Wednesday Midweek Madness and Exploratory Ride
Molto bene was our Team Fun midweek exploration ride. Linda Smith promised to show us some new and exciting neighborhood roads in luxurious Santaluz. I’ve always wanted to see this gated […]
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Friday Coffee Ride – The Best Way to End Your Week
There’s nothing like ending your week with a beautiful ride along the coast. Each week we will be meeting in the back of the Ralph’s shopping center parking lot off […]
Saturday Rancho Santa Fe Romp (9/26)
“It’s so quiet in here, such a nice change of pace from the noise along the more coastal routes!” We like to mix up our routes quite a bit, and […]
First Friday Coffee Ride a Resounding Success (+ Coffee Review: Lofty Coffee)
This week was our first advertised Friday Coffee Ride. My regular riding buddies and I have been doing Friday coffee rides on an almost every week basis now for what […]
Sunday Margarita Ride, a new tradition?
This past weekend, a Swami’s member proposed a ride south to San Diego that would be concluded with food and margaritas. Natalie was the first to bite, and not long […]
Sierra Fall Century number 4 for me, now known as the Mammoth Gran Fondo
Since trip reports (TR) are floating around, I thought I would include a brief TR of the Mammoth Gran Fondo (GF) for Swami’s-Team Fun. If you’re looking for open roads, […]
Swami’s Team Fun Takes on Palomar Mountain on Labor Day
(Story and pictures by Natalie Walker, Swami’s Team Fun host) On Labor day, six of the Team Fun gals and Swami’s decided it would be fun to climb over 4000 […]
Swamdo: 90 miles, 90 degrees, 90% humidity. Do something awesome.
Yesterday a contingent of Team Fun riders took on the Swamdo, short for “Swami’s Fondo”, this mostly flat 90-mile ride was the Swami’s Cycling Club’s first attempt at hosting a […]
Who chooses repeats on Mt. Soledad for her birthday ride?
I will explain that question in a minute, but perhaps even more surprising is when 19 women show up to do a ride they know involves repeats on Soledad. There […]
Last Saturday in Carlsbad…. there was some gnashing of teeth
This time the sufferfest was titled mildly, “Carlsbad Hill Routes”, and the weather pitched in with its best heat and humidity for another boiling Saturday hill ride. You know it’s […]
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