Wed 5/6 0800 Portola Gate watershed way

[ammon]

This Wednesday I'm leading another commute through the watershed. We're capped at 15 riders, so priority goes to those not on the last ride. Feel free to +1 even if you were on the last ride -- if there's not enough room you'll get a spot on the ride after this.

Meet: 7:50am Portola Gate. This is the locked gate at the southernmost part of the GGNRA Sweeney Ridge site. Getting there is up to you. Callanated Skyline is the way most folks took last time. Flyby: http://goo.gl/aGDSX3. Bart from San Bruno up Sneath Ln is another option. We enter Portola Gate at 8am sharp so please arrive before then. Last ride I did a couple Sweeney Meadow loops nearby beforehand.

Equipment: CX is ideal. Hardtail mountain bike would also work. Road bikes aren’t much fun here due to some gravelly & steep climbs & descents. Most of the climbing is before the ride up Sweeney ridge. Terrain is 8-10 foot dirt service road along Fifield-Cahill ridge with amazing views and no other trail users. Along the ridge there is gravel and short climbs, a few @20%.

Style: NRLB. Periodic regroups at vistas & intersections. Since we all have to leave as a group, allow extra buffer time in planning. Last ride we exited the watershed at Cemetery Gate at 9am.

Ammon

[Christine Ryan]

+1!

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[Scott Johnston]

+1

(but I went last time)

-Scott

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[Patrick Kitto]

+1

+1!

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[Chris Merrill]

+1

[Peter Colijn]

+1 but I went last time, so happy to give up my spot

[Jeff Bruchez]

+1 on a monstercross. I'm coming from the East Bay so I'll likely ride from San Bruno BART.

[Zack Reinhardt]

+1 also riding from San Bruno BART

On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 12:38:55 PM UTC-7, ammon wrote:

[ammon]

Last call for +1s -- gotta submit the names to the water district soon. Plenty of room since only 7 going so far.

Ammon

On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 12:38:55 PM UTC-7, ammon wrote:

[Lina Mårtensson]

+1

sure why not! :)

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[R Samuel Klatchko]

+1

[Beckett Madden-Woods]

+1! :)

But, I went last time. :(

But! It'll be my b-day, so you can pretend I didn't. :)

[Aaron Nathan]

+1 

[Scott Johnston]

RRR anyone? Last time we left at 6:15, had a flat, chilled at the top of Sneath for a while, and still made it to the gate at ~7:45, so I'd say maybe 6:25 this time?

-Scott

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[Ali Raizin]

+1!

[Ryan Minobe]

+1

[steve armijo]

want this so bad but can't this week.  will there be more?

-s

[Ammon Skidmore]

Yeah, there will be more. Every 2 weeks seems like a good working plan.

Ammon

[Chris Merrill]

RRR @ 6:25 sounds good to me!

~Chris

[Patrick Kitto]

+1 to RRR at 0625.

[Justin!]

Would love to do this on Tuesday if that's a possibility! Thanks for making this happen!

[Lina Mårtensson]

-1 forgot about calendar collisions :(

On May 5, 2015 2:26 PM, "Justin!" <roja...@gmail.com> wrote:

Would love to do this on Tuesday if that's a possibility!  Thanks for making this happen!

[R Samuel Klatchko]

Dang, just got a 9:30 AM meeting invite so -1.

Happy birthday Beckett. 

[Peter Colijn]

Are yall rolling alemany?

[Scott Johnston]

Yup, should be same routing as last time.

-Scott

[Chris Merrill]

-1
I'm cursed :/

Maybe next time! Thanks for running this...

~Chris

[Aaron Nathan]

-1 as well.....dont think we'll be back in sf by 10am....blimy!

-Aaron

[Ryan Minobe]

Cut a sidewall early in the ride. Was able to fix and hop fence back out successfully. Absolutely amazing out there. I will be back but will likely need to find a cx bike to borrow.

Later while rolling back out realized that my rear derailleur cable was fraying in the shifter. Not a good equipment day.

I think I'm officially done with conti gp4000's. This was basically a brand new tire and the sidewalls look terrible and I know it was not all from this ride. Last few tires I've had seemed to have a similar problems, very frayed looking fibers all the way around.

Thank you again to Ammon for leading these rides. Even from what little I saw of the area today, it really looks like a special place and I can't wait to get back.

[Lina Mårtensson]

oh interesting. i've used gp4000s for many years and they've always been awesome. i did read about a few batches having bad sidewalls though, but that was a long time ago. have your tires been from the same batch? don't know if there was a recall or anything.

[Christine Ryan]

We missed you--glad you got out okay! Our docent was worried... :)

[Patrick Kitto]

by worried you mean denying any knowledge of him having entered the watershed. Allegedly.

him: who? i dunno, i didnt see nothin.

Glad you got out ok :)

[Christine Ryan]

Well, yeah, that too. :)

[Patrick Kitto]

we should do a style 1.5 or style 1, SRLB, watershed one of these days. chase down the KOMs.

There is no excuse for SF2G to not own that leaderboard.

[Peter Colijn]

Yikes, sorry to hear it! Glad you made it back ok.

I'm done with GP4000s too. My first experience with them, a brand spankin' new one flatted on the Marin 200k. I thought it was just a fluke but every time I tried them they sucked and flatted all the time. I think they are not really designed for the kind of abuse sf2g commutes demand (mission, tunnel, hairball, 35, 1, purisima, etc. all take their toll).

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Ryan Minobe <rmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Maxence Nachury]

+1 to watershed style <1. 

Question is, what happens to the RLB? Lock them in the preserve?

[Christine Windsor]

I believe fence hopping with a bike is excellent cyclocross practice. (The season will be here before you know it!!)

[Patrick Kitto]

I believe fence hopping with a bike is excellent cyclocross practice. (The season will be here before you know it!!)

Alleged fence hopping. 

over a bee hive.

[Patrick Lea]

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Patrick Kitto <patric...@gmail.com> wrote:

over a bee hive.

That is just motivation to clear the fence cleanly and quickly.