Report from the March 4th Populaire Pre-Ride

[Andy Speier]

March 4th Populaire Update: 10 Randos headed out Sunday morning to ride the route of next weeks Populaire. Not unlike other rides the RPC (route planning committee) got together and linked routes that we’d ridden, places we’ve been and used various web sites to assist with filling in the blanks. I had ridden all portions of the route previously but not at one time and not recently. In the end nothing beats a pre-ride. It’s good to get a perspective from other cyclists as well. The cue sheet gets tweaked, improved and the route is done. I had billed this ride as not going to be the usual SIR Hill Fest. I may have misspoken. Apparently this was second to Jan’s famous Mountain Populaire in total elevation. The RPC had an emergency session at Zeek’s Pizza Place Sunday afternoon and we have made some radical changes to the route that will take away a couple of views of Puget Sound (you still get plenty). We have removed two LONG, STEEP climbs and a 2 block nasty climb at the very end. I know some of you die hards may pine away for the final ascent up to Zeek’s and for you folks the option to do hill repeats on 64th street remains. To re-cap the route: It is a hilly ride up to Mukilteo. After descending into old town Mukilteo it's 5 miles of gentle rolling hills to Everett. From Everett you enter the Interurban trail and essentially it is a RR grade all the way to Seattle (Don’t complain about the short climb on 76th Ave up to No. 200th. - It’s only a few blocks). The second half of the ride will be a lot easier than the first half. Do sign up for the ride as it will make it easier for us to figure out how much snack food to have in Mukilteo. Hope to see you out there. Andy

[Michael]

I can't seem to find a cue sheet for this ride. I've looked on the
site under ride details, but nada, Is there one available yet?

Thanks,

-Michael

[Bill Gobie]

On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Michael wrote:

> I can't seem to find a cue sheet for this ride. I've looked on the
> site under ride details, but nada, Is there one available yet?

This may be the Clueless Populaire.

Bill Gobie
who would like to program his gps

[Andy Speier]

It will be posted tonight to the SIR website. GPS ? What's that?

 

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[Geoff Swarts]

Weren't there too many turns for a GPS to handle?

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[Bill Gobie]

Good to know you're taking a break from patching tubes.

[A year ago February Andy and I followed Don Boothby on the Seattle-Bremerton 300 route, reversed. The day was as cold as it was beautiful. Poor Andy had five flats. After he ran out of tubes and patches Don gave him his spare tube, but Don had been carrying it around so long it was cracked. I gave Andy enough Park patches to finish the ride. Hope you've replaced them all. They work well but don't last forever.]

A good way to avoid flats is to follow Speier at a distance. When you hear "hissss," take a different line.

Bill

[Andy Speier]

Ouch. You left out the part where Don bought me a patch kit from the auto parts store and how it was REALLY cold. I'm glad that I've been able to take the hit for the team so often. The good thing is that I can bum a tube off anyone compared to those mini bike tubes on the E.B.B. (english bouncing bike).

 

See you on Sunday.

 

AS

From: Bill Gobie <bi...@billandlorene.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 PM
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Good to know you're taking a break from patching tubes.

[A year ago February Andy and I followed Don Boothby on the Seattle-Bremerton 300 route, reversed. The day was as cold as it was beautiful. Poor Andy had five flats. After he ran out of tubes and patches Don gave him his spare tube, but Don had been carrying it around so long it was cracked. I gave Andy enough Park patches to finish the ride. Hope you've replaced them all. They work well but don't last forever.]

A good way to avoid flats is to follow Speier at a distance. When you hear "hissss," take a different line.

Bill

On Mar 2, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Andy Speier wrote:

It will be posted tonight to the SIR website. GPS ? What's that?

 

AS

From: Bill Gobie <bi...@billandlorene.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [SIR] Re: Report from the March 4th Populaire Pre-Ride

On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Michael wrote:

> I can't seem to find a cue sheet for this ride.  I've looked on the
> site under ride details, but nada,  Is there one available yet?

This may be the Clueless Populaire.

Bill Gobie
who would like to program his gps

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[Bill Gobie]

On Mar 2, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Andy Speier wrote:

GPS ? What's that?

Gobie's Proof Service.

One error so far on the cue sheet:

Mile 27.7  The turn should be L to match the instruction Turn left onto Harbour Pointe Blvd SW.

Bill