Another great after work MTB ride. The rebuilt IF is sick! the wheels feel great the tires have uber grip (they were tossing dirt up into my face at the begining as they are mad tacky) The fork! it feels great! I may run a couple psi lower to soften it up. I came so close to clearing all my problem climbs (south fortuna I cleared the area I have a hard time with only to loose my balance and fall in an easy stop) and on S turns I cleared 3/4 but dabbed at the last rut! no lights needed yet but next week I think they will be in order. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 656 ft Location: La Mesa, CA Elev. Gain: +10 ft Date: 10/10/07 Up/Downhill: [+1263/-1253] Time: 05:12 PM Difficulty: 3.6 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   66F temp; 58% humidity   66F heat index; winds W 9 Performance Distance: 6.58 miles Time: 1:16:18 Speed: 5.2 mph Pace: 11' 32 /mi Calories: 392 Map   Elevation (ft.)   Speed (mph)

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Got an earlier start today and did a longer post work ride. Felt good, only dropped into my granny on Torrey pines at the end. MTB tommorow! get to use the new setup :) Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 114 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 10/09/07 Up/Downhill: [+1640/-1637] Time: 04:32 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   67F temp; 60% humidity   67F heat index; winds NW 8 Performance Distance: 27.13 miles Time: 1:43:52 Speed: 15.7 mph Pace: 3' 49 /mi Calories: 1222 Map   Elevation (ft.)   Speed (mph)

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IF rebiuld

Garey hooked it up! Helped me rebuild the indy fab!

UST tubless Mavic Crossland wheels with Hutchenson tires. 125mm Manitou black, air fork w/ al steerer. SDG seat (post was wrong size need to get new one) Garey dialed in the shifting with a new rear cable and some new housing!



Can't wait to ride this wed!

Got in a quick lunch ride today , as it was David Ho's last ride for a while with the NGC crew. Nothing hard I put in a good effort on the climb was 3rd to the top (behind Jim and Domenick) skipped the lap around the lake as I had to get back to work. No Temecula ride sunday as Jeff got hurt playing soccer so not doing that sunday so I think I'm gonna do Sycamore Canyon, we'll see Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 607 ft Location: Poway, CA Elev. Gain: -72 ft Date: 10/05/07 Up/Downhill: [+1689/-1761] Time: 11:45 PM Difficulty: 4.3 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   67F temp; 45% humidity   67F heat index; winds W 16 Performance Distance: 12.37 miles Time: 0:50:14 Speed: 14.8 mph Pace: 4' 03 /mi Heart Rate: 152 bpm (Avg) Calories: 622 186 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft.)

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Another good ride after work at mission trails, esp since the sox won! took a few mins longer than usual as Joel got a flat. I didn't clear the 2 areas I have trouble with on the climbs, but I was feeling good on the Downhills. Its taken me a while to get use to these clipless pedals but I'm getting there. Next couple days off then pre-riding the 12hrs of temecula course sunday. Activity Route: 52 short loop Elev. Avg: 689 ft Location: La Mesa, CA Elev. Gain: +10 ft Date: 10/03/07 Up/Downhill: [+974/-964] Time: 05:30 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   73F temp; 55% humidity   73F heat index; winds SW 6 Performance Distance: 5.53 miles Time: 1:09:30 Speed: 4.8 mph Pace: 12' 30 /mi Heart Rate: 146 bpm (Avg) Calories: 323 190 bpm (Peak) Map La Mesa, California   Elevation (ft.)

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Quick ride after work today. Takin it easy, cruised up El camino reale and there is a Pearl Izumi store up there in Del mar. Headed down the PCH for a nice sunsett, then hammered up Torrey Pines. MTB tommorow! Activity Route: El Camino Real loop Elev. Avg: 144 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/02/07 Up/Downhill: [+1181/-1181] Time: 05:30 PM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   75F temp; 57% humidity   77F heat index; winds NW 5 Performance Distance: 18.02 miles Time: 1:13:27 Speed: 14.7 mph Pace: 4' 05 /mi Heart Rate: 144 bpm (Avg) Calories: 910 182 bpm (Peak) Map La Jolla, California   Elevation (ft.)

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Rosarito to Ensenada

Sick ride this year! Started out a bit slow as we were far in the back and didn't pass the start/finish till almost 10:20am..... We were a bit disorganized at the start and I lost the others (joe, matt, garey) After a few miles I realized that finding them was gonna be tough! too many people moving too fast. So I put the hammer down and pushed myself. The first couple initial small climbs I felt really strong, cranking thru them in my big ring. Turning inland off the coast I realized that I was avg'ing almost 20MPH for the first 20 miles! nice! hit the base of El tigre and started spinning the legs up, I did drop into my granny but never into my easiest gear. I kept it at 9MPH for most of the climb (think I dipped to 8mph on one spot where it was uber steep) At the aid station at the top of El tigre I stopped for ~1min downed a glass of power aid and ate a gu packet and kept going. The rolling terrain of the messa is the killer part, yea you climb ~1,000 feet but then its these short sheep rollers, 30mph+ on the decents....11mph on the ensuing climb.... Finally I hit the decent, and there was a nasty headwind coming out of the west! I didn't even break 40MPH.... and I was tucked and cranking! I grabbed onto the wheels of a group as I turned back onto the Baja coastal hiway. Nobody was working really well together. I took a monster pull and as I dropped off 2 guys pulled thru but the rest made me go in to a spot 3rd in line.... So those 2 guys take nice pulls then I take another HARD pull (I'm ready to pop!) I fall off and again only 2 guys pull thru...... I'm like WTF... so after staying in the pace line my turn to pull was coming up again, just then a lone rider doing at least 30mph (we were going 25-26) comes by us..... I give it all I have! and jump onto his wheel. I take a look back and we dropped that group like a bad habit! He was pulling me like a parent pulls a kid thru the grocery store. He let up a bit and looked back I said "I'll try and pull my weight here" so I took a pathetic pull :( I was only out front for 1 min and dropped back to 25 mph.... He came around me and I said "Sorry I'm pedaling squares those guys back there worked me hard" he said no worries and paced me into the finish straight, he sat up for a min and said "sprint ya for it" which was totally unfair as he had been doing all the work but I got in the drops and sprinted it out (calves were starting to cramp bad!) I pipped him at the line :) 2:40:30 5 mins better than my goal time! PS this caps a record 111.29 mile week for me! Nice! so 30 mins later I saw the guys roll back to the finish meeting spot :) We then downed lots of beers! good stuff Activity Route: Rosarito to Ensenada Elev. Avg: 392 ft Location: Tijuana, -- Elev. Gain: -10 ft Date: 09/29/07 Up/Downhill: [+3103/-3113] Time: 12:00 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   63F temp; 72% humidity   63F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 49.86 miles Time: 2:40:30 Speed: 18.6 mph Pace: 3' 14 /mi Heart Rate: 158 bpm (Avg) Calories: 2487 193 bpm (Peak) Map Tijuana,   Elevation (ft.)

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