Tour de Foothills 2008

November 8, 2008. Rick the Rabbit and Johnny Map Boy carried the Windbreaker banner joining approximately 700 other riders in this years Tour de Foothills. A beautiful ride in our own "backyard"!

More Cycle Oregon 2008

Of course, no bicycle tour would be complete without a sampling of the beers from the great state of Oregon. You could always find us at the Widmer beer garden.

Cycle Oregon 2008

Wrench, Map Boy, and Bell Boy have returned from a great week at Cycle Oregon. This year's ride, a 7-day circuit around northeastern Oregon's Wallowa Mountains, offered fantastic rides through the Grand Ronde and Wallowa River valleys, a ride over Flagstaff Hill near the historic tracks of the Oregon Trail, a day of climbing in the Wallowa Mountains, and a ride in Hells Canyon on the Oregon-Idaho border. Ride On!

Wisdom

When asked about relativity, Albert Einstein is quoted as saying that he "thought of that while riding his bike". Within our ranks of the Windbreaker "nation" we have many bright and creative people. Often times we share our bits of wisdom with one another from the seat of our bicycles as we cruise the Inland Valley in the early morning hours.

But other times, our most creative thought comes after the ride, either over coffee, or as is the case pictured here, at one of our getaway adventures. I was going through some old pictures today (thanks to Jamie "Guardrail" Caldwell), and I came across one of "Wrench" at the 2006 California Coast Classic. As you can see, Wrench has converted a food storage box at Pismo State Beach into his podium. No doubt that Wrench's words were enhanced by a glass or two of grape juice. Ride On!!

Death Ride

July 12, 2008. Pictures from Death Ride, a 129-mile lung-buster in Markleeville, CA. All that and 15,000-plus feet of climbing!! Ride On!!

Ride Around the Bear 2008

What a Bear!

June 7, 2008. In the cool, crisp pre-dawn darkness Rabbit and Map Boy arrived to participate in the 2008 Ride Around the Bear. Touted as one of the ten most difficult centuries in the US, we knew we had a big day ahead. Already waiting in the parking lot was Windbreaker friend Brad Bell Boy, along with approximately 400 other riders. After registering and check-in, we rolled out of Redlands at 5:40 am. Following a quick warm up loop through the citrus fields of East Highlands, soon enough we found ourselves on the first big climb of the day, on State Route 330 through Running Springs and past Snow Valley ski area, topping at 7,112 feet at Lakeview Point. Now to our right was a beautiful view of Big Bear Lake. Following lunch, our second climb was ahead, to Onyx Summit at 8,443 feet!!!(see pic). Following a quick break at the rest stop, we had approximately 40 miles of downhill (with a few climbs stuck in to slow Rabbit down a little bit). 102 miles, 9,000 cumulative feet of climbing...a great, tough day!! Ride On!!