> Can anyone suggest a competent ride organizer in the California wine country?
Hmmm -- we're a bit East, but I'll ping some of the folks in the Davis Bike Club to see if they've got interest or recommendations about organizers. Dunno if DBC would really want to put another event on their volunteers' annual calendar. Still, they may at least know some quality folks in the next county over -- Napa -- or if the DBC gurus have some roads 'n trails come to mind.
Plenty of vintage steel still rolling through these parts, that's fer shur.
Dan Kehew Davis CA (home of DBC's Davis Double Century, DBC's Foxy's Fall Century, DBC's Fourth of July Criterium Classic, DBC's bunch of Brevets/12 hour/24 hour events to prep folks for PBP 2007, DBC's March Madness, and DBC's incessant group rides that all seem to be either too slow or too fast for me)