2016 WNR 13

Very pleasant weather.  Only four of us.

Roadkill Report:  a snake at the Dips.

Kevin and Shawn both did PBs

I got passed by the girl with the Death Ride socks.

Ride Ataxia NorCal 2016

Cure Friedrich's Ataxia

Last year for this ride, Kevin pulled his son in a kiddie trailer.  He's too big for the trailer now so Kevin liked my idea of doing this ride on my Bike Friday Tandem.

I packed my fixie just in case he flaked on me.  He showed up just in time.

Kyle Bryant is the ride coordinator for these rides all over the country.  He makes sure to greet everyone and express his appreciation. 

I had him autograph my bib number.

 There were probably 30 people in wheel chairs at the event.  Some riding, some helping, some just being there.  All of them had incredibly positive attitudes; and they were a constant reminder of while we were all doing this.

Special guest rider:  Ed!

Davis is flat.  That means no blind curves for cars to not pass on.

I gave Kevin my camera to capture the stoker view.

Kyle rides a cool recumbent trike.

Kevin... not pedaling.

This shot is set-up of course... but it came out OK.

Le obligatorie video:

Ride Ataxia NorCal 2016 from Diablo Scott on Vimeo.

2016 WNR 12

HOT!

Gave it a go tonight - thinking I might go 44m.

Didn't happen, but it was fun trying.

No bugs at Junction though!

Lots of evaporation to cool off on the way down.

2016 SMR 17

Great day on The Mountain today.  Warm and clear... a little windy.

Wildlife Encounter:  two jackrabbits.

This guy was breathing like a diesel engine.
He had a cool Rivendellish bike with cork handlebar grips.

Wildlife Encounter:  something that looks like a lizard but runs like a rat... ran across the road in front of us.


After The Bump, we met Juan.  He's training for the Death Ride.  He lives in Davis but hails from the Basque Country in Spain.

I asked him for some proof - check this out.

There were a couple places where the wind got nasty, but it wasn't steady.

Hey - check THIS out!

2016 WNR 11

Little windy tonight, but a nice ride.

2016 AMGEN Tour of California Santa Rosa Stage 7 VIP

DiabloWife got me a VIP pass to the AMGEN for my birthday so I spent the day in Santa Rosa.

Started to rain but mostly it was nice weather.

Peter Sagan, World Champion, 
Tour of Flanders winner, AMGEN Green Jersey owner,
and all-time AMGEN stage win leader...
photo bombs my selfie.

The anti-doping RV.  Wonder what that looks like inside?

This reporter from the newspaper interviewed me about the event.  There was some community controversy about having the Rose Parade and the Amgen on the same day.  As usual with these things, my fifteen minutes of pontificating got cut down to about four sentences.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5643230-181/amgen-tour-of-california-is?artslide=0

Not sure if that link will survive, so I snipped the relevant part.

Also as usual, the complainers show up in the comment section.  Here's my favorite... "have the bike race on the bike trail".  ROFL.

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This is what The Mountain looks like from Sonoma County

2016 WNR 10

Ja, ja... this a social ride will be.

ATTACK!

Already isolated at The Bump

At least I passed this guy

Big Shady Oak:  1 mile to go.

Steel toed boots for riding shoes

I'll lead the way down.

Kenny hasn't ridden with us for a while... welcome back.

OK, let's put this ride to bed.