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At the ride start - Strata Rossa, Redlands, CA, 3-15-14.
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Ian at Strata Rossa ride start, 3-15-14
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Redlands Inland Empire Biking Alliance Strada Rossa start.
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Ian at ride start , 3-15-14
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Getting instructions at ride start.
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Riding through Redlands Sat. morning.
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Up the dirt hill to Oakmont Park, Redlands, CA.
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Under the bridge! On to the RR crossing. (World's unluckiest frog squished on the tracks by a train.)
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Meeting Hugh Smitham the first time on the ride. Rides a pretty green Sam Hillbourne.
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Hugh with his green AHH. He rode with Coconut Bill and Curtis McKenzie.
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Surly Karate Monkey decked out for this ride!
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The oldest Carradice bag I've run across! Wow! Is this a Longflap?
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Close up of the Carradice tag with Lancaster address. Very British!
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Beausage! This bag (& bike) ridden by the guy that owns Pacific Coast Cycles.
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Mounted to a Surly LHT.
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Uphill section that many with road bikes walked. Great surroundings!
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Spectators seem unfazed.
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Through an early start to the ride, you can tell the day got a bit hot!
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We meet Hugh Smitham ("cyclotourist",) Curtis McKenize and Evan Spacht ("coconutbill") for the second time in the ride. Riv. riders all. Is anyone having a good time?
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Hugh, Curtis, Evan - right-to-left, in that order. Hugh is "SoCal cyclotourist", Evan, "cocnutbill" on Flickr & the Riv Owners list.
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Rivendell suspects. The guy in the yellow jersey in the background owns Pacific Coast Cycles. Ian's Homer (my ride) in the background, left.
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Hugh Smithsam ("cyclotourist" on Flickr & the Riv. forum). Nice Hilsen! Love the color.
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Curtis must have ridden the tallest bike! So calm & collected! Zen, even. Nice bars.
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Evan Spacht ("coconutbill" on Flickr & the Riv. Owners list. Between the three, Curtis had the tallest frame, Curtis the smallest(?) Nice mustache bars!
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Snow capped mountains cooled us off! (We wished!)
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Besides Ritual Brewing, there was taco salad and other goodies!
