Ted,
I remember taking a "ride" with a few friends in about 1972 from Huntington Beach, CA to Berkekey, CA where we went to the Velo Sport bike shop. I bought four Campy brake blocks and pads from them. Then I realized I didn't have enough money to make it home so a friend and I had to hitchhike all the way home. Oh, to be a kid again!
On the way NORTH on the coast we got blown off the road by a gust of wind as we rounded a coastal curve in Big Sur. Is that what you're talking about, Ted?
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> When I was in college in San Luis Obispo our common Friday activity was to
> take the train to Santa Cruz, hang out a bit with the hippies downtown, then
> ride back down south to get back to school by Sunday evening. Alternately,
> we'd ride to Santa Barbara and take the train back. Believe me, you don't
> want to ride north on the coast.
>
> Ted Williams
> In Oakland but long for SLO