We rolled in to San Diego monday morning after 22 days of pedaling down the Pacific Coast we finally made it. The last few days had included a swarm of new riders. It was so nice to have some fresh legs to ride with. In Cambria, CA Sherry and Ayla McConkey joined the group along with Tal and there super babysitter Jen! The Canadians also arrived after 3 days of driving from Toronto in an RV that will be arriving back to Canada in rough shape.
Tom Dozel was also in rough shape after partying all the way down from Toronto. He along with Sherry and Tal joined the crew for a quick 50 mile ride from Cambria to Pismo Beach. It was so nice to finally have a tailwind!
Later on that night Carston, Shane, Suz and her brother joined the group for our ride to Santa Barbara. Carston killed it on his custom made tall bike!
The ride to Malibu was a rough day. It started off flat and mellow winding through Ventura and a few other towns that I can’t seem to recall at the moment. I was in the last group taking our time when all of a sudden everything went wrong. Poor Shane hit a bump in the road and was flown off his bike onto his head. When we called Alex to come help us with the support truck he was dealing with his own emergency. A tire on the support truck had just blown! Perfect timing! Oh and did I mention I blew a tire, not just a tube. Well long story short Shane was picked up by super babysitter Jen and taken to the hospital for staples. Pep decided to break off from our group and try to finish the 30 mile ride to Malibu. That boy hauled!
Ahh Malibu! The second to last day of the trip. We flew this day. It was a pretty flat ride and surprisingly the group was feeling pretty good. We made a few tourists stops in Venice and Manhattan Beach. Tom Dozel tried to breakout his Borat thong in Venice. According to him he was shut down the second he walked out of the restroom. Wait a shame.
Newport Beach to San Diego!!!! Our very last day….
The group got even bigger today. A friend of Tom’s joined us from Newport. I’m not really sure where he broke off from the group. Then we picked up Greg Strokes, Tess and a few others from Oakley who were lucky enough to get the day off. And further on down the road we met up with Derek Taylor from Powder. It was so nice to have a big group. Sherry and I worked our butts off to stay in the pack, once we got in the draft it was so nice. When we would fall off it was panic time to catch back up. Honestly I couldn’t believe how strong my legs still where. Although the long hills still killed me. I think I’m more of a sprinter, ha! Well 70 something miles later we finally made it to San Diego! I can’t believe it’s all done. It’s been a week now and I can’t believe I’m going to say this but I actually miss my bike. I recommend this ride to anyone that has a bike. It was an amazing experience and I can’t wait to get out and do something like this again.
Thanks also goes out to Max Kuszaj for organizing such a great event. Donations can still be made at www.cycleforacause.com
