I broke in the Tarmac right with plenty of mini-creek crossings and some mud!
Pace was mellow for the first half of the ride, but we somehow got caught up with a fast-paced paceline down on the bike path to Oceanside. Not so steady!
Justin's buzzing as Luke sets out for some aero bar time
The beach!
We stopped to fill up before heading back inland
One final stop before the last push home!
Spent the evening cleaning house and watching some Olympics coverage before prepping for our big day on Sunday and then bedtime!
Pre-ride brekkie
I remembered as we were about to pack up and head out that it was Valentine's Day! We had celebrated early (Friday) with surf & turf for dinner.
Heading up Maple Springs to chase Steph (and Chris)
Hittin' dirt
I love the sight of the snow-capped mountains in the distance!
In pursuit
Group up at 4 Corners
Heading out to Joplin
Not today, friend...
Justin Buzzing again
Joplin!
Finally made it!
Nick owns the steep slidey stuff
HAB
Steph and I at Old Camp
Luge!
Roading it up to Modjeska Grade and down to Harding
I think if he'd had more energy he would've flipped me off
4 Corners after the Harding climb
The crew finishing up before our descent down Maple Springs
Justin had offered free burritos, but after the parking lot fail in Irvine it was probably best there were only 3 of us, and a TON of food! We ate.
And ate again...
9 comments:
Sneaky...you got fro yo!!! :)
Killer day out there with you guys...you OWNED it yesterday. Oh, and that shot of you lying on the ground looking up at the sky is awesome.
nice, golden spoon! how did the guy on the wicked fast looking CX bike do descending joplin!? haha.
great looking riding this weekend, gotta take advantage of the weather huh!
R-Wub: He was headed over to Holy Jim. When Luke and I did Harding-Joplin last Oct/Nov or so we ran into a guy riding Joplin on a CX bike and he wasn't walking any more or less than I was! :)
My buddies and I saw you riding up maple springs on Sunday (Asian guy in the show-air kit right where the pave road ended). The guy on the S-works Tricross totally talked me into buying a cross bike!
the weather was so rad this weekend! your new tarmac is SICK!
those are the kinds of weekends that will have you ready come race season. you guys keep it up and hopefully i can actually line up a ride with you guys soon...
Minh - Eric's Tricross was SWEET! Almost makes me want one too! :)
James - for sure! We're hitting up some mountain bike routes this weekend, too. Stoked the weather is staying dry for now.
Great pics. I'm curious, what route do you take to get to O'side from out here in Temecula/Murrieta? I've always wanted to attempt that! Awesome blog, I've been away for a while and it was nice to see it's still active. Keep it up, great RR's.
Jack - do you have my email? Can you send you more info.
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