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folsomsteve member offline

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Location:

Folsom, California

Club Affiliation:

Sacramento Bike Hikers

Road Category:

Citizen

Member Since:

April 2009

5 Year Distance Chart

2024 Miles Traveled:

2024 Rank:

# 860 of 919 riders
(outdoor rides only)

Lifetime Odometer:

160,114 miles

History:

Moved to Folsom, CA in the spring of 2008 from Silicon Valley, and started riding the bike my daughter so generously gave me the year before. Took a couple of months to join a "Meetup" bike club, and then joined the Sacramento Bike Hikers in March of 2009, mostly to find weekday riders. That led to joining the Sacramento Wheelmen as well, both of which turned me into a mileage junkie. It's obsessive, I know, but all that riding enables me to indulge my ice cream cone habit. And to meet some great people in some great places.
Missed my mileage goal in 2015, having to stay off the bike for 2 months after accessorizing with a pacemaker. Here I thought that low heart rate was due to all the riding. Seems there was something else at work there as well. Life is good.
And now a new phase. As a reward for reaching the 120,000 mile mark, I've got a new ride, an Orbea Gain M30, featuring electric "assist." We'll see where that takes me.

Bicycles

	2007 Trek Pilot 5.2 Road bike
	Description: My first road bike, and it has served me well. I liked the triple it came with, especially after adding an 11/28 cassette. But now it is reserved for the wet roads of winter or steep climbing days, like doing passes in the Pyrenees. Or as my backup bike when foolish things happen to the other ones. Lifetime Odometer: 43,387.8 miles Tires: 700 x 25C Michelin Pro4 Endurance, front, 4,308 miles 700 x 25C Michelin Pro4 Endurance, rear, 3,553 miles

	2011 Bianchi Infinito Road bike
	Description: Bianchi's "comfortable" race bike initially didn't seem very comfortable, but then I grew to love it. Sorry to the Bianchi purists out there, but I preferred the red to the "celeste." This bike, along with my wife's Pinarello F1, was stolen out of my garage the night after riding it around Lake Tahoe. Lifetime Odometer: 12,371.0 miles

	2013 Giant Defy Advanced 0 Road bike
	Description: The Bianchi replacement, with the addition of Di2 shifting. Sweet, indeed. But I totaled it in a crash after 25.4k miles. Its replacement will be the 2015 version of the same bike. Lifetime Odometer: 26,005.4 miles

	2015 Giant Defy Advanced Pro 0 Road bike
	Description: The replacement for the crashed 2013 model, upgraded with an 11 speed Di2 cluster and Shimano hydraulic disc brakes. Then stolen via lock snipping 10 miles from the end of a 60 mile ride. Damn! Lifetime Odometer: 17,567.1 miles

	2017 Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1 Road bike
	Description: The latest version, but back to manual shifting. new chain and rear cluster at about 4280 miles Lifetime Odometer: 23,333.6 miles Tires: 700 x 28C generic Michelin Power Endurance, front, 17,059 miles 700 x 28C Michelin Power Endurance, rear, 23,117 miles

	2019 Orbea Gain M30 Electric bike
	Description: The reward for reaching my 10 year mileage goal of 120,000 miles. The unique feature is that it isn't pure electric power, but variable levels of "assist" that supplements your own pedaling effort. There is no free lunch, but this is pretty tasty. 2024 Odometer: 41.3 miles Lifetime Odometer: 24,446.0 miles

	2011 unknown make Rompelberg Mallorca Road bike
	Description: bike used on Fred Rompelberg Mallorca tour Lifetime Odometer: 583.0 miles

	2013 Backroads rental Road bike
	Description: bike used for Prague/Vienna trip Lifetime Odometer: 224.0 miles

No planned events for 2024

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