Dark Angel said:
Hey! You guys are posting about the wrong ride on the wrong thread. Err, well you know what I mean.
Hm, I'm not sure what prompted Steve to comment on the Saturday ride proposal on this thread, all I did was provide options to JTT's original route to give him more ideas (as per his request)! Steve must have had something funny to drink last night
But I would like to do that ride sometime with ya Crash but Saturdays aren't good for me. Maybe one of these days you can take us up there on a Sunday. We (at BARF) were talking about doing a Skaggs ride one of these days when the weather is better.
Looks like Saturdays aren't the best choice for a few people here. After hearing about the negative police attention to sport riders in Marin on Sundays, I do my best to avoid it then. Even so, the route I chose minimizes time spent on "major" Marin county sport riding roads. I've seen Highway 1 staked out in a few different places, and almost fell victim to a blockade + Cessna police plane deal myself years ago.
I'll be more than happy to do it one Sunday later on this year. More daylight = more roads, or more rest stops to allow the less experienced riders to go the full distance of the ride. Once Daylight Savings Time comes into effect, we can talk more about it!
rsrai said:
hey mike, gmann, srir and i have been up to eureka canyon rd all the way to summit and then 17. the scenery is beautiful ontop of eureka but the road sucks up there. but it was still great fun.
Last time I did those roads was last fall on an Aprilia Falco. They were pretty torn up back then also. I withhold from using the term "sucks" as I try to ride every road for what it is.
If the road is better suited for a dirt bike, I try to ride the bike like one, regardless of what I'm on! Elbows out, standing on the pegs, back braking into corners so as to not load the front over pavement imperfections, gassing out while sometimes pushing the bike beneath me to get all my weight on the outside peg - it all makes for a great ride, but in a different way!
In any case, it's a suggestion, despite your perception of "suckage" it sounds like you had a good time as well. Will the rest of the group have a similar attitude? I don't know, I'd say there's only one way to find out!
- Mike