Spyders on the Skyline - Saturday 20 october 2012

[NEXUS]

Wow, this was a great introduction to some fellow spyder riders! I met up with Hollywood to travel over from Maryland (187 miles) then met up with the Ruby Tuesday's group for dinner. Waffle House for breakfast and a the Skyline ride all the way to Front Royal (105). Then, back home.

Total miles: 412 :thumbup:

Thanks to everyone who rode along it was great to meet you and I can't wait to do another ride.

Excellent ride,

Want to give my thanks to Dr.Buck for making this happen.:thumbup:

Like Hollywood would like to see this as a annual event also maybe a spring ride.

Met a lot of good people and some old Spyder friends it's always so much more enjoyable

when you ride with people with the same interest as you.

Also want to thank all of you who came to the ride this to me is what's it all about. :clap:

Nexus

 

[SpyRyd]

I'm sorry I was't able to make this ryde this year. Looks like you all had a great day. I'm thinking about doing the Parkway this week or next probably heading out on a Tuesday to try and avoid the weekend crowds.
Thanks Dr Buck for setting this up and hope you lead the VA :spyder2: Ryder's on this and other rydes as an annual event.

 

[mhoecker]

We were so bummed to miss the ride! Happy to hear that all had a wonderful time. Hope we can make the next event, whether it is a riding one or not.

Madonna

 

[spyder-dude]

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Love the pictures of my back yard

Nice to meet everyone that was at the Waffle house in Waynesboro!

Next year I will make sure to attend this event!

 

[daveinva]

Wow, awesome turnout! :thumbup: Wish I could have been there...

(Thankfully, got my bike fixed... alas, too late for the fun )

 

[ValCruzSpyder]

Back in Virginia Beach

The wife and I made it home safely, as well! Along with "Tigger", we had a great time. This was our first group ride with the Spyder family. We were both on the 211 breakaway. That, too, was a great ride. We rode into Fredericksburg, had a wonderful meal at Logan's and decided to spend the night. We left for Virginia Beach the next morning...and decided to pay a visit to the Williamsburg Outlet. Finally, we rode into Virginia Beach, had another great meal at our favorite Ruby Tuesday of Kempsville. To all those who made the ride, thank you for the wonderful fellowship and company. The wife and I are looking forward to making another Spyder-Run. Glad we met people like all of you.

 

[Phyxius]

If anyone wants to upload photos and/or videos to a central gallery you can do so with this link:
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/guest/tC2SgC/SkylineRyde102012

That will add photos to this gallery: http://www.phyxiusphotos.com/Spyder...10-20/25941693_tC2SgC#!i=2165073136&k=jp97LHS

If you embed GPS info and/or caption/keywords they will automatically populate there. If you'd like me to manually add them upload the photos and send me the info and I can add it.

Waiting for the 9:30 start time at mile marker 105:

Setting up for our first group shot, another gentleman took our picture and said he'll send it to me. When I get it I'll post it, too

Some of the scenery:

Twelve Spyders!

 

[TiggerSpyder]

Skyline Drive Ride

hyea:This was our First Spyder Ride! Absolutely LOVED it! :2thumbs: And NO, my Bronze Spydie was Not New...the sticker was taken off! :shocked: Ok...so I only had 800 miles! We drove up with Valcruz from Va Bch area and had a tremendous time with everyone! Loved meeting all the spyder owners, seeing modifications, asking questions! Loved especially - nobody brags about their mods, my bike is better etc - everyone gives extremely useful advice, information and tries to help each other, also dont do this - I did it and it didnt work etc. This is definitely the first of MANY rides! :trike:

TiggerSpyder

 

[Phyxius]

I had a Liquid Image Ego camera clamped onto my passenger hand grip. It was a test run so I strapped a lanyard on it which made the faceplate sit "out" a bit and caused vignetting. I shot 720p HD video and it looks fantastic. But it was also, really, really LONG. So, I optimized it down to 640 video and sped it up 400%. (The viewer defaults to even lower res, use the selector on the bottom right if you'd like to change it.)

If you don't get sea sick you can see it here:


I need to figure out some other mounting options, that's not the most flattering angle nor does it show that much of the road unless we're turning. It also makes it looks like I'm very close to the centerline due to the angle above, behind and to the right of the wheel. Overall though, I'm pretty happy with our first test.

 

[SPYD3R]

HOW DID I MISS THIS...???

HOW DID I MISS THIS RIDE...??? :banghead:
this is the 1st time i've read about this ride... dang..! ! !

i'm planning a ride for myself, if anyone wants to join in... for me, it'll be a 3 day journey, starting at my home and ending at my home...
Easley, SC to Knoxville, TN via US-411S, 4 Hrs. 180 Miles... drink beer, eat, sleep....
Knoxville, TN to Chattanooga, TN via TN-58W, 3 Hrs. 115 Miles... drink beer, eat, sleep...
Chattanooga, TN to Easley, SC via US-64E, 5 Hrs. 202 Miles... HOME
Round-Trip = 12 Hrs. & 497 Miles, 12 beers, 9 meals, 2 nights sleep, 16 gal. of gas...

right now, i have no idea about the timing... :dontknow: could be tomorrow, or not until April... but if anyone is interested, let me know...
i'm retired, so a trip in the middle of the week is best for me, less traffic...
:spyder: