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alphabassettgrrl · 01-31-2010, 04:04 PM

Another pro bike racer visits LA. George Hincapie led a fundraiser ride this morning, and raised over $10,000 for Haiti relief. Hubby and I went on the main ride, which was just under 8 miles and an hour long; probably 200 riders. Half of those went on the second part, which was 2 hours long and I don't know how many miles. They went up PCH and back down; we drove up PCH on our way home, so we went past them.

I got my picture with George and had a fangrrl moment. He was very approachable, which was nice. The event was very low-key, unlike the Lance Armstrong events that I've attended, which are sheer chaos and he keeps himself at a distance.

His twitter picture of the crowd before the event: http://tweetphoto.com/10095983

Very nice morning.

01-31-2010, 04:04 PM	#5773
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Another pro bike racer visits LA. George Hincapie led a fundraiser ride this morning, and raised over $10,000 for Haiti relief. Hubby and I went on the main ride, which was just under 8 miles and an hour long; probably 200 riders. Half of those went on the second part, which was 2 hours long and I don't know how many miles. They went up PCH and back down; we drove up PCH on our way home, so we went past them. I got my picture with George and had a fangrrl moment. He was very approachable, which was nice. The event was very low-key, unlike the Lance Armstrong events that I've attended, which are sheer chaos and he keeps himself at a distance. His twitter picture of the crowd before the event: http://tweetphoto.com/10095983 Very nice morning. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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