Northern California - Next NorCal ride

Will there be anyone else that's slow and familiar with the 50 mile route since I don't think I'm ready to go much farther?

I'll most likely have to drive up there.

And a friend wants to know if he can come along on his mtb [since his wife hasn't given him the okay to buy a road bike yet]?

Thanks!
Gary

I'm slow but persistent. I'm not sure whether I'll be riding the 50 mile or 70 mile. Depends a lot on the weather (hot or not) and at what time we get to the split point between the two routes. The split is at mile 41 on Jonathan's route sheet, which = about mile 37 with our start in Orinda, so there's lot's of time to assess and decide.

Your friend's welcome to come, don't have any idea how easy or hard the route will be on a mountain bike, I imagine it's a lot of extra energy over a road bike, but if he's in shape no problem.

OK, I'm going to start listing ride participants.

We'll start at Orinda BART @ 9:30 AM. Default ride is the 50 miler, with an optional 20 mile addition depending on how hot it is. Jonathan's route slip is fine, just shift the start point to Orinda BART.

There will be water along the route, but not for the 1st 25 miles or so. If you do the 50 miler there's no food or stores until mile 46 (Moraga) so bring lunch or snacks!!! On the 70 miler you can get food at Knowland Park, or along MacArthur Blvd in San Leandro, or maybe in Castro Valley, I'm not sure about that.

Elevations are per jonathanb715's routeslip.com maps.

Who's on board so far with your preference for distance:

50 Miles (5755 ft climbing):
Gee 3
Gee 3's friend


70 Miles (7093 ft climbing)
SV Commuter
sesamecrunch


50 miles or 70 miles:
8miles
backinthesaddle
bigbossman
rincewind8

Maybe:

So does the ride start in Orinda or Moraga? I would prefer Orinda so I could take BART.

We'll start Orinda.

Do you have a preference for 50 mi or 70 mi? (not binding)

The ride through Knowland Park has a small hill, but I 'm not familiar with the Stanley way so I can't compare. The idea was to avoid some of the urbanized traffic.
JB

OK, we'll go through the park, sounds like a good idea I haven't done that way, but Stanley is very urban. hey maybe we get to go to the zoo?

May a new thread with the ride date and a running list of people going would clear up this muddle.

BR, I just saw your post after I started up a rider list in this post (post #102). I'll keep it going here, if it's too confusing we'll start again.

Are you on board?

It looks pretty good for me too. I'll do the 70 miler.

I'll re-confirm later in the week.

I think I can make it - Sunday, right?

No preference... 50 or 70. Don't care.

I think I can make it - Sunday, right?

No preference... 50 or 70. Don't care.

Yep, Sunday 7/22

Just to be sure... this is NOT going to be a hammer-fest, right? Because I don't think I'll be able to keep up if it is.

Gary

Here's a cue sheet with mileages (long loop) if anybody wants to print them out for the ride. Do these look correct?

Start NW on Camino Pablo
cont. on San Pablo Dam Rd 2.2 mi
R on Castro Ranch Rd 7.6 mi
R on AlhambraValleyR 12.6 mi
R on Bear Creek Rd 16.8 mi
cont. on Wildcat Canyon Rd 20.9 mi
L on Shasta Rd 24.8 mi
L on Grizzly Peak Blvd 25.3 mi
cont. on Skyline Blvd 31.6 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 34.7 mi
bear R on Grass Valley Rd 43.0 mi
L on Knowland Park 45.2 mi
R on 106th Ave 46.1 mi
L on Foothill Blvd 46.2 mi
bear L on MacArthur Blvd 46.8 mi
L on Estudillo Ave 47.5 mi
bear R on Lake Chabot Rd 47.7 mi
L on Seven Hills Rd 50.8 mi
L on Redwood Rd 51.9 mi
R on Pinehurst Rd 60.7 mi
R on Canyon Rd 63.4 mi
L on Moraga Way 65.2 mi
Arrive at BART 69.9 mi

BR, I just saw your post after I started up a rider list in this post (post #102). I'll keep it going here, if it's too confusing we'll start again.

Are you on board?

I would but I'm serving as EME at a 9:30 mass. If I wasn't, I'd go to an earlier mass and make the ride.
Enjoy the ride and hopefully I'll make the next one with jerseys in hand.

Just to be sure... this is NOT going to be a hammer-fest, right? Because I don't think I'll be able to keep up if it is.

Gary

no ride that I'm on is a hammer-fest :o

Here's a cue sheet with mileages (long loop) if anybody wants to print them out for the ride. Do these look correct?

Start NW on Camino Pablo
cont. on San Pablo Dam Rd 2.2 mi
R on Castro Ranch Rd 7.6 mi
R on AlhambraValleyR 12.6 mi
R on Bear Creek Rd 16.8 mi
cont. on Wildcat Canyon Rd 20.9 mi
L on Shasta Rd 24.8 mi
L on Grizzly Peak Blvd 25.3 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 31.6 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 34.7 mi
bear R on Grass Valley Rd 43.0 mi
L on Knowland Park 45.2 mi
R on 106th Ave 46.1 mi
cont. under Freeway
L on Foothill Blvd 46.2 mi
bear L on MacArthur Blvd 46.8 mi
L on Estudillo Ave 47.5 mi
cont. under Freeway
bear R on Lake Chabot Rd 47.7 mi
L on Seven Hills Rd 50.8 mi
L on Redwood Rd 51.9 mi
R on Pinehurst Rd 60.7 mi
R on Canyon Rd 63.4 mi
L on Moraga Way 65.2 mi
Arrive at BART 69.9 mi

looks good, except for 3 changes which I highlighted

and here's the route for the short version (without distances) maybe you can add the distances

Start NW on Camino Pablo
cont. on San Pablo Dam Rd 2.2 mi
R on Castro Ranch Rd 7.6 mi
R on AlhambraValleyR 12.6 mi
R on Bear Creek Rd 16.8 mi
cont. on Wildcat Canyon Rd 20.9 mi
L on Shasta Rd 24.8 mi
L on Grizzly Peak Blvd 25.3 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 31.6 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 34.7 mi

[short option begins here]

L on Redwood Rd
L on Pinehurst Rd
R on Canyon Rd
L on Moraga Way
Arrive at BART

Here's the queue sheet for the short loop:

Start NW on Camino Pablo
cont. on San Pablo Dam Rd 2.2 mi
R on Castro Ranch Rd 7.6 mi
R on AlhambraValleyR 12.6 mi
R on Bear Creek Rd 16.8 mi
cont. on Wildcat Canyon Rd 20.9 mi
L on Shasta Rd 24.8 mi
L on Grizzly Peak Blvd 25.3 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 31.6 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 34.1 mi
L on Redwood Rd 37.4 mi
L on Pinehurst Rd 39.9 mi
R on Canyon Rd 42.6 mi
L on Moraga Way 44.4 mi
Arrive at BART 49.1 mi

And revised long loop:

Start NW on Camino Pablo
cont. on San Pablo Dam Rd 2.2 mi
R on Castro Ranch Rd 7.6 mi
R on AlhambraValleyR 12.6 mi
R on Bear Creek Rd 16.8 mi
cont. on Wildcat Canyon Rd 20.9 mi
L on Shasta Rd 24.8 mi
L on Grizzly Peak Blvd 25.3 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 31.6 mi
L on Skyline Blvd 34.1 mi
bear R on Grass Valley Rd 43.0 mi
L on Knowland Park 45.2 mi
R on 106th Ave 46.1 mi
cont. under freeway 46.2 mi
L on Foothill Blvd 46.2 mi
bear L on MacArthur Blvd 46.8 mi
L on Estudillo Ave 47.5 mi
cont. under freeway 47.5 mi
bear R on Lake Chabot Rd 47.7 mi
L on Seven Hills Rd 50.8 mi
L on Redwood Rd 51.9 mi
R on Pinehurst Rd 60.7 mi
R on Canyon Rd 63.4 mi
L on Moraga Way 65.2 mi
Arrive at BART 69.9 mi

I'll bring copies Sunday

great! thanks! :)

sucks, I'm gonna miss another NorCal ride.

Have a funeral to go to. My grandps passed away.

So someone said something about a Marin ride in Aug?

I would but I'm serving as EME at a 9:30 mass. If I wasn't, I'd go to an earlier mass and make the ride.
Enjoy the ride and hopefully I'll make the next one with jerseys in hand.

Sorry, we'll miss you, another time -- and in our new jerseys too!