Misc 2005 Rides

Photos from miscellaneous rides in 2005. Click here for photos from 2004

11-10-05: Oat Hill Mine Road, Calistoga
We took our Campy-equipped mountain bike (well, the brake levers are Campy) on the very rugged Oat Hill Mine Road trail outside of Calistoga, California. Very tough going, but the views are definitely worth it.

Famous Napa Valley sign	Overview of Calistoga	Self-portrait	Looking back over the Napa Valley	Mount St Helena
	The Palisades	A sample of the trail, which dates back to the 1850s, when Chinese laborers carved it out of the rock	Wagon wheel ruts from the 1800s
		Ruins at the top of the trail.

7-24-05: National Bike Greenway Ride
Four Davis Bike Club members (president Tim, plus John, Karen, and Campy Only's Eric Norris) braved 100-degree temps to meet a group of riders--including several on high-wheel bikes--on their way to Davis for the 2005 Mayor's Ride. Seeing the old-fashioned bikes in Old Sacramento was quite a treat.

Tim and John, waiting for the riders	The arrival of the high-wheelers	Mayor's Ride organizer Martin Krieg
	High-wheel riders tower over the cars (look closely)
	Photo left: This family was in town from Germany to visit the State Capital when we arrived.

7-19-05: Vancouver
We did a little exploring by bike in Vancouver, and ended up meeting Italian framebuilder Guiseppi Cramerotti!


Campy Only's Eric Norris with Giuseppi Cramerotti	Giuseppi's bike shop may be the nicest we have ever seen. This shot doesn't do it justice--we took it because it is the only display of Campagnolo clothing we have found. For more on Campione: http://www.campionecycles.com/	Another shop in Vancouver. The old school Campy decals on the front door mean that they've been around for a while		Campy Only's Eric Norris in yet another gratuitous shot, this time with some of Vancouver's many high-rise apartment buildings. For more Vancouver photos from a "groovy" perspective, click here

7-4-50: Davis Criterium
Photos and videos from a few of the races

		Video!			Video!

6-2005: Riding in SoCal
We packed our folding bike for some riding in Southern California

We stopped at this historic marker near La Habra. First time we took a photo in 30+ years of riding by this spot.

Yes, there are still working oil wells near Brea, California.

Scenic shots near Baldy Village

On the way up to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway--2,000' of gain in 4 miles
!

5-28-05: Santa Rosa Bike Club's 600K Brevet
We didn't do the ride, but we were there to see some of the riders at the halfway point in Davis. Photo at right is yet another gratuitous shot of Campy Only's

4-16-05: Bike Around the Buttes
100 miles near and around the Sutter Buttes in Northern California (the world's smallest mountain range). We completed the 100-mile course in 5 hours, 12 minutes, at an average speed of 21.3 mph--on our fixed gear bike!

Bo Yule gets pumped up	Distant view of the buttes	Campy Only's fixed gear	Long and winding road? No way!	First rest stop	Many kinds of bikes
Many kinds of riders	Levee bridge	Were we going that fast?		Meridian rest stop	Meridian house
	The buttes--close up@		Nearing the finish	Last rest stop--a tropical paradise	Waiting in line for post-ride meal
		Sacramento Bike Hikers sent a large contingent	In Knight's Landing

4-9-05: Davis Bike Club's 12/24-Hour Challenge
How far can you ride in 12 hours? 24 hours? We didn't do the ride, but we did bring a camera.

6:30 a.m. start	Riders wait for their start times	VIDEO! Recumbent rider heads out	6:31 p.m.--Mojo Cosgrove and Annie Beck finish: 198 miles in 12 hours	Glad it's over
Peter Burnett rides this fixed gear bike like Jimi Hendrix played guitar.	Graham Pollock--242.5 miles in 12 hours!!	About 9:30	Checkpoint/rest stop in Winters

3-24-05: Indio
Riding among the date palms in the Coachella Valley

Nice views of the mountains

Date palms

Eric Norris, wearing Davis Bike Club colors

Classic desert house

Off in the distance is the Salton Sea

3-21-05: Diamond Bar
The bike trails in this Southern California city are paved with diamonds!

3-5-05: Davis Bike Club 200K Brevet
The Davis Bike Club's first qualifying brevet event of the year.

Dan Shadoan waves to the camera	A large group gets ready for the 7 am start	Dan gives instructions to the riders		Mojo Cosgrove hams it up
		The peloton on Putah Creek Road