ATTN: North Bay Peeps p. II (the back road weekend morning meet thread strikes baic)
07-30-2003, 06:25 PM
#31
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: At the store trading the box of tissue in on some brawny!
Posts: 833
Car Info: Platinum 02 WRX, Progress springs,JIC Bullet exhaust , STI shifter, Accessecu, Rota Sub Zero
I may show up to bring up the straglers!
Can't be sure just yet.
Huck's wing is nice , everybody!
If I do go maybe we could hook up with you , Roger , and head to the cheese factory , where you guessed it they have good cheese too! I'm used to looking at tail lights fading in the distance , might as well be looking at STi tails!!!
I'll be more sure if I can go on friday.
Ciao a tutti!
JV
Can't be sure just yet.
Huck's wing is nice , everybody!
If I do go maybe we could hook up with you , Roger , and head to the cheese factory , where you guessed it they have good cheese too! I'm used to looking at tail lights fading in the distance , might as well be looking at STi tails!!!
I'll be more sure if I can go on friday.
Ciao a tutti!
JV
07-31-2003, 01:55 PM
#36
VIP Member
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2003
Location: out on the twisties
Posts: 4,219
Car Info: WRB WRX 2003 Subaru Sedan
Man just a second ago i wrote out the whole corse in pace-note form. And i hit forum and not "sumit" I ain't doing it again. But for slvrsti trust me it's a great loop with fast straights and some very sharp turns.
We leave the cheese factory and "return" there in about 1 1/2 hours. It's not a wonderful "hangout" place but this isn't a real hang out kind of meet to begin with. It's simply a weekend morning drive before going on with our day.
We leave the cheese factory and "return" there in about 1 1/2 hours. It's not a wonderful "hangout" place but this isn't a real hang out kind of meet to begin with. It's simply a weekend morning drive before going on with our day.
07-31-2003, 05:53 PM
#37
VIP Member
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2003
Location: out on the twisties
Posts: 4,219
Car Info: WRB WRX 2003 Subaru Sedan
I don't even think this is an option but i'll throw it out there. If some of you don't think it's a full meet unless we stop somewhere and hang. There is this small breakfast joint out at Dillon Beach (where we'll be near) and it ain't bad.
I am just throwing it out. Myself i'm just up for the drive.
And since i lets some hours pass by and i've calmed down i'll give ya the pace-notes again.
1) we meet and start from the cheese factory. There we head (north) for about 1.0 miles until we turn (left) onto Hicks Valley Rd.
2) Hicks Valley soon turns into Wilson Hill Rd. A total of about 2.3 miles
3) Turn (right) at fork onto Marshell/Petaluma Rd and drive 2.2 miles.
4) Make (left) turn onto Chileno Valley Rd. Where we can do some real flying. This lasts are about 10.1 miles. The road comes ito an end at a fork.
5) Turn (left) onto Tomales/Petaluma Rd for 1.3 miles.
6) Turn (right) onto Alexander for 1.1 miles. Drive till it ends.
7) Make (left) onto Fallon Two Rock Rd and drive 3.4 miles till stop sign.
8) Continue strait crossing Hwy1 onto Bluff Rd for 1.2 miles
9) Vear (right) onto Middle Rd. Then (left) onto Whitacker for 1.3 miles.
10) Turn (left) onto Valley Ford/Franklin School Rd. Drive for 2.2 miles up to stop sign.
11) Continue strait now on Dillon Beach Rd and drive another 3.3 miles into the town of Tomales.
12) Turn (right) onto Hwy1 and drive south for the next 8.5 miles. This will be the slowest part of the drive but beautiful turns.
13) Once the the small town of Marshell turn (left) onto Marshell/Petaluma Rd.
Drive for about 10.3 miles until we return to Wilson Hill Rd and then continue back the the cheese factory.
The notes are really ROUGH so don't make fun. I did it off maps, not from the car this time. But i have driving this loop plenty of times and i promise very little traffic on most of the drive.
Hope to see everyone there
rich
I am just throwing it out. Myself i'm just up for the drive.
And since i lets some hours pass by and i've calmed down i'll give ya the pace-notes again.
1) we meet and start from the cheese factory. There we head (north) for about 1.0 miles until we turn (left) onto Hicks Valley Rd.
2) Hicks Valley soon turns into Wilson Hill Rd. A total of about 2.3 miles
3) Turn (right) at fork onto Marshell/Petaluma Rd and drive 2.2 miles.
4) Make (left) turn onto Chileno Valley Rd. Where we can do some real flying. This lasts are about 10.1 miles. The road comes ito an end at a fork.
5) Turn (left) onto Tomales/Petaluma Rd for 1.3 miles.
6) Turn (right) onto Alexander for 1.1 miles. Drive till it ends.
7) Make (left) onto Fallon Two Rock Rd and drive 3.4 miles till stop sign.
8) Continue strait crossing Hwy1 onto Bluff Rd for 1.2 miles
9) Vear (right) onto Middle Rd. Then (left) onto Whitacker for 1.3 miles.
10) Turn (left) onto Valley Ford/Franklin School Rd. Drive for 2.2 miles up to stop sign.
11) Continue strait now on Dillon Beach Rd and drive another 3.3 miles into the town of Tomales.
12) Turn (right) onto Hwy1 and drive south for the next 8.5 miles. This will be the slowest part of the drive but beautiful turns.
13) Once the the small town of Marshell turn (left) onto Marshell/Petaluma Rd.
Drive for about 10.3 miles until we return to Wilson Hill Rd and then continue back the the cheese factory.
The notes are really ROUGH so don't make fun. I did it off maps, not from the car this time. But i have driving this loop plenty of times and i promise very little traffic on most of the drive.
Hope to see everyone there
rich
07-31-2003, 08:27 PM
#38
Looking forward to it. Thanks again Rich for the notes. I've got plans the rest of the day but I'd be down to stop somewhere to nab a coffee and a bagel/donut or something. I'm just in for the drive.
Maybe we meet back at the cheese factory (per your route) and those that are interested could tool off to a second stop for lunch or something.
Looking forward to new faces. NBAIC in da house! (yes, I really said that)
Maybe we meet back at the cheese factory (per your route) and those that are interested could tool off to a second stop for lunch or something.
Looking forward to new faces. NBAIC in da house! (yes, I really said that)
07-31-2003, 08:44 PM
#39
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Marin, CA
Posts: 16
Everyone attending this meet/driveare not very well informed.
The route chosen is a great route, but doing it on a weekend morning is not very smart. There are too many cyclists around. Friends, co-workers, customers, family, and MY WIFE ride those roads on the weekend. And planning a "fast ballz-out loop" on them is a sure sign you are not very smart.
Yes, you too.
"Oh, Indi, I can't see the cops at night!"
"Oh, Indi, my night viszh sux!"
"Oh, Indi, a prancing deer might run out in front of my '03 Aspen White Sedan!"
So? Killing a cyclist is somehow better? All of you need to give some thought to what you have planned.
And before you get upset and flame back, doing this exact same route at night is a much safer idea: the only one you are going to kill is yourself. Or maybe another deer.
At night, during the week: I am so in.
Spending an hour preening over someone's new CF wing on a weekend morning in order to let more cyclists on the road so you have a better chance of running someone over as you cut the corner on a 3-right-150 on Chileno Valley Road: you are on your own.
I live in Marin. I ride a bike in Marin 5 days a week. I know what's up. So don't give me any crap. Unless you are a cyclist and own a WRX, please take it somewhere else.
And until you've been buzzed my some @sshole doubling the speed limit as you're doing your best to hug the 6" shoulder on some bassackwards country road in West Marin, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Piece.
Indi
The route chosen is a great route, but doing it on a weekend morning is not very smart. There are too many cyclists around. Friends, co-workers, customers, family, and MY WIFE ride those roads on the weekend. And planning a "fast ballz-out loop" on them is a sure sign you are not very smart.
Yes, you too.
"Oh, Indi, I can't see the cops at night!"
"Oh, Indi, my night viszh sux!"
"Oh, Indi, a prancing deer might run out in front of my '03 Aspen White Sedan!"
So? Killing a cyclist is somehow better? All of you need to give some thought to what you have planned.
And before you get upset and flame back, doing this exact same route at night is a much safer idea: the only one you are going to kill is yourself. Or maybe another deer.
At night, during the week: I am so in.
Spending an hour preening over someone's new CF wing on a weekend morning in order to let more cyclists on the road so you have a better chance of running someone over as you cut the corner on a 3-right-150 on Chileno Valley Road: you are on your own.
I live in Marin. I ride a bike in Marin 5 days a week. I know what's up. So don't give me any crap. Unless you are a cyclist and own a WRX, please take it somewhere else.
And until you've been buzzed my some @sshole doubling the speed limit as you're doing your best to hug the 6" shoulder on some bassackwards country road in West Marin, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Piece.
Indi
Last edited by Indi; 07-31-2003 at 09:46 PM.
07-31-2003, 09:32 PM
#41
Guest
Posts: n/a
Gentlemen-
I would certainly second Indi in urging you to be VERY, VERY CAREFUL on your drive this Sunday. You may not like the way he says it, but he does have a point.
For those of you who don't live here or don't bike here, Marin County is probably the most popular destination for cyclists around the Bay Area on the weekends, and 9 am on Sunday is prime time.
If you are upset at the preachy tone, please remember that we've all known people who have been hit by cars out here, and they're not all alive to tell the tale. This is not a petty concern.
No offense guys. I like to drive fast on the track or at night with my new HIDs when I'm alot less likely to hurt or kill my fellow man. We all gotta share the road... that's all...
I would certainly second Indi in urging you to be VERY, VERY CAREFUL on your drive this Sunday. You may not like the way he says it, but he does have a point.
For those of you who don't live here or don't bike here, Marin County is probably the most popular destination for cyclists around the Bay Area on the weekends, and 9 am on Sunday is prime time.
If you are upset at the preachy tone, please remember that we've all known people who have been hit by cars out here, and they're not all alive to tell the tale. This is not a petty concern.
No offense guys. I like to drive fast on the track or at night with my new HIDs when I'm alot less likely to hurt or kill my fellow man. We all gotta share the road... that's all...
07-31-2003, 10:12 PM
#43
Guest
Posts: n/a
Dear Rex Girl and Indy:
Well, we now have been told that cars are not allowed on public roads because people riding bikes have exclusive use of these roads on Sunday. The posters must be lawyers as they can now claim MURDER if a bike decides to go through a stop sign and is hit.
Why not tell the two wheelers that they should stay off that road this Sunday. Oh, I know. They have a right to bicycle wherever and whenever they want.
Your two posts were obnoxious. You could have politely stated why the route and time wouldn't work out. But instead you decided it was a plot for road kill.
And if you think I am "being preachy" keep in mind that I have seen countless bike riders run through stop signs without regard to traffic, which as you know, has as much right to the use of the roads.
Well, we now have been told that cars are not allowed on public roads because people riding bikes have exclusive use of these roads on Sunday. The posters must be lawyers as they can now claim MURDER if a bike decides to go through a stop sign and is hit.
Why not tell the two wheelers that they should stay off that road this Sunday. Oh, I know. They have a right to bicycle wherever and whenever they want.
Your two posts were obnoxious. You could have politely stated why the route and time wouldn't work out. But instead you decided it was a plot for road kill.
And if you think I am "being preachy" keep in mind that I have seen countless bike riders run through stop signs without regard to traffic, which as you know, has as much right to the use of the roads.
07-31-2003, 10:19 PM
#44
Guest
Posts: n/a
AND REX GIRL from the your last sentence, our cars only have the right to be used at night time or on race courses.
Maybe you should read the California Vehicle Code, you will be amazed to find that cars can drive on public roads with the same rights as bicycles.
Maybe you should read the California Vehicle Code, you will be amazed to find that cars can drive on public roads with the same rights as bicycles.
07-31-2003, 11:00 PM
#45
Hold on just one second here. Indi, that is rude. You swear, throw insults, left and right, call us idiots and then go back and edit everything out of your post after I reply?
We've had this discussion running for weeks with not a peep from you and then you come out of left field firing insults along with your rhetoric. I can only assume Rex Girl is your wife that you recruited to jump on here and back you up (after you editted your post).
Like I said, I was down to discuss this with you. Very close friends of mine are members of various bicycle coalitions and I am never one to fly blindly around a turn. Just because I want to drive fast doesn't mean I don't want to share the road with others. You jumped to conclusions and insulted me and my new friends with your knee jerk reaction.
I don't want to discuss this any further on this board. This is not the place for this. I am insulted. But I know better than to argue with someone on a message board. People can hide behind their personas and assume whatever identity they wish. My name is Huck. I will be at the Cheese Factory in Petaluma at 9am on Sunday. Feel free to come by and introduce yourself and discuss this with me in person.
We've had this discussion running for weeks with not a peep from you and then you come out of left field firing insults along with your rhetoric. I can only assume Rex Girl is your wife that you recruited to jump on here and back you up (after you editted your post).
Like I said, I was down to discuss this with you. Very close friends of mine are members of various bicycle coalitions and I am never one to fly blindly around a turn. Just because I want to drive fast doesn't mean I don't want to share the road with others. You jumped to conclusions and insulted me and my new friends with your knee jerk reaction.
I don't want to discuss this any further on this board. This is not the place for this. I am insulted. But I know better than to argue with someone on a message board. People can hide behind their personas and assume whatever identity they wish. My name is Huck. I will be at the Cheese Factory in Petaluma at 9am on Sunday. Feel free to come by and introduce yourself and discuss this with me in person.