Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Rainy Days
JON PON RIDE CONTINUED
So my Sweep Duties started in Petaluma, and I had to wait until the last rider came in and had lunch, by the time we got on the road, most of the heavy downpour had tapered off to a drizzle.
Marjorie, is a first time rider, 63 years old, and had not been on a bike for some time. She was a moderate cadence rider, and she used her front set of sprockets rather well. (When I sweep, I like to look at how people use their gears, and point out any helpful hints if I can to make them a faster rider). But she was not using the the complete portion of her back sprockets , so when we got to a place where we could stop, I pointed that out to her.
I told her that at this point is was better to use more of the middle ring on her front and to use more of the complete ring in the back. I had her try it out, and she said that it was much easier than before, I also pointed out that we were now going faster. She also felt more comfortable to try using more of the entire range of gears.
This is exactly what I like about Training rides, helping someone to get better and make it easier at what they have committed to do.
So my Sweep Duties started in Petaluma, and I had to wait until the last rider came in and had lunch, by the time we got on the road, most of the heavy downpour had tapered off to a drizzle.
Marjorie, is a first time rider, 63 years old, and had not been on a bike for some time. She was a moderate cadence rider, and she used her front set of sprockets rather well. (When I sweep, I like to look at how people use their gears, and point out any helpful hints if I can to make them a faster rider). But she was not using the the complete portion of her back sprockets , so when we got to a place where we could stop, I pointed that out to her.
I told her that at this point is was better to use more of the middle ring on her front and to use more of the complete ring in the back. I had her try it out, and she said that it was much easier than before, I also pointed out that we were now going faster. She also felt more comfortable to try using more of the entire range of gears.
This is exactly what I like about Training rides, helping someone to get better and make it easier at what they have committed to do.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Rained Out
So this weekend, I went on the Jonathan Pon 2 day Ride.
I called My friend Beau who is in charge of the ride and asked if it was going to be canceled because I heard it was going to rain. He assured me that it was just going to rain a little bit, just while we were riding and maybe some during the night while we were safely in our tents. I assured him that I would be there on time, with my tent (it sleeps six), ready to go.
So off to my house to pack, did I mention that I have been moving? Well I have not moved the bike or the tent yet, so I had to go to the condo to get those, and the Internet, cable and Telephone were being installed that night as well.
"That Night" you said, in as at nighttime after dinner? Well, it was day three of Telephone Installation.
Tuesday, for which I took off from work to be there, they lost our order, no they didn't lose our order, it wasn't released to the technicians. So they reschedule us for Thursday instead, same time slot, 12-2 pm. They then showed up at 3:30, did something up the street for an hour, then cam e back to the house and said we had no signal, and then left.
Friday they came back at 4:30, and the poor man had to install all the wires, etc in the rain. he was there until 11:20, his wife brought him something to eat, and Cowboy went out and grabbed us stuff to eat from Safeway.
I was trying to pack, and pay attention to the Technician, I forgot somethings like a jacket for wearing at the campsite, and I should have packed everything in a plastic baggie.
So I popped out of bed at 4:30 ate something then left for the city, I had to go back to the condo, because I could not find my tire irons, yes there are somewhere in the house, but I had taken them off the bike, I put them in a small contain that I take on ride with me, but I forgot where I put that. and You cannot go on a ride without tire irons.
I arrived in the City, about 20 minutes late, but it was in plenty of time because we allow ourselves 45 minutes to chat, check out bikes over, do a safety meeting, eat etc.
Well, it was drizzly on the way down but it was not raining when I got to Mill Valley.
So we were off, and well to make a long story short, it rained, not that hard but constantly. The worst part was right after lunch, but thankfully I had Sweep duties from Petaluma to Vally Ford, and I was waiting under an awning for the riders to come in eat their lunch, and for us to head out again. It had calmed down to a slight drizzle, when it was time for us to ride out again.
More later
I called My friend Beau who is in charge of the ride and asked if it was going to be canceled because I heard it was going to rain. He assured me that it was just going to rain a little bit, just while we were riding and maybe some during the night while we were safely in our tents. I assured him that I would be there on time, with my tent (it sleeps six), ready to go.
So off to my house to pack, did I mention that I have been moving? Well I have not moved the bike or the tent yet, so I had to go to the condo to get those, and the Internet, cable and Telephone were being installed that night as well.
"That Night" you said, in as at nighttime after dinner? Well, it was day three of Telephone Installation.
Tuesday, for which I took off from work to be there, they lost our order, no they didn't lose our order, it wasn't released to the technicians. So they reschedule us for Thursday instead, same time slot, 12-2 pm. They then showed up at 3:30, did something up the street for an hour, then cam e back to the house and said we had no signal, and then left.
Friday they came back at 4:30, and the poor man had to install all the wires, etc in the rain. he was there until 11:20, his wife brought him something to eat, and Cowboy went out and grabbed us stuff to eat from Safeway.
I was trying to pack, and pay attention to the Technician, I forgot somethings like a jacket for wearing at the campsite, and I should have packed everything in a plastic baggie.
So I popped out of bed at 4:30 ate something then left for the city, I had to go back to the condo, because I could not find my tire irons, yes there are somewhere in the house, but I had taken them off the bike, I put them in a small contain that I take on ride with me, but I forgot where I put that. and You cannot go on a ride without tire irons.
I arrived in the City, about 20 minutes late, but it was in plenty of time because we allow ourselves 45 minutes to chat, check out bikes over, do a safety meeting, eat etc.
Well, it was drizzly on the way down but it was not raining when I got to Mill Valley.
So we were off, and well to make a long story short, it rained, not that hard but constantly. The worst part was right after lunch, but thankfully I had Sweep duties from Petaluma to Vally Ford, and I was waiting under an awning for the riders to come in eat their lunch, and for us to head out again. It had calmed down to a slight drizzle, when it was time for us to ride out again.
More later
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