Why we live in California
Just got back from a little spin on Sunday, January 29 starting at 2:30pm. Short sleeve jersey, shorts, and a vest. 60 degrees and beautiful (except for the regular headwind that seems to blow in the Trivalley area). Got home, took off the jersey and shorts and see I got some tan lines. Crazy. Of course now I've jinxed the weather and we'll see like 3 weeks straight of rain and no sun.On a side note, almost 100% certain that I crossed paths with the great one (VB) - a quick but hearty "Hey!" to each other but that was it. I looked back but I didn't even warrant a second look. Must have thought to herself, "Who's the geek riding a road bike with the visor on his helmet?!"
posted by ginmtb @ 1/29/2006
16 Comments:
At 1/29/2006,
X Bunny said…
how you know for sure: did she have a Man In Black within half a bike length?
oh, and i love visors
At 1/29/2006,
ginmtb said…
Strange, she was with someone in a white jersey... perhaps he was trying to come over from the dark side...
They were side by side though.
At 1/29/2006,
ginmtb said…
Heck* I don't even know if the person she was with was male or female. I was trying to figure out if the VB wearing chickee was VB so I didn't pay any attention to the other person. Sorry oV if that was you - I mean, you've got a nice a$$ and all, but I don't suh-wing from that side of the plate. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
At 1/29/2006,
X Bunny said…
he might have been testing out the team's new white "summer" jerseys
although i'd expect it to be 105 degrees out before oV'd need the whites
might have been just because the white jerseys are pretty slick-looking
At 1/29/2006,
Velo Bella said…
I have to admit..the white jerseys are pretty slick looking.
And yes, that was us. You were so deep in thought (or just so happy to not be in a ChirpyECheese) that you didn't even notice us. oV did his usual wave and hello that he does to all and no response from you. But he's used to that. It took my hearty "Hey" to snap you out of your Fay Hoy trance.
oV was on motorpace overdrive (I was echeloning not riding side by side - roadie thang) and so I didn't get a chance to tell him that I thought that was you until he turned off the burners.
but I figured it was you
as close as we've come yet...
At 1/29/2006,
ginmtb said…
oV said something? Sheesh, guess I WAS in a trance... must of been the VB aura that put me in that state. Or the fact that I was given about 1.5 hours to do a ride that takes us slow out of shape folks longer than that (did it in 1:28! Amazing how effective the silent death stare when you're late is). Or the fact that my visor pretty much blocks out anything more than 20' in front of me. Mountain bike geeber.
Did you notice me flying up that road? Did ya? Huh? I was haulin'. Uh, yeah, that's it.
So close, yet so far...
At 1/29/2006,
ginmtb said…
echeloning - too big of a word for my vocab. Especially if it is a roadie thang.
At 1/30/2006,
Velo Bella said…
We were just coming back from a 3 hourish ride that included a partial ascent up Diablo. So I was pretty close to cooked.
The last two weekends oV has tricked me by saying we are going on a coffee ride. However, I have yet to see any goshdurn* coffee on these rides. I think I am going to trick him into a mountain bike ride this weekend.
But he did make me feel all better later.
Shmoooooooop.
At 1/30/2006,
ginmtb said…
What did I tell ya? It's now raining. Nice.
And to top it off the shmoop has invaded this post. Great.
Too soon for even a partial ascent of Diablo for me - maybe later this month.
At 1/30/2006,
X Bunny said…
'just an easy spin'
i've heard that one a lot
i think we define terms a little differently so i don't even pay attention anymore to what the ride is supposed to be
i just figure it'll be hard
At 1/30/2006,
Velo Bella said…
I wanna
I wanna before all those "skills" i finally got go rusty and stale
At 1/30/2006,
ginmtb said…
Man, I so wanna get out on the dirt too (I need to put in some volunteer time too) - gotta see if I can re-work this Sunday... let's see if I can pull something out of my sleeve... So are the Bellas going to do the mud shot a la WOMBATS?
At 1/31/2006,
X Bunny said…
white shorts
can be good or bad
At 1/31/2006,
ginmtb said…
Okay PF, I'm working my je ne sais pas or something like that. Seed is planted and the scales have been tilted to the "go" side, albeit just slightly (it could easily sway the other direction if she were to read this blog). Will let you know as soon as I'm officially in.
Too many youngins on this site - you don't know the mudshot from WOMBATS? If I'm there I will explain and perhaps you can demonstrate... :)
At 2/01/2006,
PAB(a.k.a.CID) said…
Gin = perv
on second thought, Wombat mudshot = messy but yummy...
and yes, me = old fart
At 2/01/2006,
ginmtb said…
Thank you Pab. Nicest thing anyone has said to me in quite some time.
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