Bike Rides & Training

A Ghostly Sub 19: 1) Wednesday 03/03/10
32 mi start 5:00p easy spin
Rode from Vons in Claremont to Azusa Canyon and returned.
Cool evening, cloudy, most of the ride was in the dark.
YaHooie
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(03/03/10)

a Ghostly Sub 19: 8) Wednesday 03/17/10
25 mi easy spin w/Edge
Another perfect day in Paradise
YaHooie
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(03/18/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 7) Monday 03/15/10
25 mi in paradise
GRR MWF
YaHooie
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Edge cruising around a corner

(03/15/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 6) Monday 03/15/10
Hey today is the first GRR MWF this PDT
Enough acronyms for you blokes...
Be Here 5:30p Monday, Wednesday Friday Ride
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(03/15/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 5) Saturday 03/13/10
75 mi fast spin w/B
Rode from Claremont West through Glendora, Azusa, Duarte, Arcadia, San Marino,
 South Pasadena.  Then North through The Rose bowl, Descanso Gardens,
To La Canada Flintridge, Ate a late Breakfast...at noon,
Stopped at Devils Gate Dam in The Arroyo Seco.
 Returned to Claremont.
Claremont ~ La Canada Flintridge ~ food ~ Claremont
Great day Good ride
YaHooie

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(03/13/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 4) Friday 03/12/10
20 mi GRR w/B,  medium spin
cold and dark this evening.
PDT starts Sunday
The end of this after dark stuff for a while
YaHoo.
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(03/13/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 3) Monday 03/08/10
20 mi easy spin after dark w/B
Rode from Vons in Claremont south to the bicycle trail where the old
Santa Fe RR tracks were. Followed the bike trail East best we could,
this bike trail has horrible continuity.  It is easier to ride with the traffic
along any of the east west streets. You are not constantly stopped by
curbs at every street crossing. Anyway went north at Helman then west
at Baseline and back to Vons.
Short ride, cold evening.
YaHooie
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(03/08/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 2) Saturday 03/06/10
70 mi w/B Medium to fast spin, especially after it started to rain.
Rode east 35 mi from Vons in Claremont along Baseline to East Highland .
Turned around and rode back.
On the way back, it started raining about 15 mile out in Rialto.
We were soaked by the time we arrived in Claremont.
It wasn't uncomfortable, just comfortably numb.
 A good day, and a great ride in the rain.
Yahooie
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(03/06/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 17) Wednesday 03/31/10
16 mi  GRR MWF w/B
Wow!  What a adventure in Paradise this evening was.
At 4:30 it looked like the storm wasn't going to do much. 
Got ready to ride, looked at the temp it was 44 degrees.
Put on all the warmest stuff I could find... Thought I would be overdressed.
Started riding, it was cold.   At the top of reward (Ride Highpoint) about 3.7 mi from
 the village, the north side of the canyon was socking in and you could see snow
 flurries across the canyon
 Started down Reward anyway, at the big turn 6 mi out it was starting to hail..
But then at the  bottom of reward at Peacock Saddle 7.5 mi it was still sunny..
It was looking darker and darker on the reward climb back.
So we decided to turn around and ride back,
YaHooie Lighting and Thunder, very very frighting YOW!
And now it was real cold, dry, but hail/snowing.
It started getting dark and slippery with about 3/4 inch of hail/snow
on the road at the top of reward.
 It stayed dry and frozen until the last mile back to the Village
where the junk on the road turned to slush and was wet.
 It was 34 degrees when we got back.
YaHooie
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Adventures in Paradise

(03/31/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 16) Monday 03/29/10
25 mi GRR MWF
Just another perfect evening in paradise
quiet, saw maybe 3 cars in 25 mi
YaHooie
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(03/29/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 15) Saturday 03/27/10
60 mi fast spin w/B
Started at Vons in Claremont and headed east toward Lytle Creek.
As we got closer to the 15 freeway, the 30 to 60 mph gusts were getting brutal.
So we turned around and rode back toward Claremont.
We continued on Baseline to Leroys where I got a flat.
Fixed it and continued to Amelia in Glendora went south toward Bonelli
then east back to Coats Bicycle shop for a new tube and C02.
Then took a spin around Bonelli and back to Claremont.
YaHooie, Great day, windy
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B in Rancho Cucamonga

(03/27/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 14) Friday 03/26/10
25 mi w/ B and Edge GRR MWF
Nice Evening, Good Ride
YaHoo
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B and Edge climbing out of the Baldy Village

(03/26/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 13) MWF Tonight 03/26/10
Don't miss these great evening rides in Paradise
5:30 -7:30p Monday, Wed, Fri @ Mt Baldy
YaHoo
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(03/26/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 12) Wednesday 03/24/10
25 mi in paradise w/Edge  GRR MWF
Bike mechanic did a good job, a little slow... but, ya know...
Bike shifted like new through the range. Good Stuff
YaHooie
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New Derailluer
(03/25/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 11) Monday 03/22/10 MWF
Arghhh Bike repair...  Edge rode, I didn't
I had to roust that lazy bike mechanic RayClone
Bike needs a new derailluer and chain
YaHooie
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(03/25/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 10) Saturday 03/20/10
60 mi - breakdown in LA
Rode from Baldy out GRR to GMR and down to Sierra Madre.
Rode Sierra Madre to Arcadia and met up w/B.
We then rode to downtowwn LA where my rear derailer failed.
Luck that B had a car in Arcadia,
I only had to sit on the corner of Hill & 2nd for one and a half hours.
YaHooie
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(03/21/10)

A Ghostly Sub 19: 9) Friday 03/19/10
25 mi easy spin, no other pirates
Another perfect day in paradise
YaHooie
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Glendora Ridge Road

(03/19/10)