Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Next Hot Mama Ride: Wed May 31, 2006 @ Java Hut

Ride date: Wednesday May 31, 2006
Meeting place: parking lot by Java Hut at Faixfar (email celiag@pacbell.net for driving directions)
Meeting time: 5:00 pm (please noticed earlier time, be on time!)
Ride starts at: 5:30 pm
Ride zone: Mt. Tam
Ride duration: 2.5-3 hours
Ride skill level: Advance**

IMPORTANT: Hot Mama Rides are classified as follow:
-Beginner: not applicable;
-Intermediate: not very technical singletracks and not very steep climbs, e.g. the front loop of China Camp;
-Intermediate to advance: some technical singletracks and some steep climbs e.g. Tamarancho loop;
-Advance: challenging singletracks with technical descends, steep climbs and tight switchbacks e.g. back side of China Camp loop (Dominican side).

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Hot Mama Ride Wed May 24, 2006 Report

Last Night the Hot Mama Ride took Dolores, Dana, Linda, Karen, Celia and Tom to Tamarancho. Tom was a special guest always (well.. almost) welcome to the rides. Climbing at Rock Spring Rd. we found Paul who attracted to Linda like a magnet (you know, she is the tall hot blonde) decided to join. At least he noticed me thanks to my new Nomad "What a sexy bike!" he said. That is enough for me being the "dyke lite" Tom says I am.

Dana was ready to go when I arrived to the Java Hut parking lot at about 5:45 pm. Linda showed up right then as well. Dolores and Tom came riding their bikes and at about 6:05 pm we headed to Tamarancho. I was glad Karen was able to catch up with us at the camp since I didn't wait for her (sorry Karen!) because I was concerned about riding this secret trail with day light.

The seven riders re-groupped at the top of the secret trail. For the first time I was going to try my free ride/downhill bike on a technical descend. Convinced I was going to fly down the trail and leave everybody and their mothers in the dust, I went down first so nobody would be in my way! yeah! But after about 250 yards of the descend, the scary downhiller was reduced to a humiliated novice when the group found me head down stuck between bushes and rocks with my sexy big bike right on top of me. After they helped me get up, picked up my bike and made sure I was fine, like a dog with the tail in the butt, I took the last place in the line. Two good things from that crash happened though: by just pumping air and moving the tire around I fixed the flat tire I got (use tubeless with stan!!!), and the DH armours I wore protected me from hurting and even scratching my hot sexy body.

Dolores rode the trail much better than last time when she fell and hurt herself badly. She was rocking! Dana and Karen were also rocking even though it was their very first time riding it. Linda also cleaned some hard sections with no protection and a hard tail bike! I wanted to push her so she will fall into the bushes too but didn't have the heart. So at the end of the ride Dana and I agreed that we secretly will come back to this trail many times, practice until we can clean everything and then show off again as the scary fearless dhillers that we want to be!.

Back at the parking lot, Sally and Caroline were waiting for us to go for beers and dinner at Iron Springs Brew. Linda and Karen had to go back to their kids, but Dana, Dolores and Tom stayed. The Brew was packed inside and a band was playing music. We sat outside by the gas heaters and by some hot motorcycle guys that paid attention to me until Dolores showed up with her pig tails and pink accessories... oh well... I am a dyke lite anyway... and with a sexy bike that will make me a much better rider... you will see... just wait and watch out!

Monday, May 22, 2006

Next Hot Mama Ride: Wed May 24, 2006 @ Java Hut

Ride date: Wednesday May 24, 2006
Meeting place: parking lot by Java Hut at Faixfar (email celiag@pacbell.net for driving directions)
Meeting time: 5:30 pm
Ride starts at: 6:00 pm
Ride zone: Tamarancho area
Ride duration: approx 2 hours
Ride skill level: Advance*

*IMPORTANT: Hot Mama Rides are classified as follow:
(0) Beginner: not applicable;
(1) Intermediate: not very technical singletracks and not very steep climbs, e.g. the front loop of China Camp;
(2) Intermediate to advance: some technical singletracks and some steep climbs e.g. Tamarancho loop;
(3) Advance: challenging singletracks with technical descends, steep climbs and tight switchbacks e.g. back side of China Camp loop (Dominican side).

Hot Mama Ride Wed May 17, 2006 Report

Last Wednesday's Hot Mama Ride took placed in China Camp. The hotties this time were: Susan, Dolores and Celia.

We practiced switch backs and balance riding on boards while fighting the mosquitos to avoid being eaten up alive! Dolores and I got a good lungs workout by pedaling while not breathing due to catching up on our lives since we haven't ridden nor seeing each other in a while. Susan cached up with her life story as well. Once we ran out of things to catch up I started making fun of a classmate I used to have some years ago by telling a story about a ropes course I did. I was crying of laughter with my non-politically correct story not paying attention to the trail. I got my well deserved karma thanks to a small ditch on one side of the trail where my front wheel got stuck while I jumped over the handlebars. In the meantime, everybody and their mothers were passing us since we were keeping the promised easy ride pace. But it was too much for Dolores, so toward the end of the ride when the next guy asked to pass, Dolores lost interest on our stories and took off leaving the guy, Susan and I in the dust. We didn't see her again until we were almost by the cars.

As announced, we started pedaling at 6:00 pm and were done by a gorgeous sunset at 8:00 pm.

Hot Mama Ride Stats:
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Map of China Camp Hot Mamas Ride

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Next week's Hot Mama Ride: Wed May 17, 2006 @ China Camp

Hot Mama ladies,
Let's resume the rides next week in China Camp.

Ride date: Wednesday May 17, 2006
Meeting place: by the kiosk along San Pedro Road (email celiag@pacbell.net for driving directions)
Meeting time: 5:30 pm
Ride starts at: 6:00 pm
Ride zone: front loop of China Camp
Ride duration: approx 1.5 to 2 hours
Ride skill level: Intermediate*

*IMPORTANT: Hot Mama Rides are classified as follow:
(0) Beginner: not applicable;
(1) Intermediate: not very technical singletracks and not very steep climbs, e.g. the front loop of China Camp;
(2) Intermediate to advance: some technical singletracks and some steep climbs e.g. Tamarancho loop;
(3) Advance: challenging singletracks with technical descends, steep climbs and tight switchbacks e.g. back side of China Camp loop (Dominican side).

Welcome to the Hot Mama Rides


Welcome ladies to the Hot Mama Rides !!

The formerly Women Tuesday Rides (WTR) has changed its name for 2 reasons:

1) The ride's name doesn't depend on the ride's week day any longer:
The survey Celia sent by email 2 weeks ago shows a majority voting to change the day to Wednesdays. A total of 28 women voted, 13 preferred to change the day to Wednesdays, only 5 wanted to keep it on Tuesdays, and 11 were okay with either day. I hope Amy, Cristi, Jackie, Lori and Paula can make the ride <:-(

2) Representing the riders:
As shown in this picture, only hot women have been coming to this ride... a year and a half of hot mamas displaying not only incredible bike skills but also spilling breath-taking beauty all over the mountains.

Celia