Linden Ave – Goleta Pier loop

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Feb 152015
 

Dis 53.6 miles, Av 10.3 mph, Mx 31.3 mph, Tm 5 hr 10 min, Oat 8 hr 20 min (7:40 am – 4:00 pm)

Rode solo from home to Mountain Drive, rest at Vedanta Temple, down Toro Canyon, out Hwy 192 to turnaround at Linden Ave in Carpinteria. Meet up Ashe. Then back via Padaro Lane (few Monarch butterflies left roosting at 5345 Padaro), Lunch with Ashe at Stacky’s Seaside, Coral Casino, Hendry’s Beach, through Hope Ranch, Nogal, O’Bern Trail to turnaround at Goleta Pier, and back home.

Vedanta Temple rest stop. What's that I hear? 10:45am choir singing!

Vedanta Temple rest stop. What’s that I hear? 10:45am choir singing!

Tom (with Beko Nose Sun-Guard) at Goleta Pier turnaround.

Tom (with Beko Nose Sun-Guard) at Goleta Pier turnaround.

BEKO front

BEKO front

BEKO back

BEKO back

Day 3 – King City to Paso Robles, 66.7 miles

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Feb 022015
 

Not much wind to day. Lunch at the small town of Bradley, BBQ. Camp at Paso Robles Fairgrounds.

Total miles traveled: 258.4 (49.% of total route). Miles to go: 283.9 (51% of total route)

Tom’s Actual: Dis 65.6 miles, Av 13.6 mph, Mx 32.2 mph, Tm 4 hr 47 min, Oat 6 hr 0 min, Lv camp 2 at 6:40am, Arv camp 3 at 12:40pm.
Day 2 was 11 hours camp to camp . 9 pm bed showered and fed. Exhausted.
Day 3 was 6 hours camp to camp.

Jack’s maiden outting on his Roubaix

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Feb 012015
 

Accompanied Jack on his initiation  ride on his Roubaix.

Dis 25.4 mph, Av 11.5 mph, Mx 25.0 mph, Tm 2 hr 12 min, Oat 5 hr 0 min (7:15am – 12:15pm)

(H) > Jack’s> Coral> Padaro Ln> rest stop at Santa Claus> back (H)

Jack in his Screaming Yellow OP jacket, ready to go

Jack in his Screaming Yellow OP jacket, ready to go

Balmy Jalama Beach

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Jan 252015
 

Andrew and I started at Lompoc’s Home Depot, rode south on Hwy 1, then Jalama Beach road to a hamburger at Jalama Beach State Park, waded in the surf, and back. Seventies temps, clear skies, sunny, no wind, green spring grass, perfect riding conditions.

Dis 38.1 miles, Av 12.1 mph, Mx 33.0 mph, Tm 3hr 7min, Oat 4hr 21 min (8:45am – 1:05pm)

Andrew, Jalama Beach

Andrew, Jalama Beach

Tom, Jalama Beach Store

Tom, Jalama Beach Store

Like snow, on Gibby loop ride

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Jan 182015
 

Rode to the East Beach Bath House, then over to the SB Mission to meet the ladies. Rode Gibby loop counterclockwise (Gibraltar/Camino Cielo/Painted Cave) . Ceanothus were in full bloom (white). Manzanitas were also doing their thing.

Dis 40.3 mi, Av 9.4 mph, Mx 31.9 mph, Tm 4 hr 16 min, Oat 6 hr 0 min (7:40am – 1:40pm, includes 92 minutes waiting for  Jill & Kathy to catch up).

(H), E bath house, SB Mission, Gibby, CC, dn PC/OSM, CO, St Ag, O’Bern, Modoc, (H)

White Ceanothhus

White Ceanothus

Blooming Manzanita (Arctostaphylos)

Blooming Manzanita (Arctostaphylos)

Lake Casitas Summit Overlook

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Jan 042015
 

Rode with Jill, Kathy, and Florence. Met up at SB East Beach bath house, Coral Casino, Polo fields, Hwy 150, up to Casitas Pass summit, overlooking Lake Casitas, and back (Kathy went on ‘solo’ around the lake to Ventura and back Hwy 101).

Dis 48.2 miles, Av 12.4 mph, Mx 36.1 mph, Tm 3hr 51min, Oat 7 hr 0 min (7:30am – 2:30pm, includes a 30 min wait at Meet Up, 15 min turnaround, and a 45 min lunch with Jill at Stacky’s)

(H), summit overlook, (H)

Stacky's for lunch

Stacky’s for lunch

ALC training ride: Java Station – Glen Annie – and back

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Dec 282014
 

Joined TRL Yvette, TRL Andrew, Brian, and Mario for an AidsLifeCycle official training ride.

From Java Station, out O’Bern Trail, through UCSB, past Girsh Park, Bacara, CO, St. Ag, O’Bern, Java Station. Eating and fellowship after at Java. Joined by other folk.

Dis 46.6 miles, Av 12.1 mph, Mx 25.0 mph, Tm 3 hr 50 min,  Oat 6 hr 30 min (9:00am – 3:30pm)

(H) to (H)

training ride, Santa Barbara

training ride, Santa Barbara

 

Solo ride up to the top of Painted Cave Road

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Dec 212014
 

Solo ride from home up old San Marcos Road to the intersection of Hwy 154.

(from the Stagecoach historic sign to Hwy 154 took 37 minutes.)

From Hwy 154 to the top of Painted Cave Rd at Camino Cielo took 33 minutes.)

Turnaround and ride back home.

(the descent from Painted Cave/Camino Cielo down to the stagecoach sign took 45 mins.)

Cateye needs batteries, so no statistics.

Oat 3 hr 38 min (H to H, 7:45am – 11:23am)

 

Goleta Beach Park

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Dec 142014
 

Rode with Christy out to Goleta Beach Park and back via her place.

Cateye wants batteries….so just have Oat 4 hr – 0 min (9:15am – 1:15pm, includes lots of stopping and talking)

(H to H)

Christy in her Day of the Dead makeup, at Casa Dolores

Christy in her Day of the Dead makeup, at Casa Dolores

Figueroa Mountain, counterclockwise out of Los Olivos

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Nov 022014
 

Rode with Jill and Kathy, out of Los Olivos, down Hwy 154, out Happy Canyon, over Figueroa Mtn, back down to Los Olivos. Got sandwiches to go from the Market Deli on Hwy 154, ate in the Jill’s car driving home.

(6:25am Rode from home to Jill’s , drove to Los Olivos…..)

Dis 40.2 miles, Oat ride 5 hr 0 hr (9:30am – 2:30pm), Oat outting (6:25am – 6:30pm)

‘Next time’ could use more rest stops on the ride, (realistic expectation) I could be dropped both sides of the summit,… sustainable sandwich in jersey.

Tom at Mt Figueroa signs

Tom at Mt Figueroa signs

Kathy

Kathy

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