Everyone,
We have been really remiss in updating the blog. As of 8 November we DID go to France and the news will be posted here SOON.
What that means is unclear but "bear" with us.

Steve

Bike Jersey for the Ride!!

With the help of Andrew Block from Beaker Concepts Inc and Peter Godefroy of Dragon Design Group our jersey will be made! Jersey pics in about a week. I am off to play cowboy in Montana at the TX Ranch so someone else will post the pics. Right Pierre! 

Saturday 30 June 2012

Most of us rode with the California Coastal Classic (CCC)  folks today and went 55 miles. As we get closer (3 months away we are pretty much down to several things in planning. What to take list finalized, where, specifically, do we want to ride, and how much money to take.
The jersey design is in the Creative Directors hands and we are awaiting the first draft of the design.

Wednesday 27 June 2012

We went on our weekly ride and did the Kelly Loop Counter Clockwise. Great weather and our friend Jim road with us. Here is an image from last year that reflects our city at sunset.

June 19 Meeting

Dinner meeting on 19 June at my house. I hope we are able to get the jersey launched, figure out the credit card thingy and start looking at options for riding. Helmut is bringing wine, Pierre is bringing salad and Blackberries (grown in his back yard), and Ed is bringing a side dish, baguette, and beer.

I hope the blog pages get updated and we all start to make entries.
Addendum post dinner. Good evening with great guys. We did finish the jersey issue and Pierre is sending  it on to his son. We talked about clothes and what to take. The is s separate entry coming about our list.  The specific schedule is going to be checked by Ed and edited for hotels, trains, and ideas.
We will be getting a credit card with a chip.
The next meeting will be July 31st at Helmut's place.

7 May Meeting Notes

As best as I can tell we all met at Pauls house and had wine and a great spaghetti dinner. I definitely remember the wine.
We have decide that we need a single card to pay for the trip but we have to get one with a EU chip. Helmet has the best solution, reasonable people will come up with a reasonable solution. Helmet is a great guy, common sense rules!
Pierre and I will complete the next phase of the jersey and have some sort of prototype available for the next meeting on the 18th of June at Steve's house. BBQ and vegan food for sure.

Here is a picture of our group in civilian clothes. Bill Ed, Helmet, Paul, Steve, and Pierre.

Cinco les Velo

On Saturday the 5th of May we all went with Paul and did an interesting ride around Poway. According to Paul it only had 3 hills. Paul is our "hill" guy. Some people like chocolate some people like hills. When we get to France it will be "most of us like wine".
I am trying to find a way to list all the places we like on a separate page.

O.K. In my research I found this site: This is the Virtual Tourist, a great site I found a terrific looking restaurant in Bayeux I will check out.

Maggie LaCoste for Geezer Board Chair!!!

We have a new adviser!! In our search for insight I came across a wonderful link and 

a fabulous person for everyone to read if you are interested in riding in France. 

Her web site is both functional and elegant. Check it out! She gave us great guidance 

about Amboise:

Maggie LaCoste   Experience France by bike

Please visit her site and follow along with her. She has already given us tons of great

stuff and if we had a Board of Directors for this group I would insist she be on it!! 

Tuesday with Erica

We are at our Tuesday morning breakfast stop , THE Encinitas Cafe. Pierre, Bill, Ed, and I have been coming here so often that the folks know what we eat. Erica, Eric, Javier, Jorge, Debbie, Bubbles (Cathleen), and sometimes Megan. We love this place. Please stop by and enjoy.

The Group at a YMCA Wednesday

So this is the real image of all the Geezers. Steve, Ed, Bill, Paul, Helmet, and Pierre. The good news is we are ready to ride. This trip is NOT about the ride, it's about the wine after the ride!

Ed was in France that day

Here is a picture I thought I had already uploaded. Bill, Paul, Pierre, and I.

Pannikin

Well. So today we, Bill, Paul, Pierre, and I (Steve) rode our regular Wednesday YMCA ride. We stopped at Pannikin for a refresher (Hot Chocolate for me), coffee or iced tea for all the other geezers.
Gosh I will have to come back and tell you more. It was an exciting repast.

Tuesday 17 April Places I like!

There will be a section soon about businesses, places, and stuff we like and want to advertise. An example is the Pink Peloton (WWW.pinkpeloton.com) Rachel is great and the store is super. Chick stuff but go talk to her and get your wife or mate a gift. Bike Revolution Shop (WWW.RevolutionBikeShop.com) it is a ne outfit that supports our gear and it is where I have ALL my work done. Here is one more for now, Book Tales in Encinitas ((WWW.encinitasbooktales.com). I found a couple of great books on France, not tourist stuff but stories that take place in France - Murder in the Bastille by Cara Black is one I am starting.

Today Helmet and I road out to Lake Hodges via the Solana Beach Train station. Bill was supposed to come with but there was a glitch I will let him explain. Cute and humorous but it should come from him. Something we all have done.
Lots of news from Ed, he is really enjoying himself and I appreciate all his work to try and get us ready for our trip.
Paul doesn't know we changes the date of our next meet up and since he is hosting we should really tell him.
HELP*** I want to add a couple of columns for this blog blog and am having a tough time being patient enough to read the direction. I am more of a do it guy rather than a read it and then do it. Frustrating for me sometimes.

Check out this pics from the web. Find Waldo (Pierre)!! No it is NOT the scepter guy on the right.

Today is 22 March. I haven't posted in over a week. I am learning how to set up the site for best use and I hope that all the "Geezers" will be on line and contribute shortly.

We are deep into planning and have a pretty good idea of what we are going to do. 5 of us will arrive in Paris on 21 September 2012 and get our butts over to Bayeux for our stay there until the 26th of September. Lots of riding up and down the Normandy coast. We will be going to all the local sites but the idea is to ride and drink lots of good French wine!

Here is a link for Chateau's for sale:
http://www.prestigeproperty.co.uk/pages/french_chateau_for_sale.asp

I think Ed has arranged for us to stay at this place?? A great place in Caen.

Pierre goes to France

This blog is for the geezers going to ride in France in September and October of 2012. This will be a bucket list tour for us. At least for some of us. We will be going to Bayeux on the Normandy coast and then to Tors and ride alone the Loire River.