Solvang TT Gala
by ssmith on Jan 15, 2009 3:09 PM EST
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For folks who will be in Solvang for the ToC TT, there's a fundraiser event that evening in town. $75/person or $1k for a group of 10. Dinner, wine, and "surprise celebrity appearance" (my money is on Bob Roll), music, dancing, silent auction and other assorted nonsense. RSVP by 2/12. www.tourofcalifornia-solvang.com.
Just in case you have some extra money to blow.
These are extra words. Really, no need to read them unless you want to.
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$75/person or $1k for a group of 10.
Woow.. That’s rude.. Don’t come in with all. We only like singles/small groups!
Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.
by Frinking on Jan 15, 2009 3:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
What are the vitals re: the PDC get together?
I’m emerging from lurker status for the first time in many a moon. Plan to be at the TT but don’t recall the PDC party details. Thx.
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Jan 15, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Full details aren't out yet.
Thus far, we’ve narrowed down our party to Solvang, nearby the course, and beer. Not sure much more is needed now that I think about it. ha ha. Chris and company are working on more details. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 15, 2009 11:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
House, keg
during the TT, on the TT course. Full details a week before.
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 12:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Much obliged. Look forward to putting faces w/ avitars!
Thinking hard - really hard - of something witty to say....
by Cyclingrush on Jan 16, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Chris...
feel free to email me directly if you want help hooking things up, arranging a ride, etc. Sometimes my PdC monitoring isn’t so great, so give me a holler at my direct email. Drew has it if you don’t anymore.
by ssmith on Jan 16, 2009 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
will do, thanks!
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The ToC Ball
I think I’ll ask Drew to dance
I wonder who’ll lead
Yes, my friends… that’s a Haiku.
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by crashdan on Jan 15, 2009 4:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Drew probably would
unless you pay him extra
the Drewd abides
by Jimbo... on Jan 15, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm having a hard time with "Drewd"...
How are you pronouncing it so that it constitutes two syllables?
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by crashdan on Jan 15, 2009 6:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not
But then again I didn’t claim mine was a proper haiku… but that last line is sublime! It’s so Zen… surely that is worth something.
by Jimbo... on Jan 15, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pronouncing it like "druid" makes it work...
… and makes it both zen and something the French call I don’t know what.
The Druids… no one knows who they were, or, what they were doin’. But their legacy remains, hewn, into the living rock…
… of Stone’enge…
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by crashdan on Jan 15, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"We've got armadillos in our trousers"
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
by Drew... on Jan 15, 2009 10:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Having a good solid piece
of wood in your hand
is often useful.
"I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me more of a selective human than someone who doesn't believe anything."
by Ruthann on Jan 15, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"beer spat out"
Well said Ruthann.. LoL
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by CycleGirl on Jan 16, 2009 2:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just spit my coffee out.
So not what I would expect from sweetheart Ruthann!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ladies, ladies, it's a ST quote; get your minds out of
the gutter! :-) The full quote is, "Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful. " Hey, 1984 was a very big year for me; what I remember of it, that is……
"I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me more of a selective human than someone who doesn't believe anything."
by Ruthann on Jan 16, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I assumed it was in reference to something very respectible,
as you are precious with things like that, but I’m running with you posting something that made us spit our drinks!!! Awesome!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My mind is always in the gutter ;-)
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
by CycleGirl on Jan 17, 2009 1:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is a druide
Something say it isn’t exactly Drew.. But that’s just a wild guess
Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.
by Frinking on Jan 16, 2009 4:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not quite Drew...
Drew would never pair those shoes with that cape.
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by crashdan on Jan 16, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Although keeping razorsharp cutting-intruments dangerously close
to the groin area seems in line with what I would expect from him.
by Jens on Jan 16, 2009 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And it's rounded just so.... umm... well it's... rounded.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I love Getafix!
One of my favorite comic book characters of all time.
Though of course Obelix if first.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
by Drew... on Jan 16, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
getafix? is that Asterix' name is some Scandinavian language?
:)
by lyne on Jan 16, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes... his half brother is "Needshisfix" the cocaine addled Norwegian Gnome.
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by crashdan on Jan 16, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone knows the village druid's name is Getafix
That’s what’s so great about the books – every character’s name is an amusing twist on something about their character or work.
The village bard (who’s a terrible singer) is named Cacophonix.
The Chief of the village is Vitalstatistix. And so on.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
by Drew... on Jan 16, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
in the originals druide's name is panoramix
chief = abraracourcix, barde = assurancetourix, obelix’ dog = idefix
by lyne on Jan 16, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oooh, much prefer the ones they changed to
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
by Drew... on Jan 16, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
disagree there, nothing beats the original for me. I grew up reading those books
by lyne on Jan 16, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
One click, makes you larger, aaaaaaand one click, makes you small...
… and the ones that mother gives you, don’t doooooooooooo anything, at all..
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by crashdan on Jan 16, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
love love loved 'em.
Ended up in the hospital for a week as a kid, and I thought nothing could be better, because all I did was read Asterix and Obelix.
by Sui Juris on Jan 17, 2009 10:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Panoramix in the French original
“getafix” for the U.S.
Not sure why, as panoramix works just as well, linguistically. Guess they figured we needed some easy laughs.
by JFS_PGH on Jan 21, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hm
I am seriously thinking about going to this. Might need help understanding why I shouldn’t…
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by Chris... on Jan 15, 2009 6:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Do you think being sloppy beer drunk would be a help or a hindrance?
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by crashdan on Jan 15, 2009 6:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You should...
and take pictures for the rest of us.
by ssmith on Jan 15, 2009 6:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this a fancy coat and tie kind of thing?
cause if it is, that would be a good reason not to go
by Jimbo... on Jan 15, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but neing Fancy coat and tie
and being sloppy beer drunk, always makes for great pictures.. hehhee
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
by CycleGirl on Jan 15, 2009 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hm
good point. Also, I have a feeling most of the people associated with the race will have moved on to the next morning’s start.
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 12:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Next morning's start is definitely down the road apiece...
I think “surprise celebrity appearance” will most likely be John Eustice… if Oscar Sevilla is racing…
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by crashdan on Jan 16, 2009 2:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh no.... it can not end well.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We're going to partying still while Chris goes, right?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 15, 2009 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My friends and I are...
planning on riding about 6 hours that day before/after the TT. As time gets closer, we should plan a little more.
So, during the gala, I’ll be sleeping on the couch.
by ssmith on Jan 15, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I ride with you?
I’m bringing my Garmin so I’ll know how to get home.
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn.... now that's going to be the mother of all rides if you go all the way home.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What you don't realise...
… is that Chris is pulling a Svein Tuft and will actually be towing me all the way back to Seattle to meet DS’s Little and Littler Bear.
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by crashdan on Jan 16, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you want to stop at my house
you are more than welcome. You can use my bathroom
by Jimbo... on Jan 16, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure...
The ride plans look like this…
1. Early departure to ride from Solvang down to Santa Barbara (mostly flat and fast along the 101). Meet up with others in SB.
2. Ride back over the mountain (highway 154) down to the Santa Ynez Valley (near Solvang).
3. Ride over Mt. Figueroa (12ish miles of climbing; about 4k feet in elevation gain…some gravel).
4. Drop back down into Los Olivos to see some part of the TT…probably the endish few.
It’ll be an effortful ride. Some folks might bail on the Fig portion due to time/death concerns. We recalculated the time today…might be closer to 7 hours.
by ssmith on Jan 16, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hm
Here’s my version:
1. Early departure to ride from Solvang down to Santa Barbara (mostly flat and fast along the 101). Meet up with others in SB.
2. Call Gavia for a lift back to Los Olivos.
3. Kegger at our house.
Seriously though, I would like to hook up with you the day before or after, for at least a short stretch before you guys rip my legs off.
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not sure what's serious or not
but don’t count on driving into/out of Solvang during the TT.
by lyne on Jan 16, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no worky
it is possible to get to los olivos, but not solvang once the race is on.
me, i’ll be there before it starts, natch :-)
by gavia on Jan 16, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not just.
Easy to drive to Solvang if you know the top-secret back way. It’s the way that the locals know about and use when the town gets too overrun with ToC stuff, the rodeo, or the big classic car show.
by ssmith on Jan 16, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You're so helping me and Gav out right?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not really necessary
You’ll be going before the race starts, so no secret decoder ring necessary :-)
by gavia on Jan 16, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweetness.
I’m so keeping your number handy. ha ha!!!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
101?
I vaguely recall that there is a bike path that parallels 101 down the coast, at least in parts, but how do you get from Buelton out to the coast? Do you ride on the actual shoulder of highway 101 for the whole thing? Cause that sounds insane to me. Granted my memories of that road are pretty dated, but still… I would be up for a longish, but less ambitious ride if anyone else is interested. Particularly one that ends at the kegger…
by Jimbo... on Jan 16, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
what he said. The 101 is an official CalTrans bikeway at various spots along the state. All good…I ride it to work in SB several times per day.
by ssmith on Jan 16, 2009 10:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It helps
if you can put out more watts than the cars.
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by Chris... on Jan 16, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Up in my hood...
101 is a serious freeway. There are a few places that you are technically allowed to ride on the shoulder, but you would soon be dead if you tried… Not the same down there I know… Oh, and beer good.
by Jimbo... on Jan 16, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ride + beer = good
I’m all about pre-beer riding. No deathmarches, thanks.
You are bringing the IF, right?
by gavia on Jan 16, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No deathmarches
and yes, the IF will be there. Bring your pedals.
by Jimbo... on Jan 16, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell is the IF?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
his bikey :-)
Independent Fabrication. googler IF Bikes. Extremely drool-worthy.
I’m assuming I’m bringing my whole bike for the purpose of pre-beer riding. But I s’pose that all depends on the planning and such. If there is a day-before-the-beer ride, that might be pretty fun too.
by gavia on Jan 16, 2009 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I've decided against bringing mine.
So, if you guys ride, I’d be happy to help with any driving or stops. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Jan 16, 2009 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ten foot
wide shoulder all the way down the 101. It’s where we do TT practice because it’s so smooth. The trip back over 154 is where you have to keep your elbows in. 101 is completely safe….and sometimes you see dolphins.
by ssmith on Jan 16, 2009 11:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
154 I remember
And what I remember is two lanes, little or no shoulder, lots of people in a hurry…
by Jimbo... on Jan 16, 2009 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
because you will be busy emptying the second cafe keg
we are going to need more than one, don’t you think? and we can’t be leaving a keg un-emptied. so, i’m afraid, you’re booked for that evening. like, solid. keg drinking, serious business here in cali.
;-)
by gavia on Jan 15, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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