The Hammerin' Wheels Road Bike Club

November 8, 2009 9:00 AM - 40 attended

Flower Farm Ride

C-Bar-C Park (POOCH dog park) (map)

Selected By: Chuck Sinclair

12 photos of this Meetup

Uploaded by: Blaine

Terrain: Mostly flat with a few minor hills
Distance: Approx 30 miles
Speed: 14+
Rider Level: Beginner/intermediate
Sweep: Yes - We will ride as a group.

Meet at C-Bar-C Park in Citrus Heights for a ride through Penryn and Loomis. The park is on Oak Ave about one-half mile east of Fair Oaks Blvd on the north side of the street.
Midway we will stop at the Flower Farm for a coffee and a snack.

This is a great ride i did with SBH and enjoyed it a lot.

Updated Cue Sheet.

Cue Sheet

Phred
I have this feeling I am being followed. I cannot put my finger on it, but I just have this feeling............

Posted October 29, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Chuck Sinclair
Are you being followed or Stalked?

Posted October 29, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Phred
Not sure. Stalking can be fun. I will have to get back to you on that one. haha

Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Phred
Lourdes, you know who. Otis along with some others who will remain nameless.

Posted November 1, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Jeff Sanford
WOW, nice group coming together for this one!! Way to go Chuck!

Posted November 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Chuck Sinclair
Thanks Jeff, I Think ;-)

Posted November 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
A former member
1111ft of climbing! This is my first long ride, wish me well and don't kick my butt too bad!

Posted November 4, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Chuck Sinclair
That's an easy climb, you will do fine

Posted November 4, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Phred
Yo Matt, ya know this is not a MTB ride??? :o)

Posted November 5, 2009 at 9:23 PM
A former member
Welllll Phrederico, I went and bought myself a road bike after spending the dam summer rehabilitating from another mtn. bike injury.... We'll see.... hah!

Posted November 5, 2009 at 9:40 PM
A former member
wow, this is a great number of people.. hope everyone makes it...

Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Phred
It will be good to see you Matt. We can talk about your Mr. Matt meet Ms. Earth on the ride.

Posted November 6, 2009 at 6:04 AM
Blaine
This is crazy. Carol showing up on both sites.
Interesting???

Posted November 7, 2009 at 5:56 AM
Mica Dugan
FYI, we need to get to over 55/56 riders to beat the MB side for most in a meetup....just sayin'...

Posted November 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Phred
Mica, the MTB side occasionally has Pizza and Beer after the rides. That will draw them out for sure. Based on empirical evidence, it is the best post ride recovery nutrition I am aware of. :o)

Posted November 7, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Mike Oliver
Looking forward to my first ride with the club.

Posted November 7, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Mica Dugan
Phred, as for post ride recovery I couldn't agree more. We should do more of that over here on the good side...

Posted November 7, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Warren
Holy Smokes there are a lot of people getting together for this! Eats and drinks afterwards, I'm in!

Posted November 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Warren
Just as I say that, I get a call and am told we are having brunch to celebrate my grandpas birthday at 11:30am. I will start the ride, but will turn around at 10:30 or so, depending on where we are, so no after party for me.

Posted November 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Chuck Sinclair
Great Ride today nice to meet all of you.

Posted November 8, 2009 at 1:04 PM
A former member
How's the Knee Chuck?
Warren might have had to cut out early, but he was haulin rubber before he left (27+ average)

Posted November 8, 2009 at 1:16 PM
A former member
Sorry I had to bail early, my store was broken into, which is why the alarm was going off and I got called by Bay Alarm, nothing stolen, just vandals. Hope to see you guys soon!

Posted November 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM
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40 attended

5.0019 (19 ratings)

Event Host

Chuck Sinclair
Group Supporter, Assistant Organizer

Great people on a Great ride, i Enjoyed meeting all of you.
E Stally
Group Supporter

+1 guest

Absolutely a beautiful day. This was a relaxing, friendly ride. Thanks for organizing it.
Julie Ni

I enjoyed this ride and enjoyed meeting new friends!
Timo
GROUP SPONSOR

I enjoy riding with this group more each time... Good to see Rob.
Chris D
Group Supporter

Great morning ride! I told myself that I would keep a "social" pace, well that went out the window in a hurry trying to keep with the fast group. It was a great time as always, with a nice relaxed breakfast stop at Flower Farm. Great to see Rob!
Blaine
Team Honey Badger

Great to start the day off with some good friends cool weather and riding my bike. Alot of new people who were excited about the group. Thanks for a great ride Chuck
Rick Rasmussen
Group Supporter, Assistant Organizer

I really really liked this route, perfect length and just a few hills :) Stopping for coffee was a great idea Good to see everyone again
Rex
Group Supporter

Nice surprise to see Rob at the Flower Farm joining us for our break. A very nice place, a great day and a pleasant group of people. 63 miles for me today coming from Natomas and back. My riding confidence is up. Thanks to Hammerin Wheels, I'd have never thought to ride that far for a meetup. This is just two months of riding. Thanks Chuck for a great day. And to all the AO's helping to keep us together. Next, back to Tuesday's run for more endurance training.
Adrienne V
Group Supporter, Assistant Organizer

Nice ride...all the tough stuff came before the break...met some new folks, enjoyed the fall foliage...getting my wind back after dealing with a cold for most of the week
Ralph
Group Supporter

Great ride. Really enjoyed meeting a bunch of people. Looking forward to the next ride.
Dennis
Group Supporter

This was a great ride, socially, and for my skill level. I met a lot of new people - it was a large group - and hope to meet many of them again, soon. The ride through the Loomis country side was beautiful and the weather was a bit chilly in the beginning, but was perfect for the return. Only one mishap: when I arrived at the Flower Farm, I had a declipping incident a landed on my side. I'm ok though. The only thing hurt was my dignity.
Mike Oliver
Group Supporter

I had a great time! Nothing like a nice brisk morning ride. Route was a nice blend of rolling hills and contry roads. Everyone was very nice. Looking forward to the next event.
Chris Medford
Group Supporter

+1 guest

Next time I'm going to jump in one of those red wagons and just hang on to the tails of the faster guys!!!
Chandra
Group Supporter

Great ride...thanks Chuck for organizing this! The Flower Farm is a great resting spot.
Mica Dugan
Group Supporter, Assistant Organizer

For starters it's nice living closer to these kinds of rides now as I was able to animal it a whole 6 miles to the start. Nice route to give me a nice little 42 mile loop to do from home. It was great to catch up with so many people I haven't seen in a while. Also great to meet a few people I haven't met, but there were so many I couldn't get to everyone! Flower Farm didn't dissapoint as I had some tasty Bagles and Lox to go along with some hot chocolate.
Kay Sakamoto
Assistant Organizer

+1 guest
Mark Hegarty
Michael Murphy
Patti B
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Sharon
Carol
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Warren
Group Supporter
Dave
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Imelda
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Deaven
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Scott Hooper
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Frank B
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