Hello R-G folks! My name is David and I live in Redlands, Southern California. I'm trying to put together an event ride for this upcoming March and you're all invited! It's going to be low key, meaning it's not a race. Basically an expanded bunch of friends getting together and going for a great ride. It's going to be about 65 miles/105km, and has 4,300ft of climbing. The climbs are all long steady ones and 3/4 of them are on dirt. Right about 50% of the total miles are on dirt, with the rest on rural back roads (mostly).
It's free, unorganized, and all legal. Good combination if you happen to be in the area! Date is March 15th, don't know what to do about rain, will worry about that later.
There's a basic blogger site made up for it:
http://redlands-strada-rossa.blogspot.com/And flickr pics to give you an idea of what to expect:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/redlands-strada-rossa/Redlands is a nice little 125 year old town 60 miles from LA. Significant others are totally invited and there is plenty for non-riding folks to keep entertained for the day.
I love mixed-terrian sort of rides, so decided to start my own as I didn't see any happening in the area. I hope it takes off and can be an annual, self-sustaining event. Maybe something like the D2R2, although that's the dream part. If it stays as a small event for friends, nothing wrong with that!!!
So please give the blog a check out, and look at the pics on flickr, and consider a trip to SoCal this Spring!
