[CR]5-15-05 SCVBC ride report, vol 2

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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:41:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com>
To: Jay Sexton <jvs@sonic.net>
In-Reply-To: <428BA80C.2060107@sonic.net>
cc: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]5-15-05 SCVBC ride report, vol 2

Here's my take on what happened: lemonade from lemons. Jay did a great job of recovering his composure and showing a bunch of us why he thinks his neighborhood has some of the best riding. Hard to argue, I would say (and I live in Portola Valley!).

A couple of minor additions to Jay's report:

John Pratt and Stan Dann bought their Hobbs Blue Ribands new in 1949 at age 19, from a shop in Vancouver, BC. Someone ought to write more about that story. I think that makes them (the guys) 75 or so!

The fancy-lugged rescue bike was none other than a pre-Raleigh Carlton International. It was a Salvation Army-type rescue, complete with ugly rattle-can paint over everything.

My bad for not checking my email before we left home on Sunday morning, but in the end I'm glad I didn't.

Check out my attempt at photo-documentation (much of it from the bike) at:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/SCVBCride5-15-05

Dave Ross
Portola Valley, CA


--- Jay Sexton wrote:


>

\r?\n> Howdy campers,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Sunday dawned with the threat of rain by noon, so I

\r?\n> hurriedly got on the

\r?\n> computer and phone to warn those driving long

\r?\n> distance that they may

\r?\n> want to re-consider their long drives if it was

\r?\n> going to rain. After

\r?\n> all that, I was surprised to get a phone call from

\r?\n> Dave Ross informing

\r?\n> me that "We're here". Holy smokes! After meeting

\r?\n> with him and Nancy I

\r?\n> directed them to the parking lot, got my bike and

\r?\n> rolled down to join

\r?\n> them. I figured at least us three would take our

\r?\n> chances with the

\r?\n> weather and ride. When I got to the meeting place I

\r?\n> was astonished to

\r?\n> see 10 folks and their bikes waiting for me! I

\r?\n> will NEVER again

\r?\n> underestimate the dedication of this vintage crowd.

\r?\n> Here's who showed:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Paul Williams on his pretty Ed Litton

\r?\n> Dave Ross on a Super Elliott - beautiful hand

\r?\n> painted graphics

\r?\n> Nancy (soon to be) Ross on her very clean Austro

\r?\n> Daimler

\r?\n> Allen Bloom stealthy black fixed gear Paramount

\r?\n> Jacque Daniel on

\r?\n> his really neat old Stella folder

\r?\n> Sally Daniel Photographer - this time

\r?\n> Tom Rawson riding a very nice Hetchins

\r?\n> Rod Davidson mystery frame with interesting

\r?\n> paint detail

\r?\n> me myself and I on my Olmo Competition

\r?\n>

\r?\n> We had some local representation thanks to Jacque,

\r?\n> Sally, and Allen.

\r?\n> Another local fellow showed (darned if I can

\r?\n> remember his name) on a

\r?\n> fixed gear conversion frame with very nice ornate

\r?\n> lugwork. Can't

\r?\n> remember the name because the headbadge was painted

\r?\n> over. He didn't do

\r?\n> the ride. Another treat was the appearance of John

\r?\n> Pratt and Stan Dann,

\r?\n> with their Hobbs of Barbicon bicycles that they

\r?\n> purchased at the same

\r?\n> time when they were 19 years old. They have been

\r?\n> friends since

\r?\n> childhood and are now in their 60's I would guess.

\r?\n> Great story and neat

\r?\n> bikes. Dave Ross gets a pat on the back for these

\r?\n> two showing up. I

\r?\n> didn't even know about it. They couldn't do the

\r?\n> ride. Maybe next

\r?\n> time, eh fellas?!

\r?\n>

\r?\n> To make a long story longer, we had a great ride out

\r?\n> to the airport,

\r?\n> where we got a group photo with the Pacific Coast

\r?\n> Air Museum as a

\r?\n> backdrop, rode back, had lunch, b.s.'d a bit, then

\r?\n> disbanded. Jim

\r?\n> Jenkins made a cameo appearance on his Cinelli SC

\r?\n> at the end of the

\r?\n> ride. Dave and Nancy had to blast off first, as I

\r?\n> think they had the

\r?\n> furthest to drive. Although it appears that Dave

\r?\n> had other things to

\r?\n> do, like test ride a fixed gear Cinelli.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> So...the ride went off, in spite of my neophyte

\r?\n> organizational skills

\r?\n> and nervous nelly attempts to cancel. Bob Freitas

\r?\n> was reasonably sure

\r?\n> it wouldn't rain, and even though we got sprinkled

\r?\n> on a couple of times,

\r?\n> he was right. To Bob and others who took my lousy

\r?\n> advice, sorry and

\r?\n> hope to see you at the next ride. And thank you

\r?\n> Sally for the photos.

\r?\n> Dave took photos also, so look for his photos and

\r?\n> report.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> I had fun and I think everyone else did too. The

\r?\n> countryside and

\r?\n> scenery were beautiful. See for yourself here in

\r?\n> the folder marked

\r?\n> SCVBC ride:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eclectic_too/my_photos

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Jay Sexton