{"id":55,"date":"2008-04-11T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T00:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2010-07-16T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T23:25:16","slug":"quick-spin-at-la-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Quick Spin at La Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend&#8217;s <a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=54\" title=\"Permanent Link to Archipelago Ride\">Archipelago Ride<\/a>\u00a0really beat the snot out of me.\u00a0 While it was probably not the smartest way to get back into the saddle, it sure was fun.\u00a0\u00a0 I was stupidly sore on Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0 I normally ride on Wednesdays during the week, but skipped and instead\u00a0let the midweek ride\u00a0slide until today.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I decided to\u00a0catchup with\u00a0my buddy Michael (aka Yeti_Rider) for a spin through\u00a0the La Costa Preserve on his lunch break.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I got there a little earlier and\u00a0as I pulled up I was treated to a bit of a hottie-fest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Four great looking, fit, spandex clad ladies with knee and elbow pads on.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u00a0tried\u00a0my best not to look like a perverted leecher.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I pulled it off our not.\u00a0 Needless to say,\u00a0creative domain names for a spinoff of this site started going through my head.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The show was quickly over and within minutes one of the other crazies from the Archipelago Ride showed up.\u00a0 He was showing his buddy the connector to Elfin.\u00a0\u00a0 Good to see the word is spreading.\u00a0\u00a0 Finally Michael showed up and we did a loop.\u00a0 Nothing fancy, nothing long, just some catchup\u00a0chit-chat along the trail before he had to head back to work.\u00a0\u00a0 Just a great day to squeak in a ride on the bike.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"3\" width=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/86310b16049e6226e5448a07a69b7eaf.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"Greenage at La Costa\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/db347030f2ef58963bbfaff2625984ec.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1370\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NV-BlueDiamond-01JAN17-24.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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