Posted by Patty
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:36:00 GMT
Back by popular demand! Last month we had about 45 women descend en mass upon the shop for some great riding, gabbing, and consuming of food and drink!
We will be doing it again this Friday, Sept 12th, with rides launching around 5:45pm. Ladies only!
After sunset we will return for food, prepped for our pleasure by guys who will give up an evening just for the fun of feeding a whole flock o’ female mountain bikers!
Tell your girlfriends!
Check comments below for details on the menu and other fun stuff.
Pictures from last month are up here on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51326343@N00/sets/72157607077317100/detail/
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Posted by Charles
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:12:00 GMT
We have completed our second day riding in the Nelson area, both in town, as well as from the Baldface Lodge 4000 feet above town. While we originally found Canada a smaller place than originally stated (metric conversion conspiracy. Every thing in Canada is about 1/3 closer than it sounds), we have found the 4000 foot drop into town is at least 5000 feet, and a “full day” of riding can be had by noon.
Our group started with 14 eager campers, and a 45 minute push from the Lodge up to Cherry Tops, because the aforementioned 4000 feet evidently wasn’t, by local standards, enough. Our guide today was some available local named Mike, and we followed him to the best of our ability down High Man to Swamp Donkey. The best of our ability turned out to be better than the ability of at least six of the riders in our group, and they got on a truck at mid mountain. Four were never seen again.
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Posted by Patty
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:39:00 GMT
Today we learned that Rodney Johnson lost his life to pancreatic cancer, and we are feeling just a profound sense of sadness. Rodney was a good man. The kind of quiet and unassuming guy some people might ignore as being a bit too dorky; not nearly hip or “in” enough. But if you ever got the chance to get to know Rodney, you would silently shrink, and feel like such an idiot for judging a book by its cover.
Rodney Johnson
Rodney was a quiet, gentle, man. A giant in deed if not power output or outward appearance. A completely modest person, he never talked much about his contributions to our sport, but there can be no denying that he was the right guy in the right place at the right time. Several times.
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Posted by PeterD
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:20:00 GMT
Had another women-only ride and party last week. About 25 women came for the ride (and a few more for the festivities only). All cooking, drink-making, etc. was performed by men (especially, master chef Jay).
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Posted in Passion, People | Tags fandango, friday | 10 comments
Posted by PeterD
Fri, 02 May 2008 00:39:00 GMT
Here is a ride report from Jay, who did a ride with Charles and some others this past Monday up in Pacifica.
(note – if you click on a picture, you will see a higher resolution version of that picture)
When you have no meetings, a boss out of town, some time off to burn, a new downhill bike, and a case of the Mondays, there’s only one thing to do – Go out to the coast and ride! The blooming spring colors, ocean views and quality of people couldn’t have been better today. Also, Tom and Charles had matching shoes, which somehow is less controversial than when Sterling and I show up in matching socks. Anyway…
| We started off with a nice climb with what used to be the old Highway 1: |  |
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Posted by PeterD
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:25:00 GMT
There was a recent post on MTBR that covers what the ride is supposed to be about:
I spend a lot of time training and riding with a focused goals. Racing is great but it’s good to recalibrate once in a while. I went to the Passion Trails Wednesday night ride tonight and remembered why I started riding in the first place. Good people, friendly vibes and just a damn good time on a bike.
It was great to hear this.
Did remind me of some things meant to say before the last ride I lead, which I thought I would post here:
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Posted by PeterD
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:41:00 GMT
The event went off well. The weather reporters were wrong when they said we would get rain on Saturday – we got just enough Friday night to make sure the trails were dust free, but not so much to make things muddy. Good set of photos and comments showing up on MTBR (though I am copying some of the better ones over to this post).
Thanks for everyone who showed up! And special thanks to folks like JohnH, Justine, TomR, MichaelP, and others who chipped in to help.
More photos below…
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Posted by PeterD
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:22:00 GMT
Charles and a whole crew went out for a ride at the Demo on Presidents Day. He has a new camera, so took a bunch of pictures and a few videos (plus one non-blurry pic courtesy of Caroline). Here is his write up:
A Three Hour Tour…
Well, that’s what I had planned. Ok, maybe a four hour, and at best a four and a half hour adventure in the woods, but I’ve swum with these fishes before, so I came prepared for an all day adventure as past experience has taught me. We used the occasion of Presidents Day to get together with friends and customers and take advantage of the warm Spring like day by taking a tour of the Soquel Demonstration State Forest. Of the fifteen or so riders that started last Monday’s ride, about half of us ended up spending over 6 hours riding just about every trail we could find.
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Posted in Trails, People | Tags Demo, ride | 4 comments
Posted by Patty
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:20:00 GMT
We have two positions open starting soon:
Mountain Bike Mechanic and
Mountain Bike Customer Service and Merchandise Specialist
for details, clicky on the linky below.
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Posted by Patty
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:15:00 GMT
Marilyn Price is a finalist in $25,000 Volvo for Life Award
Your vote online may help Trips for Kids receive $25,000!
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Please take a moment to vote for Marilyn on-line and spread the word to your friends and colleagues.
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