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This past weekend, Rivendell Bike Works hosted their third, not quite annual, gathering for owners and enthusiasts. We met on Saturday morning at RBW World Headquarters for some snacks and socializing. The highlight for me was being introduced to the delicacy known as “breakfast pizza”. I never heard of such a thing in the past, but I’m a convert. Gone are the days of left over, cold pizza for breakfast. Now I’m on a quest for pizza meant to be “the most important meal of the day”.

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We took a nice trip up Mt Diablo with some friends on Memorial Day Weekend. The weather was great and we used the opportunity to try taking photos while riding down the mountain, one hand on the bike, one hand on the camera. Don’t try this at home.

Of course we have photos in the full post.

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For the 3rd time, Veronica took on the Devil Mountain Double. This 206 mile, single day event, is arguable the hardest double century ride in California. The day started cool, and ended hot. Veronica improved on her personal best by completing 133 miles, with 13,000 feet of climbing. Just wait ’til next year. (more…)

From time to time, Rivendell Bicycle Works hosts a camping weekend. Curt, who builds all the custom Rivendells, gave a demonstration on how he brazes a frame. Then we pedalled up Mt. Diablo for some camping. Saturday was very cool, with the summit fogged in. The sky cleared and around midnight the winds came roaring through. At one point, so many leaves were falling on the tent that I thought it was raining. It didn’t rain, but it did howl. One tent suffered some damage, but none of us blew away. On Sunday morning, 3 or 4 groups went off to ride various trails. We rode to the summit, with a nasty 30 mph head wind at times. The day was much warmer than Saturday and we all enjoyed an easy ride back to Rivendell after lunch. Follow the image to a galery of photos.