Getting ready this morning, I thought I might get sick and vomit... but it passed, and once I was in the saddle doing my thing I felt fine.
Labor Day weekend - not many drivers.
Diablo Challenge coming up - lots of riders.
JB said the turnout lane work is done on NGR except for painting some stripes, so it should be open full time by next week.
Roadkill Report: just a dumb squirrel.
Tarantula Tally: zero
I think about 10% of the bikes I saw today were electric.
Today was the celebration event for *almost* completing the bike turnout lanes... I guess they planned this thinking they'd all be done, but there's a little more work to do. There was a news crew and politicians and state park officials and lots of bike riders. Your humble blogger even has a cameo in the news story at 3m39s. There was a lot of thanking and acknowledgment and a lot of my loyal blog readers share some of the credit for donating to this safety campaign as well.
Tarantula Tally: one crawler and one corpse. First two of the year.
I rode past the celebration area at Curry Point on the way up and they were just getting finished with the setup tents. They had bike parking from Valley Spokesmen I think - the kind like they have at centuries and triathlons. Then I went up to Junction expecting to meet with JB but he was a little late so I rode back down to Curry Point where Shawn and Charlie found me right away - good to catch up with them. JB rode his newly-restored Teesdale, with custom Iowa Hawkeye paint including a Tiger Hawk emblem. It was also the first time I saw Charlie's new bike; a carbon fiber Salsa.
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| Cal jersey autoblog. |
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| Tarantula! |
The big event is NEXT SATURDAY!
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| Word was a cyclist had a solo crash up on Summit Road. |
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| This is cool handlebar tape - Zipp Service Corse. The branding is nearly invisible until there is a layer of sweaty grime on it and then the words magically appear. |
Uneventful ride on an uneventful day.
I got a new camera mount for the DiabloCam, but I haven't figured out where I like it... above the handlebars gets in the way a little, but gets a better view; below the handlebars makes it hard to access for changing the battery and the cables get in the view.
I did see a professional colleague at Junction - it was a surprise that he recognized my voice and started talking to me but I couldn't place him. He is a client that I've met a few times in person but mostly we talk on the phone and neither of us knew the other was a cyclist until today.
Al was at Junction again too, promoting the Turnout celebration. August 24 @10am. See you there!
