RCY
RIDE REPORT
Los Robles Flat
Tire--A Trail Tale
Sunday
08-13-06
Actually, there is not much
for me to say about Sunday's ride. Six riders--Joe, George, Andy, Rod,
Jamshyd, and me Robco--began riding from Moorpark Road towards the Los Robles
switchbacks when we were joined by Reuben and Rick who were apparently on their
own ride. But until the Rosewood Bench, the eight of us stayed
together. The weather was pleasantly warm, skies were clear blue--a
beautiful August morning for a ride.
After a break at the Rosewood
Bench, Reuben and Rick departed from us by going down Rosewood. The rest
of us headed west to continue on the Los Robles Trail; but Joe, needing to
get home early, left us about 100 feet into the trail, deciding to also
head down Rosewood. Thus it was only 5 of us who headed towards trail end
at Portrero Road. Having not taken any photos up to this point, Andy
suggested I ride ahead to set up for some action trail shots. But, riding
ahead, I got a flat tire and had to stop to repair it. So when the group
caught up with me, Rod took my camera and proceeded to make a special
documentary on trail side repair.
Andy and George look
on as I gather up my tools
Jamshyd comes over
to assist
Everyone lends a
hand: George supervises, Andy holds the front wheel,
Jamshyd trims his
fingernails, and Robco tries to pump up a tube
Robco discovers that
his pump appears to be broken and looks for a missing part in his
pack
Andy models the
broken pump
Robco makes one
last attempt at saving his injured pump
Waaaaaaahhhhhh! The
pump is dead.
George lends his
pump to inflate the tire
After this most exciting break
in our ride, we continued on to the end of the Los Robles Trail. Near the
end we did a little exploration of a ridge top trail that dropped us onto
Portrero Road further west of the Los Robles terminus. But not before
Jamshyd entered a gate onto private property where we waited for him to be shot
by an irritated property owner. But having escaped, Jamshyd and the rest
of us headed towards Wendy Drive and then back on Lynn Road which brought us
back onto the dirt for a final fling on the whoop-de-doos.
The five of us then drove back
over to the East Coast Bagel parking lot for some lunch at The Sea Casa/East
Coast Bagel. And for dessert, Andy drove us all over to view a fascinating
local indoor "climbing wall" facility where Jamshyd and I marveled at how Andy
could touch the top of the walls on just his tippy toes.
Have a great
week.
Flatly yours,
Robco Baggins
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