ABC Trash Ride 5-17-2009

Well the 2nd abc trash ride for this year went off very well this past Saturday morning.
We actually had more gals than guys at the start with Hilary Bartels, Renee Coverston, Emily, June, and Catharine Grace rolling out with Tom Buckley, Alex, Dale, and Patrick zahn. While on the road we met up with Jim ( out local Look regional manager) Jim Whitford of 2wheel racing, and then our very own Joe Feng.
Clifbar, Marmot, and Taylor Maid had all kicked in some serious prizes, so the eyes were on the road ways and road shoulders as we headed out up West dry Creek.
Jonathan and Renee won the First Dump Site of the day prize by simply picking up where Pzahn and Joe Feng failed in being the two front riders yet passing a huge furniture dump site
Then while rolling quite speedily along Westside Rd, Catharine Grace made a terrific spot on an appliance way down next to some vineyards.
Some times when you do these rides you get a lot of trash sites but this day all the usual dump sites seemed bare with the exception of Chalkhill rd.
Jim told us of a secret climb off of West Dry Creek called Mountain Home. He described it as a ”little thing” and very pretty. well of course it was way too steep for conversation but still nice to find a new climb in our own backyard nonetheless. the road was very smooth and quite a few steep sections.
On our way back to civilization, Joe feng won the Geyserville sprint for the Marmot Backpack. Jim Whitford would have won the Redpeloton Sprint ( at the southern end of Chalkhill right before it meets Faught rd) but he crossed the white line and was relegated so Patrick Picked up 2 boxes of clifbars and some Clifblox for a nice 2nd place.
Tom Buckley and catherine Grace picked up a cool Marmot Jacket and Taylor Maid Gift box for their work in spotting the Chalk Hills Dump sites.
All in all Great day, fun group and an even better cause!
Not a huge day for trash sites but 5 major dump sites were found and will be removed within the next few weeks

Special thanks to Clifbar, Marmot and Taylor Maid farms for their amazing support

Their additional products are going to the other ABC ride that are going on in the next few weeks

cheers all

Jonathan Lee