May 22, 2007

• //Azusa Canyon 05.20.2007

  Had the break-in service done on my bike last Saturday, and was at the shop long enough to ran into a few friends who wanted to group up to ride to the Azusa Canyon on Sunday morning. It was my first serious canyon "cruising" (It was so NOT a cruise) on my bike, and to say that I was nervous was an understatement. In each of my previous visits to Azusa Canyon, some mishaps always happened to somebody who think they are better drivers/riders than they are. It sucks to see people get injured and/or damage their rides, even though I don't know them. So when the group met up at the foot of the mountain, I asked everyone to go ahead of me, as I am not an experienced rider. All of them declined to do so, with excuses ranging from wanting to check out the new RR in action to if I got too slow for them they'll just pass me. And they did. Surprisingly, I wasn't the last one arriving at each of the check points. I was the second to last sportbike, but there were five to six more bikes that took it easy like I did by going only 50 - 55 mph up the hill.

  A big "thank you" to James Chiu for dragging me along, and to Tim Chen, for keeping a look out for me through the whole ride.

  
  Arriving at the top of the climb...

  
  "Where the hell is Henry? Did he ride so slowly that even his helmet and bag left him behind?!"

  
  One of the three crashes we witnessed... *sigh*

  
  And we came back down on the other side, Glendora Mountains...

  
  James, a master at Willow Springs, who managed to eliminate a 15 sec late start, M3 vs. M3, in a mere 3 lap time attack race. He also coaches race car drivers in Taiwan from time to time.

  I didn't take too many photos because I was too tired. But once I get them from the other riders, there'll be more to share.

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