Eroica California 2018 -- who's going, and what are you riding?

[mhespenheide]

Everyone's favorite mildly-contentious cosplay/reenactment ride is this weekend!

If you're headed there, drop a note here with a photo of your bike (and yourself?) so that we know to say hi. Maybe specify which route, too, I guess.

Personally, I'll be doing the coastal route on the Trek below (although I've since swapped out the bar tape to black with red perforations).

[Spdntrxi]

also doing coastal..

https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/idX3VTJ8Rz5gwkZWGfQTtX5ZlGYP9cFBcOewoIyTg0w-2048x1536.jpg

[Spaghetti Legs]

Coastal on my Tommasini.

In North Beach SF right now getting some old time nostalgia in before heading down to Paso.

Well pic won’t upload. It’s blue.

[FlashUNC]

http://bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/photo-galleries-images/racers-images/lapize-octave/1910-lapize-pyrenees.jpg

/cue old timey fiddle music and Sam Waterston narration

Dearest Martha,
Word has reached our motley band from my last correspondence that some preparing for this journey have asked that we share our equipment predilections so that we may more easily find ourselves in the common bond of brotherhood should our paths cross on our escapades.

Far be it from me to disappoint a fellow comrade in arms whose company may provide a moment of succor during the mid of day when the sun's blaze is unrelenting, or when the night chill and the howl of some unseen beast stirs the basest fears within a man.

I am, of course, using that latest of inventions, the pneumatic tire and what those amongst our contingent who take to HG Wells' authorial ravings call a spoon brake. Their flights of technological fancy I find confounding, but I am not one to refuse the notion of progress and these perform admirably. Just yesterday I was able to avert disaster with a cow in the road by beginning my deceleration but a quarter mile from his location. The speed with which my progress was halted truly was jarring, and I doubt any gentleman in good health and humor would scarcely need a stronger device to arrest his forward movement in times of crisis.

Martha, I must ask, there have been tales of the most fanciful variety about safety bicycles that will be joining this Eroica that are not constructed from steel, but the woven fibers of some cloth? Surely these are the ravings of madmen and fools. Who would ever come to believe in the certainty and reliability of such a machine?

Your eternally,
Beauregard Albert Jackson IV

/end fiddle music

[mhespenheide]

:)

[mhespenheide]

also doing coastal..



Score! That's a sweet Look you've got there.

[bikingshearer]

That's me, all 6'3" and 260# of climbing sloth, along with my sweetie (she won't be riding) and the 1961 Bianchi Competizione I'll be riding. This was taken at Eroica CA #1 in 2015, and the bike has had a few changes (like the entire drivetrain, barcons for the DT shifters, the handlebars and the brake levers), but the overall effect will be very much the same.

40 mile route for this Clydesdale.

I will also have a table at the Saturday swap meet with a lot of accumulated vintage stuff for sale. (The RD, FD, handlebars, and cranks are among the goodies available.) Let me know you're from Paceline and I'll take a little somethin'-somethin' off the prices.

[brockd15]

I'll be there. Really looking forward to it, I haven't done any sort of organized ride in a loooong time. I'll be doing the long route and riding this 1988 Davidson that I picked up from a friend of pdmtong here locally and updated (backdated?) a bit.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/886/27433303588_6056a01373_c.jpg

[rccardr]

Coastal route again for me, this time on the Pelizzoli.

[pbarry]

Epic writing, Flash! :beer:

[R3awak3n]

this ride has the best bikes, period.

Lets see some more....

[Chris]

That's me, all 6'3" and 260# of climbing sloth, along with my sweetie (she won't be riding) and the 1961 Bianchi Competizione I'll be riding. This was taken at Eroica CA #1 in 2015, and the bike has had a few changes (like the entire drivetrain, barcons for the DT shifters, the handlebars and the brake levers), but the overall effect will be very much the same.

40 mile route for this Clydesdale.

I will also have a table at the Saturday swap meet with a lot of accumulated vintage stuff for sale. (The RD, FD, handlebars, and cranks are among the goodies available.) Let me know you're from Paceline and I'll take a little somethin'-somethin' off the prices.

Get picked first a lot in gym class?

[crankles]

Doing the Medium route unless I can convince/blackmail my mates to do the Coastal.

I'll be on the Team Miyata

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697956532&d=1520889466

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697956537&stc=1&d=1520889548

[crankles]

also doing coastal..

that mavic kit is one of my favorites.

fixed

[Spdntrxi]

fixed



Yeah thanks.. seen too many with campy or dura ace... so I decided to keep it French (mostly anyways)

[Ken Robb]

That's me, all 6'3" and 260# of climbing sloth, along with my sweetie (she won't be riding) and the 1961 Bianchi Competizione I'll be riding. This was taken at Eroica CA #1 in 2015, and the bike has had a few changes (like the entire drivetrain, barcons for the DT shifters, the handlebars and the brake levers), but the overall effect will be very much the same.

40 mile route for this Clydesdale.

I will also have a table at the Saturday swap meet with a lot of accumulated vintage stuff for sale. (The RD, FD, handlebars, and cranks are among the goodies available.) Let me know you're from Paceline and I'll take a little somethin'-somethin' off the prices.

Just remember: it's all potential muscle! :banana:

[Ken Robb]

I'll be there. Really looking forward to it, I haven't done any sort of organized ride in a loooong time. I'll be doing the long route and riding this 1988 Davidson that I picked up from a friend of pdmtong here locally and updated (backdated?) a bit.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/886/27433303588_6056a01373_c.jpg

The triple crank looks like a very wise move to me.

[Flying Pigeon]

I am giving the long route a go. I'm bringing a '73 De Rosa.

Like they say, "there's no time like the past." :banana:

[brockd15]

The triple crank looks like a very wise move to me.

From what I hear of some of the climbs it may come in handy. It's the crankset that was on it when I got it. I swapped the 48/44 rings for 52/36 and considered removing the 26t ring, but.....better safe than sorry.

[Ken Robb]

From what I hear of some of the climbs it may come in handy. It's the crankset that was on it when I got it. I swapped the 48/44 rings for 52/36 and considered removing the 26t ring, but.....better safe than sorry.
I have had triples on most of my bikes and never saw a down side to them. I don't care about a little weight one way or the other and when I needed that low/low gear I was glad I had it. Heck my favorite cranks of all time are TA Zephyr with 48-38-28 rings that I used with 13-27 or 13-29 cogs. I have a 24 ring in my box of stuff that I never used but I might have done so if my cassette was a 12-25 or smaller.

[charliedid]

http://bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/photo-galleries-images/racers-images/lapize-octave/1910-lapize-pyrenees.jpg

/cue old timey fiddle music and Sam Waterston narration

Dearest Martha,
Word has reached our motley band from my last correspondence that some preparing for this journey have asked that we share our equipment predilections so that we may more easily find ourselves in the common bond of brotherhood should our paths cross on our escapades.

Far be it from me to disappoint a fellow comrade in arms whose company may provide a moment of succor during the mid of day when the sun's blaze is unrelenting, or when the night chill and the howl of some unseen beast stirs the basest fears within a man.

I am, of course, using that latest of inventions, the pneumatic tire and what those amongst our contingent who take to HG Wells' authorial ravings call a spoon brake. Their flights of technological fancy I find confounding, but I am not one to refuse the notion of progress and these perform admirably. Just yesterday I was able to avert disaster with a cow in the road by beginning my deceleration but a quarter mile from his location. The speed with which my progress was halted truly was jarring, and I doubt any gentleman in good health and humor would scarcely need a stronger device to arrest his forward movement in times of crisis.

Martha, I must ask, there have been tales of the most fanciful variety about safety bicycles that will be joining this Eroica that are not constructed from steel, but the woven fibers of some cloth? Surely these are the ravings of madmen and fools. Who would ever come to believe in the certainty and reliability of such a machine?

Your eternally,
Beauregard Albert Jackson IV

/end fiddle music

:)

[bikingshearer]

Get picked first a lot in gym class?

If you saw how fast I wasn't and how coordinated I wasn't BITD (slower and only marginally less uncoordinated now), you'd know better than to even ask. :D

Just remember: it's all potential muscle! :banana:

Yes, unrealized potential. :banana:

[choke]

I'll be there with my 1966 Frejus

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/frej0409b.jpg

[auto_rock]

Who's seen the "Cycles Heroic" stuff that Rock Lobster is up to for this? Pretty excited about that, gotta say.

[mhespenheide]

That's me, all 6'3" and 260# of climbing sloth, along with my sweetie (she won't be riding) and the 1961 Bianchi Competizione I'll be riding. This was taken at Eroica CA #1 in 2015, and the bike has had a few changes (like the entire drivetrain, barcons for the DT shifters, the handlebars and the brake levers), but the overall effect will be very much the same.


I do like the dark blue Bianchi's. My first bike that wasn't out of a department store was one...

[mhespenheide]

Doing the Medium route unless I can convince/blackmail my mates to do the Coastal.

I'll be on the Team Miyata

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697956532&d=1520889466

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697956537&stc=1&d=1520889548

I remember the thread on this over on "Production Bikes" -- there's really something about the bikes we imprint on!

[mhespenheide]

The Pelizolli and the Davidson look great, and yes -- the triple is really nice to have on some of the dirt/gravel climbs. Or a low-range double, I guess.

There was a comment from a reader over on Red Kite Prayer's article about Eroica that he was into re-enacting an American (or British?) club rider from the 70's, not an Italian racer from the 60's. That made a lot of sense to me.

[DCilliams]

Coastal route again for me, this time on the Pelizzoli.

I'm definitely going next year, neighbor! Man, that Ciocc is sooo nice.

[DCilliams]

ahahahaha dude, you kill me


http://bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/photo-galleries-images/racers-images/lapize-octave/1910-lapize-pyrenees.jpg

/cue old timey fiddle music and Sam Waterston narration

Dearest Martha,
Word has reached our motley band from my last correspondence that some preparing for this journey have asked that we share our equipment predilections so that we may more easily find ourselves in the common bond of brotherhood should our paths cross on our escapades.

Far be it from me to disappoint a fellow comrade in arms whose company may provide a moment of succor during the mid of day when the sun's blaze is unrelenting, or when the night chill and the howl of some unseen beast stirs the basest fears within a man.

I am, of course, using that latest of inventions, the pneumatic tire and what those amongst our contingent who take to HG Wells' authorial ravings call a spoon brake. Their flights of technological fancy I find confounding, but I am not one to refuse the notion of progress and these perform admirably. Just yesterday I was able to avert disaster with a cow in the road by beginning my deceleration but a quarter mile from his location. The speed with which my progress was halted truly was jarring, and I doubt any gentleman in good health and humor would scarcely need a stronger device to arrest his forward movement in times of crisis.

Martha, I must ask, there have been tales of the most fanciful variety about safety bicycles that will be joining this Eroica that are not constructed from steel, but the woven fibers of some cloth? Surely these are the ravings of madmen and fools. Who would ever come to believe in the certainty and reliability of such a machine?

Your eternally,
Beauregard Albert Jackson IV

/end fiddle music

[cgolvin]

Sadly not able to make it work this year, but dead set on next year on this:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4621/40490659201_0b52f3dc81_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24G2diP)Gios Super Record 1978 (https://flic.kr/p/24G2diP) by cgolvin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nivlog/), on Flickr

[middec11]

Love these bikes, thank you all for sharing. Wish there was a similarly themed ride closer to me so I had an excuse to build up a vintage rig. To Choke above with the '66 Frejus- How does front shifting work with the huge gap in chainring size? Is that typical of the era?

[NHAero]

Great bike! How did it end up with the TA crankset? And what is that rear derailleur?

I'll be there with my 1966 Frejus

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/frej0409b.jpg

[choke]

To Choke above with the '66 Frejus- How does front shifting work with the huge gap in chainring size? Is that typical of the era?It shifts pretty well IMO. It's certainly not modern day fast but it's more than fine for me. It's not typical at all of that era - quite the opposite in fact. I have the original crank and it has 52/49 rings and was paired with a 14-22 freewheel. :eek: Those were hard men.

Great bike! How did it end up with the TA crankset? And what is that rear derailleur?Thanks. As you can see above, the original gearing was a bit on the high side....especially since I climb like I have an anchor attached.....so I felt that the TA would allow low gears and be period correct. The RD is a 1st Gen. Campy Rally, which came out a few years later than the bike but is close enough for me.

http://cycle.ciocctoo.com/rally1.jpg

[Steve in SLO]

Last minute, but I have a registration I cannot use. I am going to pick up my swag bag and spend some time at the festival today, so if anyone wants to ride, shoot me a text and I will give it to you (for free). Alternately, I will be at home in SLO later in the day/tonight.
Steve

Edit: it's gone

[Spdntrxi]

I’m no #100 on coastal
La vie Claire and look kg86

[brockd15]

I'm #185 on the long route.
Fun day today, got to meet a few forum people and see tons of cool bikes. The Baylis Wizard that won best in show (I think) was amazing.

[fiamme red]

Photos please!!! :)

[rccardr]

Photos tomorrow, traveling today.

[choke]

I had a great time. I had planned on riding the coastal route but I finally admitted to myself that I just wasn't up for that. I ended up doing the short route with bikingshearer. I also met up with rccardr, NorthBend, Spaghetti Legs and brockd13 (those I'm sure are on Paceline) plus a bunch of others from another forum.

I saw this beauty in the parking lot on Sat.

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-1.jpg

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-2.jpg

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-3.jpg

Masi was well represented.

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-4.jpg

Including one with Nervex lugs.

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-5.jpg

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-6.jpg

[choke]

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-7.jpg

I love seeing this out on the road. I'm pretty sure this belongs to Mike Kone who owns Boulder Bicycle. I know I took a pic of it last year as well.

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-8.jpg

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-9.jpg

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-10.jpg

This is the only pic I took of anyone actually riding....and that is the red Confente above in the foreground.

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-11.jpg

[livingminimal]

Just in this thread for Flash's post.

A+++ Exceeded all expectations.

[mistermo]

Man 'o man, I really want to do this ride! On a Masi.

Perfect definition of beausage:
http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-6.jpg

[jtbadge]

I saw that neon fade Gitane (or one just like it) on Craigslist in LA a month or so ago. Should have scooped it - the paint is killer!

[crankles]

I ended up doing the Medium Route. Kiler Canyon was no joke on a 42x26. As of this writing, I'm in no hurry to repeat it ;-)

[mhespenheide]

Great to see everyone out there! I know I saw rccardr at the start, and I'm pretty sure I saw Spdntrxi as well, and also a beautiful repainted Serotta in light blue with white and red lettering (that I can't find the thread to). I saw two different guys on the blue-and-gold Team Miyatas, but I don't know if either was crankles.

Also saw Otis Guy on one of his own frames, and Mike Varley of Black Mountain Cycles on a pink Bruce Gordon.

The eye candy of the bikes was out in full force for the day. I apologize that I didn't photograph anything, but I take photography too seriously the rest of the time, and I wanted to just enjoy the day myself. Looking forwards to more pictures coming.

I know it's a contentious/silly/mildly warped event, but it really is a fun ride if you can get past the arbitrary limitations/rules.

[crankles]

I saw two different guys on the blue-and-gold Team Miyatas, but I don't know if either was crankles.



I was the one NOT wearing the Koga Miyata Jersey;-) I was in Orange wool.

My hero was the big dude tackling the medium route on the Viner Fixie! How he got to the top of Kiler Canyon on that thing I'll never know.

[cgolvin]

My hero was the big dude tackling the medium route on the Viner Fixie! How he got to the top of Kiler Canyon on that thing I'll never know.

EPO. Investigation to follow…

[cloudguy]

http://er18.ciocctoo.com/eroica18-10.jpg


Sorry to hijack the thread, but my modern aesthetic sensibilities make me cringe at the unsightliness of all these old-fashioned "swooping" brake cables. Makes me think one of the greatest bike-related inventions is the internally routed (or even side-routed) cable, which seems like a no-brainer in hindsight. Sorry, go back to admiring these otherwise fine looking antiques.

[mhespenheide]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but my modern aesthetic sensibilities make me cringe at the unsightliness of all these old-fashioned "swooping" brake cables. Makes me think one of the greatest bike-related inventions is the internally routed (or even side-routed) cable, which seems like a no-brainer in hindsight. Sorry, go back to admiring these otherwise fine looking antiques.

Really? I think those cables could be just a touch longer so that the curve is a little more graceful, but I genuinely don't mind them -- while I do mind the side-exit of early Shimano STI shift cables, which look awkward to my eye. Just what I grew up with, I guess.

Now, the saddle bag and the "mounting" of the number tag, on the other hand...

[crankles]

unsightliness of all these old-fashioned "swooping" brake cables.

swooping = dead sexy!

That being said, I've been a fairly early adopter of modern tech. It was a pretty interesting experience riding on 1981 tech. Some things mattered and others didn't. Since I pretty much road for 5 + hrs solo, I had a lot to dwell on ;-)

[brockd15]

This thing was a huge amount of fun. It's a tough ride, for sure, those climbs are the real deal. I did the long route, wasn't at all prepared for it, but made it through. Hopefully I can make it again next year.

[Cicli]

Word on the street is that this is the last year in Paso Robles.
They dont like all the bikes ruining the grass and such. Can anyone confirm this?

[rccardr]

I did the coastal route. Second year without having to walk :banana:

My understanding is that 1) Paso Robles charged a fee for the damage to the grass on the town green last year, 2) the large tent that was used for the display and dinner was super expensive, and 3) the town council didn't think that the event brought enough money into the local economy to justify supporting it. Please note although that these items were heard from multiple directions, some of them 'official', nothing has yet been announced or seen in writing other than speculation.

My further understanding is that the event may move down to the coast at Cambria, a town located where the long and coastal routed come onto Rt 1. Before Linn's was a rest stop, Cambria is where they served the tacos, at least in 2016.

[fiamme red]

Links to these excellent videos were posted on the CR list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbu_lYcdDvk (Saturday concourse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s23BjDFcEzA (Sunday heroic route)

[velomateo]

I really enjoyed the videos, thanks for the link.

That Bianchi is sweet.

[azrider]

wait..........from video it appears there were only 7 or 8 dudes who did the "heroic" route. Am I missing something?

[choke]

wait..........from video it appears there were only 7 or 8 dudes who did the "heroic" route. Am I missing something?At the very end of the vid he said he was in the 2nd wave so there were people ahead of him. I'm sure there were more than 2 waves for the Heroic Route as well.....they let riders off in smaller groups rather than everyone off at one time.

BTW, at 5:35 there is a rider in a red jersey with a white stripe, which if you look closely says "G.S. Cinghiale" and "Hampsten"....that's Andy H.

[azrider]

At the very end of the vid he said he was in the 2nd wave so there were people ahead of him. I'm sure there were more than 2 waves for the Heroic Route as well.....they let riders off in smaller groups rather than everyone off at one time.

Whoops. You're correct. First time I watched it I FF to the actual start (I typically don't like watching videos of dudes in the dark in a van :p)........but I just watched from the beginning and he mentions the different "waves."





Nothing else to see here.

THanks.

[brockd15]

Good video, I kept looking for myself in there but I must have gone off in the wave in front him. That was a pretty good representation of the ride I think, it was fun to see it again.