Charity Ride 2012

This was the second year we participated in a charity ride.  Charitywater.org was the 2012 Charity Ride beneficiary.  They are a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.

Cory Bolen Provided excellent maps for the rides!

Riders donated $15 and then headed out on one of three ride options to suit various desires of difficulty.  Similar to last year, there was a 50mile, a 40mile and a 23mile ride mapped out.

Last year we had about 8-10 people on the 50mile route, this year I opted for the coined "Yam" ride.  The "Russet" was the 40 mile and the "Bourgeois" was the 50mile option.  Themes of the ride names were chosen as a nod to our partner sponsor, Boise Fry Company, who took care of all of us post ride and donated 20% of all of their sales for most the the afternoon to the charity as well!

Green Belt Roll Call!

Nine of us showed up at 10:30 to do the Yam and everyone patiently waited around for me to run into Eastside Cycles to purchase some new water bottle cages for my new Ridley cross bike and inflate Angela's tire again as I was unable locate and fix a leak in her tire before the ride.  (I would have to add air another 3 times during the ride, but it worked until I find time to try and fix it again!)

Yes, it was smokey out there, but it didn't hamper our spirits or hinder our riding abilities...it did, however decrease our visibility!

 



Bryan Warnock and Rick Holscher leading up Sidewinder



The group slinkied up Crestline trail and grouped up again before climbing Sidewinder.  The trails were not very busy Saturday!  Seems everyone was hesitant to ride in the smoke.  But as fellow cyclist Dave Byers said in response to "should I ride in this smoke?" he replied: "Ride. Always."  I wonder if he got the information on our charity ride?  Similarly to many others, our Thursday night rides have been a bit lite as of late!



Angela following Jeremy







  

Still smiling up Fat Tire Traverse!







Enjoying the Tailings Art





Rolling out Rocky Canyon: Fall colors are here!





Happy Rick and Nancy Odel on the last climb of the day



During the ride Rick received a call from his daughter Danny who informed Rick that the basement was flooding!  She was going to use a shop vac to get most of the water up and lay down towels and limit water usage until Rick could call a plumber and finish out the ride!  (Danny is in the 7th grade!) :)

Rick arranging for a plumber on Rock Island

Post ride we all enjoyed ample amounts of fries, gourmet burgers and beer!  It was a pleasure to catch up with the three Red Lantern riders who did the 50mile (altered) route; good seeing you, Jared Rammel, Todd Meir and Ben Biggerstaff.  We did not get a chance to catch up with any of the Russet riders!  Anyone?

Yam riders:

Eric Zuber

Angela Haener

Rick Holsher

Bryan Warnock

Nancy Odel

Tyler Smith

Logan (Tyler's nephew)

Jeremy (didn't catch your last name!)

It was a pleasure!  Hope to see more of you out next year, as well as the fast approaching Cross Season!

Zuber