Tripleshot Cycling

Christmas Day - GOOD LUCK!!!

Boxing Day - TT in Metchosin at 1030 maybe ride out (see previous thread)?

Sunday Dec 27 - Regular Sunday ride Fairfield Starbucks at 7am

Monday Dec 28 - Holiday Ride - Fairfield Starbucks at 7am

Tuesday Dec 29 - Regular Tues 6am

Wed 30 Dec - Regular Hill Ride 6am

Fri Jan 1st ......???????? anyone

Merry Xmas triple shots
Great holiday ride lineup but a very busy time of year. We don't have time to do the TT or the ride out tomorrow.
Instead, Dolly and I plan a small waterfront loop - maybe a classic Friday farm team ride or if it's a bit frosty an out and back along the water. Leaving the fairfield starbucks at 7:30 (coffee at 7:00). Return to Fairfield (Cook St. Mocha or sunny Mocha) by about 8:45ish. Everyone is welcome. Great first warmup for the TT.
Thanks for the invite Rob - hope you have a great Boxer. We are headed up island tomorrow AM.
Cheers,
Eric

Mike L gets major gloating points for braving it down from the reaches of Gordon Head to Fairfield SB. I only went because I couldn't see frost from my house, but the next street was covered, as was about every second street.

Mike had a theory that north south streets were blown dry/clear? by the northerly wind, while east west steets frost up. Fairfield was bad, but Shelbourne wasn't.

And another thing, the school network of temperatures map was no help at all; it read 2 or 3 degrees in our riding area, but everywhere there was ice except the wider north south roads. How can we trust it if ice is so apparent at 2 and 3 degrees?

I just came in from walking the dog and the roads and cars are icing up, yet temperature is 3. WTF?

Did the holiday ride happen this am or did jack frost make another appearance?

There was a ride yesterday, Al. It hovered around zero so there was just salty grit to deal with on the roads - no slippery bits.

However, two consecutive days of frost kept evryone away. John led just me and Farm Team Dave on a neato tour through 10 Mile Point's back pathways. I was home by 8:30, feeling like poop and cursing my Christmas overindulgence.

Hope this morning's ride was well-populated and the pace was easy on those still suffering from turkeyfarts...

Have we got a plan for a New Year's day ride yet or will we do a classic Sunday ride? Personally, I like the ride Blaise and co. did a couple of weeks ago:

"Blaise and I are setting out at 600 am from cook st starbucks for a awesome climbing fest a couple observatorys, a couple willis points, a darantz lake road and a munns road. big old loop/sort of. should be about 60 miles with about 3500 vertical with the goose as to and from. I do not know how long it will take but it should be good suffering."

Great way to start off the new year!

Anyone else got a suggestions?

Steve

Why did Thursday get left out of the holiday ride schedule? If it's not raining hard when the alarm goes off, I'll stop at Fairfield Starbucks for a coffee between 7 and 7:30 tomorrow before an approx. 1.5 hour ride. If anyone wants to join, I'll see you there.

JT

Is anyone planning on going on a new years morning 7am holiday ride?

Hey Greg


I'll be at Fairfield Starbucks for tomorrow morning - roll out at 7:30 if anyone else is interested.

Steve

I'll give a definite maybe to the 7:30 Starbucks departure New Years day - looks like a great opportunity for some slip-slidin, for some apply-brakes-and-wait-30-seconds-for-the-grab-to-happen, for some hot choco, and a happy hour or two of bike maintenance.

Fairweather Mike

ps - Happy New year to all Tripleshotters! Here's hoping that 2010 sees a bit of that global warming sent Fairfield way -

Sounds good Steve (and hopefully Mike and some others). Will see you there.