Day 1 - joe gross route: ritual bikes
Day 1: ritual rollout, 6:40
Day 1: Yuko looks serious (and is)
Day 1: wickman & steve plot insidious plots
Day 1: darkness envelopes valencia like a shroud of doom
Day 1: marius can't help but chuckle at the silliness; hobe dubious
Day 1: the hoffman variation of the joe gross variation of the joe gross route goes back to normal
Day 1: one of many cemeteries along joe gross route
Day 1: semi vs. caltrain... a rare occasion an 18-wheeler loses
Day 2 - bayway: arena stretches it out @ ritual, hobe looks on in wonder
Day 2: ritual bikes
Day 2: eric gets his frappuccino as usual
Day 2: gettin' it to go
Day 2, valencia forbodes
Day 2: uturn to blanken/tunnel (2 verbs!)
Day 2: ted begs everyone to set a fearsome pace so he gets a decent workout
Day 2, getting down to the misty bay(way)
Day 2: misty tunnel rd.
Day 2: yeah my coke jersey rules
Day 2: photog has crush on eric it seems
Day 2: en route to airport
Day 2: enigmatic sir chalk and others devour all food
Day 2: mmmm, eric, so cute
Day 2: sunny heather always charms; andy lurks behind
Day 3 - hillside shuffle/zombie route: shocking appearance by The Entertainer unnerves riders
Day 3: going left on John Daly, entering realm of cemeteries
Day 3: a LOT of headstones
Day 3: Pet Sematary?
Day 4 - skyline route: end of sawyer camp trail
Day 4: lovely reservoir at end of SCT
Day 4: heather, andy, altendorf arrive all smiles @ SCT terminus
Day 4: hobe, marius, yuko chow down some bars in prep for Cañada TT
Day 4: altendorf, sunny heather, ed, sean convene a discussion about the skyline route so far
Day 4: the Cañada TT about to start. Idiot me allows large gap to form, and I suffer gravely chasing back on.
Day 5 - half-moon bay way: kemler waits for the crew on skyline
Day 5: osmond makes a rare appearance
Day 5: wickman dramatically silhouettes self against mr. sun
Day 5: heather arriveth at skyline waiting point
Day 5: westmoor detour, bypassing part of skyline
Day 5: altendorf surveys bucolic daly city
Day 5: what a wacky dude
Day 5: heading into pacifica
Day 5: eric rolls & discos at the same time, impressive
Day 5: rolling up the 1 toward Sea Bowl (rad)
Day 5: rolling up the 1 toward devil's slide
Day 5: pacifica... pretty flat
Day 5: broiler poses dreamily
Day 5: altendorf & yuko wait at the top of the hwy 1 summit
Day 5: wickman triumphs over hwy 1
Day 5: safety = $
Day 5: half-moon bay has giant pumpkins & lots of 'em
Day 5: start of tunitas creek - marius "shifts gears" to his fixed-19
Day 5: tunitas creek waiting spot
Day 5: wickman rolls with only a 48x17
Day 5: up tunitas creek, not riding in anger yet
Day 5: post portola loop, on the usual skyline route
Day 5: the triumphant victors are summoned to the stage to receive their rightful honors
Day 5: more of same
Day 5: all riders of HMBway, except lorenzo, who had to get a smoothie immediately or perish by self-consumption of major organs