Ride to EP Sunday 02/20/2005

[Boy Scout]

Ride leaving from BP (1285 W Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO) at 11:00am. EP is probable destination, but exact route undetermined.

[Quick636]

No go for me... the boss man is having us work on sunday :lol:

[Player 2]

See ya at 11 Nate... :D

[Lomax]

If you can believe the 9 news forecast, It looks like it will be a chilly one up in Estes Today. I am going to wait a while before deciding which way to go.

Sunday, February 20

Morning (7:00am-Noon)


21 - 27
W 10-25 mph
A very windy and cloudy morning. We will see a few snow flurries. Temperatures will rise from 21 to 27 by late this morning. Winds will be 10 to 25 MPH from the west.


Afternoon (1:00pm-6:00pm)


21 - 27
W 5-15 mph
It will be a cloudy afternoon. Light snow is predicted. Expect additional accumulations of around one inch. Today's high of 27 will occur around 12:00pm as temperatures diminish to 21 by late afternoon. Winds will be 5 to 15 MPH from the west.

Ride Safe.
Marc

[Boy Scout]

If you can believe the 9 news forecast, It looks like it will be a chilly one up in Estes Today.You can't. I like 9News, but their weather forecasts lately have been lousy. Nick says one thing in the morning and Kathy says something completely different at noon and 6pm -- repeatedly -- and their website is often not in sync with their broadcasts. 9News Broadcast (Sun AM): EP High 50-something. National Weather Service: 20% chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers, high 41. Weather Underground: Mostly cloudy with isolated rain/snow showers, high upper 30s to upper 40s (now that's really narrowing it down :roll: ). AccuWeather: Times of clouds and sun with a shower in parts of the area, high 50. Intellicast: Mix of clouds and sun, high 45. KEZZ (EP Radio): Periods of snow, high low 40sWith information like this (30 to 50+; sun to cloudy to rain to snow), who can say? I'm in. If the weather doesn't cooperate, we'll adjust ;)

[Player 2]

With information like this (30 to 50+; sun to cloudy to rain to snow), who can say? I'm in. If the weather doesn't cooperate, we'll adjust ;)
werd

[~Barn~]

Good ride today everybody! Had fun! :up:

[Cleveland]

looks cold and wet outside. where all did you ride today?

[Player 2]

BRRRRR.....

[CBRChick]

BRRRRR.....

I second that notion!!! It may be a little too early for Estes :lol: I think I've finally thawed ... after a 1/2 hour steaming hot shower!

[~Barn~]

looks cold and wet outside. where all did you ride today?

Up 7 into EP, had lunch, then down 36 back home. Definitely had our moments of cold, slush, and lack of hot chocolate.

[Player 2]

I second that notion!!! It may be a little too early for Estes :lol: I think I've finally thawed ... after a 1/2 hour steaming hot shower!
Sure wish I could take time out for a hot shower... :|

[CBRChick]

Oh yeah ... and I would like to thank Nate and Jon for helping me keep not as cold with a couple extra articles of clothing :D I appreciate it guys!!!

[Player 2]

Oh yeah ... and I would like to thank Nate and Jon for helping me keep not as cold with a couple extra articles of clothing :D I appreciate it guys!!!
Least we could do... :D

[Gramps]

sorry i missed you guys today


sounds like you had a decent ride, except for the cold


still would have been better than work


how were the roads?

[CBRChick]

36 wasn't bad on the way back from Estes but hwy 7 has a few miles of road that has snow and slush covering it ... just have to pick your line very carefully ...

Other than that ... it wasn't too bad ...

[Lomax]

Great Ride Everyone. This is such a super group of people.

We headed up Hwy. 7 and after much sand and a wee bit of nippy weather took a warm up stop. Yes That is Barn Believe it or not.

http://image24.webshots.com/25/0/42/13/278504213TdQMef_ph.jpg

CBRChick even found a handy hand warmer.

http://image34.webshots.com/35/0/55/40/278505540HTvtNi_ph.jpg

Then we ran into some wet roads and snow. There were places we were riding thru the slush and fully snow packed roads. Everyone did great.

http://image28.webshots.com/29/0/60/8/278506008IZXCXB_ph.jpg

Finally Lunch in Estes and then back down Hwy 36 and home.

http://image34.webshots.com/35/0/68/8/278506808OePaLF_ph.jpg

I guess if all else fails I will try the attachment route.

Again a Great run.

Ride Safe.
Marc

[Player 2]

I see broken pictures....

Hey Marc, can you email me the high res versions of today's pics?

[Lomax]

HMMMM! I can see them. I hate posting pictures, they never come out right.

It would be easier for you to go here http://community.webshots.com/user/lomaxcm and look under "Rides and Misc" and down load them. My service is so slow it would take hours to E-mail them to you.

Cheers.
Marc.

[~Barn~]

I can't see them either. =\

itsbarn<at>hotmail.com

=)

[Lomax]

OK SDLKKJFXBROYOT!!XX :x :x :x :x

I give up. Look at my album to see them. They are in "Rides and Misc" http://community.webshots.com/user/lomaxcm

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x Anyway!

Sometimes if you right click on the red X you can say show picture ??

Marc

[Boy Scout]

Yeah, it was a little sunny, a little cloudy, a little rainy, a little snowy, sometimes warm, sometimes chilly, sometimes cold. Just like combining all the damn weather reports indicated! I guess they were all correct :lol: Next time I'll weight the Lomax weather report a little more heavily :oops:

Hwy 7 pretty clean to the top, then P2P was a little messy as indicated above. Hwy 36 was pretty clean. The worst of it for me was on the way back between Boulder and Denver where I rode through a rain/sleet/snow shower / wind storm.

All told it was a decent ride and I had fun. It was a nice change from the usual ho-hum ride in the hills :lol: Everyone did very well given the conditions. A big thank you to everyone for taking it easy and keeping two wheels under you throughout the trip!

You're welcome Christine...hope it helped keep you a little warmer!

Hopefully today's little adventure won't scare you southern folk away from joining us on another ride.

Nice to finally meet you David!

Nice pix Marc -- by the way, where's the one showing how NOT to warm your hands :lol:

[Bueller]

Nice to meet you too Nate, and not to worry, us southern folk is too s2pid ta be skeered. Here is some pics of the ride or should I say stops :lol:

[Bueller]

Couple more :)

[Hoopty]

Just curious as to why you idiots went north for a ride this early in the season, with these conditions. :lol: We had 5-6 guys out riding yesterday up through Morrison to Evergreen, Deer Creek, Turkey Creek, some other roads too. No rain or snow (especially not on the road :P )!!!

[Lomax]

Ah! But did you have an Adventure or just a ride? :D

Cheers.
Marc

[~Barn~]

Cause sucessfully riding a sportbike in slushy'ass-gravel'filled-snow&ice'puddles makes you better at riding on good roads.

(aka, we don't have dirt bikes) :lol:

[Hoopty]

:lol: Yeah Barn, that's what dirt bikes are for (much cheaper to crash, too :D ).

If you know the road, it's not much of an adventure now is it. :no: haha We did hit some pretty sketchy gravel filled switchbacks, good for a nice pucker. :o I'll skip riding the streetbikes in snow though!!!

[Mr. Turbo]

Looks like you guys had a pretty wild ride up there. I got caught in the same wind and snow on the way between golden and boulder.. the wind combined with the snow on highway 93 made for an interesting ride..