9:00 AM: OHPV JaVaLaVa Ride (Vancouver)

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9:00 AM: OHPV JaVaLaVa Ride (Vancouver)
http://www.ohpv.org/ride_details/javalava.htm

[Jeff Wills]

I've heard from Jeff Corcoran (http://www.tandemride.com/)- they're going to join us after riding over from Gresham.

He's wanting to add on about 30 miles after arriving at the starting point (Peet's Coffee). I'm thinking that can either be out past Vancouver Lake and to the end of Lower River Road or just head north to Battle Ground, following part of the RACC route. Anyone want to express a preference?

[Zyzzyx]

Right now I'm hoping to get in to Portland on Friday. I'd be interested in riding Saturday, but something shorter so as not to fry my legs for Estacada on Sunday. Thinking maybe drive over and meet at the cafe I met ya at last time.

[vangundy]

I talked to Ian a bit ago, and talked him into driving over to the start of JaVaLaVa at Peets and doing the ride from there.  We probably should warn him about that first downhill, do ya think?  Might be a little fast for the Quest.  But he thinks he should be fine with the uphills on the way back.

So we'll see you at Peet's Coffee at the start on Saturday   It says 9am - still on for 9am?  not 10am???
Edna 

[Zyzzyx]

So you're saying I should wear the thick-soled sandals so I can have my backup braking system ready?

[Jeff Wills]

So we'll see you at Peet's Coffee at the start on Saturday   It says 9am - still on for 9am?  not 10am???
Edna 

Yep. 9AM.  Nyynnnn-aaayy-emmmmm.

We'll roll the dice on the weather.

[Zyzzyx]

We'll roll the dice on the weather.

Whaddya want to roll?   3d6? 1d20?  Maybe a 2d12?


Sorry...   I've been gaming again recently...   

Looking forward to the ride. Though I'll watch the mileage, maybe cut it short on the leg out and back along the river.

[kirkej]

Kathi and I will try our usual trick. Probably find 'yall along the way toward downtown.....

[Jeff Wills]

Jeff Corcoran (of Jeff & Michelle fame) forwarded me the pictures he took of the JaVaLaVa ride. Have a look:
http://www.tandemride.com/javalava.htm

[Zyzzyx]

I've got a bit of an itch to get down the river one more time before winter sets in. Thinking about maybe getting down there for this ride Oct 17th, and maybe another that Sunday?

[vangundy]

Ian, if you make it down river to Portland for the weekend of Oct 17/18/19, we'll miss seeing you, we'll be out of town ourselves.  If you need a place to stay, I'm sure we've an extra key you can use, and stay here.  Though you might have to feed a cat or two ;-)  Call me by Thursday night.
Edna & Dave

[Jeff Wills]

Just so I put this out there... YES there will be a JavaLava ride on Saturday. There's a a 50% chance of rain- so we'll just ride between the raindrops!  :

If it's sprinkling, we'll cut things short in downtown Vancouver. If it's pouring at the start, we'll just wait it out in Peet's Coffee. Then we'll ride!

[Zyzzyx]

I'll not be down this weekend. Been playing for far too many weekends recently, really need to stay home and get stuff done around the house, mostly outside, before the weather gets too cool.

I'll get out for a ride here this weekend though, and also a good chance of it being in the rain. 

[kirkej]

So how was the ride yesterday?  I got in about nine miles before I was chased back into the house by boomers rolling in, then had a nice middle of the day working on the stockpiled indoor projects.     

[Jeff Wills]

So how was the ride yesterday?  I got in about nine miles before I was chased back into the house by boomers rolling in, then had a nice middle of the day working on the stockpiled indoor projects.     

We had a wonderful time!  Diane and I got up and got to Peet's with about 15 minutes to spare, so we ended up hanging out there for 30 minutes before we decided that everyone else had chickened out and we were going to do the ride ourselves.

When we started out, I was thinking that the weather people had gotten it all wrong. It was warming up, the cloud cover was breaking, we had a light tail wind, and the tree colors were really standing out. Diane had her mind on her Oracle homework, but I had plans for keeping going past Vancouver Lake and making a long day of it.

The wind was pushing us along, so we made it to the top of Blandford in jig time, and I just turned left and headed downhill PDQ. When I got to the curve at the bottom, I cut the apex of the turn just right and caught the tailwind again, and finished the sprint along Columbia House Blvd. spun out in high gear. Still no sign of rain, so I was thinking that I might make it all the was to the end of River Road.

Diane caught up, and we doodled our way to Java House, where we dawdled over coffee and pastries. It was nice and dry when we got there, so we didn't feel a need to hurry. While we were there, though, the sky to the south and west got darker and darker. We were about ready to leave when it turned dark and stormy, and suddenly heading out to Vancouver Lake wasn't an attractive proposition.

We turned tail through Officer's Row, and along the McRoute (McLoughlin, MacArthur, and McGillivray) back home. By the time we got there the gutters were already overflowing, but I didn't feel like dealing with it since we were already soaked. Diane spent the rest of the day with her Oracle, and I twiddled around the house on bike projects. We did the same today, but I managed to get out on one of my uprights for a loop along the Columbia River.

(Would someone tell me why we used to think upright bikes were "fun". This one just makes me sore, even with Panaracer Pasela tires.)