wed may 11 - mt hamway - 24/mish bart - 0515 - style fun

[Peter Colijn]

Mark your calendars, and submit that vacation day request NOW!

Bike to work day is May 12 this year. That means May 11 is Mount Ham Way Day!

I'll also be doing my traditional YawyabNoomFlah on the way home for anyone interested.

From Jason's ride call last year:

We will be targeting the Dublin/Pleasanton train that arrives at 0608.  Departure times from SF:

Glen Park — 0512

24th Mission — 0515 (this is where I'll be boarding)

16th Mission — 0517

After BART, we’ll be stopping at the Noah’s / Starbucks on Santa Rita Rd. to fuel up.

I anticipate we’ll hit the Junction at around 0945.

[Alexandre Passos]

+1! Booked vacation day. For anyone who hasn't done it yet it's pretty great. There were enough regroups last year, and not a crazy pace. It was a really nice ride, strongly recommend.

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[Dave Borowitz]

+0.4, definitely in town, undecided if I should try working.

[Jeremy Yost]

+1  !! I'm so excited! I waited a whole year for last year and it did not disappoint! I thought you'd never post for this year. I'm so excited!

[James deBoer]

This sounds awesome. Last time I went over Mt Hamilton it took me two days, sleeping at the top.

I'm in, assuming I can get the day off.

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[Jason Thorpe]

+1 !

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[Allan Shortlidge]

+1

[ammon]

Apparently there's a dirt option in the middle: https://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/mt-hamilton-backside-road-stories/

[Kurt Wallace Martin]

anyone got the strava file from previous years?

> On Mar 28, 2016, at 7:12 PM, ammon <skidp...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Apparently there's a dirt option in the middle: https://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/mt-hamilton-backside-road-stories/
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[Alexandre Passos]

https://www.strava.com/activities/304082189

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[bonnie]

+1
I also enjoyed the ride last year and would second about the re-groups/ friendliness.  I do remember kvetching about getting up that early, but it was worth it!

[Georgia Andrews]

+.5 I'm flying back from a trip the day before but I could probably take another day off…

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 7:12 PM, bonnie bon...@tmbox.com wrote:

+1
I also enjoyed the ride last year and would second about the re-groups/ friendliness.  I do remember kvetching about getting up that early, but it was worth it!

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[Georgia Andrews]

Oh also I have a question: what kind of -slash- are there any water stops? (Someone at Colnago decided women only need one bottle cage) Also I'd be getting on the train afterwards, best place to do so is probably San Jose, yes?

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 7:12 PM, bonnie bon...@tmbox.com wrote:

+1
I also enjoyed the ride last year and would second about the re-groups/ friendliness.  I do remember kvetching about getting up that early, but it was worth it!

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[Alexandre Passos]

There is hose water at the junction, real water at the top, and San Jose is the closest Caltrain

[aamir ali]

+0.5 will be coming back from a work trip in europe, so the jet lag should help wake up early. Will decide on that week if I can make it.

[Yvonne Yip]

What time do people get into MTV for this? (Can I make it for a 1430 meeting?)

[Peter Colijn]

If you stick with the group, I wouldn't count on it. If you take off early you could probably make it.

[Ben Kraft]

I followed maciek otf a few years back and we got in around 1:30. I definitely wasn't functional by 2:30. I think you could be functional in mtv at 2:30 if you split from the group early and skipped the long food stops but this might ruin the fun.

I'll probably +1 and try to make it to mtv early enough to fake a half day.

[Peter Colijn]

Reminder: this ride is happening this week! And it's gonna be awesome :)

[Jason Thorpe]

It’s with great sadness that I have to -1 this time around :-(

-- thorpej

[Alexandre Passos]

Restating my +1 (still +1, not +2).

This was a great ride last year. Mines road is amazing, miles and miles of pretty remote scenery at a gentle grade. This year it will be even better because we are having tons of wildflowers from all the rain, and it should be worth it to see them while they're still around.

 - Alexandre

[Jeremy Yost]

I'm still in and here's a link to the webcam at the top of Hamilton:

HAMCAM -->  https://mthamilton.ucolick.org/hamcam/

On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 12:43:29 PM UTC-7, Peter Colijn wrote:

[Yvonne Yip]

I can't/shouldn't take the day off for this, but I'm potentially interested in YawyabNoomFlah. When's the rollout? :p

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[aamir ali]

-0.5, have meetings I can't move that day, will try to join for YawyabNoomFlah.

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[Peter Colijn]

Hard to say exactly. Generally after I have had some real food somewhere in MTV :P Hopefully not later than 4:30 or so.

[Dave Borowitz]

Definite +1, strapping a power meter to my Brompton tonight.

[Peter Colijn]

Awesome! :)

[bonnie]

Also restating my +1, will be getting on at 24th st.  See you tomorrow!

[Alexandre Passos]

Rearmost bart car as "usual"?

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM, bonnie <bon...@tmbox.com> wrote:

Also restating my +1, will be getting on at 24th st.  See you tomorrow!

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[Georgia Andrews]

Up to +.95, just got back to SF and hopefully I'll go to bed early enough.

[Dave Borowitz]

I have to say, jetlag definitely helps with the pre-6am rollouts.

[Jeffrey Axelrod]

+.95  from 24th/Mish @ 5:15 ..  charging up the lights now...

[Peter Colijn]

Does anyone know the route we usually take out of Dublin past the bagel place and on to Mines Rd? If not I will try to get it loaded up on my phone.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Jeffrey Axelrod <jef...@cuttingcode.com> wrote:

+.95  from 24th/Mish @ 5:15 ..  charging up the lights now...

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[Alexandre Passos]

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7869984

It's in my GPS

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[Peter Colijn]

Sweet, you're navigating :)

[Thomas Roessler]

You're neglecting the law of n+1. 

Thomas Roessler  (@roessler)

[Dave Borowitz]

Thanks everyone for waiting for me.  For a recap, my unfortunate experience was getting a flat around mile 12 on San Antonio Valley at the end of the group, only to realize I forgot the 15mm wrench to remove the nuts holding the wheel on. Naturally, there was no T-Mobile service there.

After what seemed like (and may have been) an hour of fiddling with my multitool and other exotic things like using my cleat as a wrench, I figured out I could take the multitool apart. I managed to rearrange various hex wrenches and washers until I got two wrenches jammed exactly the right distance apart to unscrew the nuts. Within half a mile of getting on the road again, I ran into the people who had come back to find me. I also got some help from two cyclists going the other way who were going to maybe inform the fire department or go get their cars to get me. Hopefully anybody who was looking for me figured out I was ok. (Lesson learned: I should probably buy the unnecessarily expensive Brompton toolkit that lives inside the frame.)

Beyond that, it was a little brutal dragging a 26lb folding bike up the mountain at 35rpm, and I didn't appreciate the bug that got stuck in my ear around mile 1, but overall I would rate it a successful (if eventful) ride.

Also, thanks Bonnie for the pro tip of the spring right before mile 3. I (and I'm guessing others) was low on water by that point so it was pretty key.

See everyone tomorrow!

[Beckett Madden-Woods]

The tradition of epic mechanicals on this ride continues!

But seriously, nice work hauling that up the mountain. Incidentally, how does the Brompton handle on the descent? :)

[Jeffrey Axelrod]

Great ride today! Thanks all for the company and the adventures. 

I got a flat 1 mile from SJ Caltrain. So missed the intended train; but got home nonetheless.  

See you tomorrow!

________________

Jeffrey.  

[Alexandre Passos]

Dave, you crushed it on those ups and downs :-)

I feel like if you keep this up you might get this brompton to be the one to see the most elevation out of any brompton.

Incidentally, as I'm sure you realized when we were not there after you tagged, caltrain conductor was cool with letting us board in san jose and tag in mtv.

Thanks for the ride everybody!

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[T. Allan Shortlidge]

It was a fun ride and a beautiful day. Props to Dave for crushing the whole thing on that Brompton!

- Allan

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[Ted Ketai]

For future reference, if this happens again, you can usually patch a tube without taking the wheel off. 

[Dave Borowitz]

We discussed that possibility after the fact. I think with the tight clearance on the fender and brakes it would be tough. I think both can be removed...with a very similar wrench to the one I didn't have.

[Ted Ketai]

Hm, yeah, the brake pinch point can usually be overcome, hadn't considered fenders though. Hopefully it won't be an issue again!