@Cyclops has taken it upon himself to organize North America’s first official Cogal right in the backyard of where it all started: Seattle, Wa. @Scaler911 and @McSqueak have confirmed that they will be driving up from Portland, OR to attend and we hereby invite any and all Velominati to attend.
We’ll be doing a no-drop ride on Whidbey Island, following a route that is not terribly hilly and easily accommodates varying distances, though I myself will be planning on a 100k or more. We’ll leave the Coffeehouse Bookstore in Langley at V minutes past 10 to give everyone plenty of time to find their way up to the island and into Langley. Route details will be published in the posts below when it is confirmed. (I have to do some research as I’ve not done the ride in it’s entirety myself.) Hope to see you there.
UPDATE: The route has been posted on MapMyRide. It is a 160km ride with the option to cut section off for those who are getting tired.
UPDATE: Those who are interested are invited to dinner Friday Evening at Quinn’s Pub on Capital Hill in Seattle. Please arrive as close to 6:30 as possible; late-comers will not be guaranteed a seat at the table if the place is full.
Yours in Cycling,
Frank
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Though there are two 2011 U.S. National Champions about 30 minutes down the interstate from me – southeast Idaho isn’t exactly a road bike Mecca. And I wear the V-Shirt whenever I’m traveling in the area to races (whether to participate or spectate) but I’ve only had one person recognize the Sign of the “V”. So the chances of running into or riding with a fellow Velominati are pretty slim. Let alone the demented brainchild of all this nonsense – Darth Strack. What’s a boy to do? Take the bull by the horns and make it happen my own self, that’s what. I figure that anywhere that I can drive to in a day is not too far to go for a ride so I’m off to Seattle to see whether this “Frank” character is indeed worthy to be praised or if he’s just some guy behind a curtain pulling levers and turning dials.
The plan is for a meet and greet (and eat and drink) Friday night Oct. 14 and a ride on Saturday the 15th. A few blokes from Portland way are planning on coming up as well so it looks like it is going to turn into a little Gran Fronkdo. Anyone that can make it is invited. We haven’t sorted out the details of the route or meeting place or time or anything important like that but we should have all that set in cobbles by early this week, so stay tuned.
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As Promised: The KC V-Ride Weather Forecast
Saturday October 15th
Whidbey Island, WA
Morning Forecast:
Temps: Around 5 degrees C, possibly 2 to 4 inland and on hilltops, which there are few of.
Skies: Areas of Patchy Fog and a light broken cloud deck around 750m and up.
Wind: Calm at times, otherwise 3-6 knots and mostly out of the North.
Precipitation: NONE
Notes: Looks like a decent morning forecast considering the area. Not quite sure of how thick the fog will get out there, but the data points to "not very", and that it should burn off by 11, in most areas sooner. The morning will feel damp non-the-less. Relative Humidity in the morning will be near 100%, which means if you work up a sweat, don't expect it to evaporate quickly. Although the temps look a bit cool for overheating anyway.
Afternoon Forecast:
Temps: Around 12 degrees C around noon, reaching a high of 14 around 4 PM.
Skies: The clouds around in the morning should fall apart quickly as the sun and dry air moving in aloft evaporate them. Just high cirrus will be left by afternoon.
Wind: Calm at times, otherwise 3-6 knots, turning a bit North-Northeast
Precipitation: NONE
Notes: Turns into a nice day! The change in temperatures may mean stashing arm and leg warmers, booties, etc at some point. Enjoy the sun! Relative humidity should also drop off as temperatures rise.
Overall I would say not bad for the Pacific Northwest. Have a great time guys!
With the talk about the iPhone, thought I would add:
@frank
I used the mobile site while at work last night, trying to keep up with new posts. It's great. Loads fast even on 3G, login works great, and layout is awesome. Overall A+ man.
@frank
How easy is it to slip from superb form to the state where you feel like a fat, slow slob? It seems like all it takes is a busy week or two and you're a gonner.
Not close to Wisconsin or Belgium, but I do hope to make a V-group ride in the near future. Feel as if I know many of you already, so would be fun to ride together.
@Jeff in PetroMetro
HELL YES!!! My family wants to visit the coast as well that weekend (I have a 4 day weekend that weekend, Fri-MON off) and I know that I could get away for a nice, LOONNGG ride that weekend with some food and drink afterward. Let's meet up somewhere down in your neck of the woods. How far is Corpus Christi from you? If it is close and has good riding, it could work. I'm willing to travel pretty much anywhere that weekend as long as it involves the coast as that will make my VMH and kids happy as well. Doesn't have to be Corpus Christi, just somewhere with decent coast and decent riding. We'll have to round up some other Texans! What do you say???
@King Clydesdale
Thanks mate, always nice to get feedback. Mobile app(s) in the works, but I have this small problem of having no time.
@Steampunk
I'm an easy 90 minutes away from Madison. Whatever distance required can be provided. Brewpub in town or awesome rib place too. Let's keep talking.
@Mikael Liddy
Good call - I did the update at like 11 pm last night and it was fine.
@King Clydesdale
A+1. Very excited for Saturday. Thanks for the update. Any partially sunny day in the NW during the fall/winter is a perfect day.
@mcsqueak
That looks like the perfect forecast for summer V-kit with arm and leg warmers. Nice.
@Buck Rogers
I'll be doing the Elves and More ride (charity that provides bikes to kids, very cool) in Montgomery on the 13th but might be able to meet up on the 12th.