Gorgeous ride around Lake Perris!

1-22-12: The weather cooperated and cleared up beautifully for our ride around Lake Perris this afternoon. Just check out the pictures in my FB album and you'll see what I'm talking about!

We'll definitely do this again! Everyone had a nice time and enjoy this scenic and tranquil ride around the lake.

1st ride of 2012: WINDY 65!

1-8-12: Whew! The first ride of 2012 was THE windiest I have ever experienced. The news reported winds of up to 65 MPH!

Nevertheless, had a few brave souls who made it all the way to Mt. Rubidoux and back. Check out the pixs and hope to see you at our next ride Jan. 22, 1:30 PM!

Looking at my Endomondo data, some of the splits are telling:

Miles 1-9 (heading to Mt. Rubi) ave. between 4 & 5 min. miles, with one 7 min. mile.
Miles 10 - 15 (heading back) ave. between 8 and 11 min. miles!
Miles 16-18 (after Robin got picked up and trying to catch the other two) ave. 5 min miles.

Total Data: 18.14 miles completed in 2:02 hours. Ave. speed 6:46 min/mile, burned 2080 kcals!

Robin, Ada (red) and Raymond raise their hands in victory as we headed towards Mt. Rubidoux. They laughed at the wind. Little did we know the wind would have the last laugh on the way back!!

Yeah! We made it!!!

Mandy (left) and Sarah (right end) joined us as well.

To see the rest of the pixs, especially of the challenging ride back in the strongest head wind ever, click HERE.

Trail work!

8-11-11: A couple of Sundays ago (when it rained!), I took the opp to do some trail work on a section of a path that had gotten very narrow---about 5-inches wide at it's narrowest spot! With the drop off on the left side, it made it very challenging for newbie mtn. bikers to ride or even walk across with their bikes.

Now, it's a couple of feet wide and level! While working on it, I had hikers thank me for doing this! LOL!

If you'd like to join in the next trail work day, I'd be happy to have some company! ;-)

SART ride this Sun, Aug. 14

Hi TCF riders,

Just a reminder that we're riding this Sunday, Aug.14, 8:00 AM, from Souplantation parking lot. Hope you can join us!

Not sure if the Choi's will be coming, but if they do, I will most likely be on the tandem with broken-arm-stoker Nathan. See if you can keep up this time, now that I switched out the slick tires with 2.2 knobby off-road tires! (That's ok, I need to burn more kcals!)

IF the Choi's aren't coming, then I'll either ride my single big OR if someone else (child or adult) wants to ride as my stoker, then I'll bring the tandem. First come first serve! ;-) I give preference to those who have some kind of physical limitation and could use the help.

Here's the Souplantation link for coupons if you decide to join us for brunch afterwards:

http://garden-fresh.s3.amazonaws.com/emails/aug2011/email-coupons-A-texas.html

Hope to see you there! And feel free to bring your family and friends. ;-)

Ernie


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Cyclery USA-Redlands donates helmets!

7-29-11: A BIG thanks to Cyclery USA-Redland's general manager, Jon, for donating 3 brand new helmets to Team CycleFit to use as loaners. That was a nice surprise!

At our last ride, we had a couple of newbies join us and they didn't have helmets. TCF strongly encourages the use of helmets, but we don't enforce or make anyone wear one since it's a public bike path and you ride at your own risk.

One of our regular riders, Elena, actually had her helmet but lent it to her younger sister, Tina, who was riding with us for the first time and didn't own a helmet. Way to go, Elena, for sacrificing your safety for her sister's sake!

Afterwards, I thought I should probably get some helmets to use as loaners so when I went to bring in the tandem later that afternoon for a maintenance service (after 5 years of dis-use, thought it prudent to do so since more kids want to do our rides with me on that rig!), I asked Jon if he had any used or older model helmets that I could buy at a discount.

Instead of that, he said he would just donate 3 helmets to Team CycleFit instead! That was more than I expected, and appreciated that because I'm still working on setting up TCF as a non-profit so we can have dues and sponsorship funds going to a budget to cover things like this (instead of Bank of Medina...LOL!).

That's why I encourage all our TCF riders to support your local businesses like Cyclery USA, because they support TCF!

Thx again, Jon and Cyclery USA!

Tandem makes rare appearance!

7-24-11: A gorgeous AM for a bike ride! The temp was pleasant as well--not too hot for starting just after 8 AM.

Check out the pixs...you'll see some regulars and new faces (some sore "sit bones" today!). You'll also see my mtn. bike tandem out for the first time on the bike path. Nathan, the son of some close friends, broke his arm, so this was the only way he could join us! So I dusted off our tandem, get it fixed up, and away Team Ninja went! We were a missle, averaging 20+ miles/hour and whipping by people! LOL! Nathan loved it! Will probably bring that out more now. Going to bring it in to Cyclery USA to get overhauled since it's been awhile since it's been ridden and maintained!

Stay tuned for our next ride on Aug. 14!

Gorgeous day for ride this AM!

7-10-11: Despite the record heat earlier this week, today's temps at 7:45 AM was very nice and pleasant! So the whole ride it never got too hot, which was good.

Here are some pixs from our ride, featuring several first-time cyclists with TCF.

6-12-11 Ride

6-12-11: Graduation day for LLU and other schools today! Even so, we had a group of regulars show up, along with 2 new cyclists and members to TCF show up: Elena and Bill! They were also sporting brand new bikes, so this was the inauguration for both bicycle and rider.

Check out the pics in the slide show and see how they did!



Next Ride: Sunday, June 26, 8:30 AM. I will be coming back from Honduras that day, so won't be there at the ride, but I hope that there are enough regulars that show up that can help get things going in my absence! Maybe I'll have to remind Jason to show up and see if someone from Cyclery USA can be there for sure. ;-)

Getting dirty on other Sundays!
If you like to ride off road, in the dirt, then be sure to check this site or better yet, get on Twitter and get my tweets when I'll be riding last-minute in the hills! Unless I'm otherwise booked up, I usually like to take Roxy on a mtn. bike ride in the AM before it gets too hot (tho it's been cool lately). So if you're wondering if I'm riding in the AM, text or e-mail me the night before, or stay tuned to a tweet if I'm going to hit the dirt with my Klein and Roxy!

Oct. 9, Riverside Citrus Classic
I've always wanted to do a 50-mile ride, and this may be the best chance to do a supported one, for only $45 and helps 2 non-profit charities (Riverside Educational Enrichmen Foundation & the Alvord Educational Foundation).

Oct. 9 happens to fall on the 2nd Sun. of Oct., so this could take the place of are usual ride! If you're interested in doing this, I will make a special e-mail list and keep in touch with you and maybe we can have some extra rides or go further as we build up and train for this ride. I haven't ridden this far before, so will be looking for a training plan, just like they have for doing a half or full marathon.

So let me know if you're interested in having this as a goal because now is a great time to start training!!!

For more info on this ride, go to: http://www.active.com/cycling/riverside-ca/riverside-citrus-classic-fun-bike-rides-2011.

Thx again for all those who come out, and I hope you have a good showing on June 26--someone take some pictures! I'll think of you all as I'm flying back from Honduras!

Gorgeous AM ride!

4-10-11: After rain as recent as Friday, Sun. was gorgeous! Perfect temp and weather. There was a big running race (Run through Redlands) going on this AM as well, but we still had a good group, thanks to Carol Kelly inviting some other families to join us.

Check out the pictures in this slide show:

Next ride: April 24, 3:30 PM

Perfect temp for afternoon ride!

3-30-11: Last Sunday's afternoon ride saw perfect temps (compared to the "cool" weather the last time we rode in the afternoon). The time change certainly helped!

Check out some pixs from our FB album HERE.

We'll have TCF fliers at the Redlands Classic this weekend--at the Beaver Medical Group booth and a couple of interns will be passing out fliers during the Sat. AM public races to families to help promote the club.

CU at our next ride, APRIL 10, at 8:30 AM!

Next ride: March 27

3-6-11: Just a reminder that our next ride will be on the regularly scheduled 4th Sun., March 27, 3:30 PM, meeting at Souplantation parking lot. This is just before the Redlands Classic so get pumped up for that and ride!

3-6-11 ride with 2 new riders!

3-6-11: Had an "off-schedule" ride on the first Sun. of this month, resulting in a smaller-than-usual group but never-the-less, we still had a nice core group of people riding with us.

We also had 2 people join us for the first time, Nancy M., (left) who I used to play Ultimate Frisbee with almost 10 years ago, and David (right), who found our blog by googling us. Unfortunately, Nancy had some mechanical difficulties that were un-fixable so she had to walk back to her car (she's planning on getting a new bike now!).

Here's an interesting sign I found near Mt. Rubidoux. Gives you an idea of what destinations are on this Santa Ana bike path.

I hope we have the same gorgeous weather we had this AM for the Blue Mountain city-sponsored hike in Grand Terrace next Sun., March 13, at 8:00 AM (end of Palm Ave. and Honey Hill Dr.). Hope to see you there!

March ride dates (slight change)

3-2-11: Due to the Blue Mountain Hike (8:00 AM, Grand Terrace, corner of Palm Ave. and Honey Hill Drive) on March 13, our AM ride will be on the FIRST Sun. this month, March 6, 8:30 AM. Please note the change from our usual 2nd Sun. schedule.

Our afternoon ride will be the usual 4th Sun., March 27, 3:30 PM.

Hope you can join us on both the rides and the Blue Mountain Hike on the 13th!

1st afternoon ride!

2-27-11: Enjoyed our first afternoon ride. Great to see so many kids on this ride, even though it took a bit longer than anticipated (last group came in after sunset...brrrrr!) The brown rice and pinto bean soup at Souplantation was a great way to warm up!

Check out the short video of our ride. Enjoy and hope to see you on our next ride in March!

Jan. 16 & Feb. 13 rides

2-14-11: Had great weather for a ride yesterday! Here's a short video clip of it, along with a video clip from our Jan. 16 ride as well. Enjoy and hope to you see you on our afternoon ride, Feb. 27, 3:30 PM!

Jan. 16 ride video

Feb. 13 ride

Next ride: Feb. 27, 3:30 PM, Souplantation

1-16-11 Ride

Gorgeous AM for a bike ride! For our 2nd ride of 2011, we doubled our numbers from our Jan. 2 ride with almost 30 riders! Check out the pictures in the Picassa album (click on picture). Stay tuned for info on our Jan. 30 ride, which will most likely be in the afternoon, time to be announced.

Team CycleFit 1-16-11

Next Ride: Jan. 16, Sun.

1-2-11: Join us for our next ride, same place, slightly later time:

Where: Souplantation parking lot
When: Jan. 16, Sun., 8:00 AM bike check; 8:30 AM departure.
Distance: Ride for 30-45 mins. on the Santa Ana River Trail bike path then turn-around and head back to parking lot.
Post-ride: Brunch at Souplantation around 10:30 AM (brunch ends at 11 AM)

Hope to see you then!

Vidclip of Team CycleFit's 1st ride in 2011!

1-2-11: Here's a short video clip of our first ride this AM (Jan. 2, 2011). Enjoy!