to avoid traffic and the late-rising squids.  I'm going to venture that the mornings are foggy and damp up there, so it's a trade-off between cars or wet.  Wet doesn't make unsignaled u-turns, so I'll take my chances with it.  I vote for kickstands up at 8:57 and that way we're not out all day.  I like to get back and do something productive after a little jaunt through the woods.  So you have my opinion on it, Somegirl, I'll let you do with it what you will.   :)

Agree on the early start an the longer ride.  It was really wet up there on Skyline a couple of weeks ago, so I will be taking it nice and slow....  So I'm hearing meet at 8:30, ride at 9?

Sounds good, I'll update the first post.

Bump, the weather forecast still looks good. [thumbsup]

I'll PM my phone # later on today.

Sorry, but I'm going to have to miss this one! I have an exam that morning that could take a couple hours. I haven't been on a ride in two months unless you count LDD. I'll hopefully be able to catch the next one!

Keep the rubber side down and have fun y'all  [moto] ;D

Bump reminder.  I'm likely going to be a tad hungover and I'm still riding.  No excuses.   [cheeky]

Great ride everyone! I had fun!!! Was a bit chilly - ya - I'm a dumb-butt - I wore my mesh jacket LOL!!! But I just *had* to look hot in it - my non-hot weather jacket looks like a huge box on me. Same with my pants - took the liner out - cause I looked at myself in the mirror from the back and the pants are definitely happening without the liner!!!

But - the blueberry/cheese pastery was to die-for! The ride was great!!! Just had a nice relaxing time - I got antsy during a few turns on Bonny Doone - but that was about it I think. Lots of horse crap on the goat paths - but we were all safe! Ride route - I'd give 10/10 - the bicyclists I'd give 2/10 (that 1 guy just had no clue) - The ride leading 10/10 - the company 11/10 (anyone watch Spinal Tap)?

Let's do another one before it starts snowing! [bacon [moto]

Princess

Great ride today! [thumbsup]

Beautiful weather, we managed to avoid traffic for most of it, checked out some goat trails and got some tasty snacks at the bakery. 

I decided for the last bit to take Alpine (another goat trail) instead of 84 back so that we could avoid the weekend traffic with the one-way traffic control on 84.   Final Route (http://tinyurl.com/ygvfbxe)

It was nice to have a small group as it was easy to keep us all together, and the lack of testosterone meant no worries about egos, not to mention sufficient pee breaks. ;)

Here's mostrobelle and the 4 bikes at our meeting point, across the street from the famous Alice's restaurant.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride01.JPG)

We took a break at Big Basin State Park.  Here's maillotpois and mostrobelle (nice reflective strip!) with 2 of the bikes, mp's and mine.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride02.JPG)

Here are the other two bikes at Big Basin (mb's and Princess').
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride03.JPG)

After a bunch more riding we finally made it to the bakery.  Here are mostrobelle, maillotpois and Princess.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride04.JPG)

And 3 of the bikes in Pescadero.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride05.JPG)

We then rode by my house, went up Alpine, said goodbye to maillotpois, then the 3 of us headed back towards Alice's where we checked out this cool car.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/womensride06.JPG)

That was fun, let's do it again soon.  Someone else can pick the route next time. ;D

I felt bad for you.  :-\  I chose to look like a dork with my heated jacket liner. [cheeky]


Glad you liked it. ;D ;D

Great ride!  Thanks so much for organizing and putting together such a great route.  I agree the small group was a real bonus and it was nice to have a comfortable pace and not worry _too_ much about keeping up! 

Next time its up Jamison Creek on bicycles...   ;D

Princess asked me to put this up... one of the tourits/locals took it for us. 

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/etoile_polaire/Women%20on%20Bikes/IMG_0381.jpg)

My picts are still downloading...hopefully will have them up tomorrow. 

Thank you, again, Ms.I for organizing and leading.  I know that it's harder than it looks herding cats and setting a pace.  Absolutely gorgeous day and great company.  I really enjoyed getting to know you all better. 

My shots were either crappy or redundant.  Here's the one that's fresh material and is actually in focus.  Sort of.  This is where the cheese/blueberry pastries live.  I will have to visit them again.  

We got quite a few people coming up to us and asking us if we were some sort of women's riding club.  We got fun comments on the bikes and folks were generally just friendly to us.  The one exception was at the end of the ride--I guess some guy came up to Ms. I and asked her if we were on so-n-so road recently.  She replied that, yes, we had been.  The guy then scolded us for riding too slow and not pulling over for him... Given that I was bringing up the rear and saw no one behind us on that road and no one pulled in after us when we got to the lot, he must have gotten his slow riders mixed up.  We weren't the group holding folks up.  I think we all were a little peeved that he'd walk up to a group of women riders and instantly assume we were rolling roadblocks.  (We were...but we were having a good time and certainly didn't hold anyone up!   [cheeky]) I'm not sure how many miles we rode--100 or 200?  Almost all twisties and plenty of goat.   [moto]

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/etoile_polaire/Women%20on%20Bikes/2009_0709cabinandride0021.jpg)

Wow that's so weird about the guy.  This was after I left you guys?  There was no one behind us right before I left, on Alpine, except those cars.

I'm always looking to make sure there's no one behind me and I was last most of the day and there was only one person behind to pass all day (after jamison creek) that I can recall. 

That makes me grumpy.

I didn't see him at Alice's either, M.  I only heard about it when I came over.  Given our pace I kept an eye out for people trying to make their way through us all day.  That one guy came by in the a.m. and we were all very good about getting out of his way in a fairly timely manner.  I'm pretty sure he's got us confused with someone else.  That, and if he was challenged to get past us, he really didn't have any business passing anybody.  Folks who piss on others' riding up on the mountain generally have issues, and being a talented rider ain't one of 'em.  I wouldn't pay much mind to it.  

great pics  [thumbsup]
looks like good times :)

sometimes... i wished i lived in cali :)

thanks for sharing girls!

+1 !!

It snowed in CO today (again).  Nice to see these pictures!   

Thanks for posting all the photos! Gonna have to save them to my desmogirls photo album!

Let's do another ride soon!!!!


hugs,

Princess

I totally want to ride with you ladies someday! I should be able to get out on one more ride soon before the weather gets too out of control. Nice pics and I definately want some of the tasty pastries! Maillotpois, nice yellow and silver Dainese Jacket - I got the same one and I l love it  :)