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This might be a fun thread, and might help those of us new to riding or the area clue in on rides.
I put in 15 miles this morning on the Am River trail. Only had an hour or so to get out and ride. I've ridden 4 days of the last 5 and plan to have rest days over the weekend (and I need to ferry the kids around for a couple of birthday parties).
cgallagh
06-20-08, 09:22 PM
Road home to Vacaville from Rodeo. It was a hotter'n hell 40 miles out there at 5:00.
BenRidin
06-20-08, 10:05 PM
Easy 30 miler in the late afternoon heat. 141 for the week so far.
BR
ghalpin
06-20-08, 10:06 PM
Was planning to drive down to Canada road, but ended up riding around the neighborhood: Guadalupe Canyon, Radio Road, down to Geneva and then back up to San Bruno mountain park. Saw someone on a mountain bike going up just when I was getting to the bottom of Radio Road.
Only 11 miles, but 1750 ft. of climbing, which for me was a hell of a lot. The heat/sun was a nice change for DC.
San Bruno Mountain over lunchtime from work. Pretty toasty! Not too bad, there was a nice gentle breeze up radio road that stopped my head from overheating.
Was planning to drive down to Canada road, but ended up riding around the neighborhood: Guadalupe Canyon, Radio Road, down to Geneva and then back up to San Bruno mountain park. Saw someone on a mountain bike going up just when I was getting to the bottom of Radio Road.
Only 11 miles, but 1750 ft. of climbing, which for me was a hell of a lot. The heat/sun was a nice change for DC.
Nice! Double post on the same route -- when did you ride?
I was up radio road sometime between 12 and 12:30, think I saw a MTB dude aswell on the way down. I did pass a guy in a blue (?) jersey who was descending when I was climbing near the top, was it you? I was riding a black/yellow Roubaix in a red jersey, my friend was on a TCR.
spingineer
06-20-08, 10:10 PM
Was thinking about it when I got home at 4 pm, but it was way too hot still. It was 104 according to my car thermometer. Just went to 7-11 just now (9 pm), and it's still 88 degrees. Damn, it's hot.
jonathanb715
06-20-08, 10:14 PM
Not me! I hiked with the dog along the Las Trampas ridgeline for a couple of hours this morning, before it got too hot. I'm kind of concerned about our planned ride tomorrow (Mines/San Antonio Valley Rd to Mt. Hamilton, Sierra Rd, Calaveras - should be fun on a nice hot day!).
JB
BlastRadius
06-20-08, 10:18 PM
Was going to run today but I'll probably have to go to 24hr for treadmill run.
Ended up riding along the Sawyer Camp Trail with my daughters classmate (10y.o.) and his dad on MTBs.
Slow going but nice considering how hot it was.
spingineer
06-20-08, 10:21 PM
Not me! I hiked with the dog along the Las Trampas ridgeline for a couple of hours this morning, before it got too hot. I'm kind of concerned about our planned ride tomorrow (Mines/San Antonio Valley Rd to Mt. Hamilton, Sierra Rd, Calaveras - should be fun on a nice hot day!).
JB
Dang, Jon, that's crazy. Hope it cools off a lot over night. That's why I'm doing a ride in the peninsula.
genejockey
06-20-08, 10:22 PM
32 miles this morning before it got too hot, San Mateo to Woodside via Canada Rd.
jonathanb715
06-20-08, 10:25 PM
Dang, Jon, that's crazy. Hope it cools off a lot over night. That's why I'm doing a ride in the peninsula.
Yeah, I know. It's our last really tough climbing ride ahead of the Death Ride. The good news is that we'll have several SAG stops along the way - one of the benefits of TnT.
JB
ghalpin
06-20-08, 10:27 PM
Mid-afternoon, around 4-ish.
Yeah, the breeze was good. Better than 55 F with 30 mph winds which I've encountered a few times. Makes that bumpy descent more interesting, and frankly not that fun.
OK - different times then. Yeah that descent's interesting! I find the worse bits are at the top just past the radio towers and then the last bend just before you come to the eucalyptus grove. There's a smooth line there somewhere, but get it wrong at 30mph+ and it's a good tooth rattler
Red Rider
06-20-08, 10:51 PM
Between 9:45 and 11:30, I rode Brown's Valley/Timm Rd/Peaceful Glen/Cantelow/Pleasant's Valley/Putah Creek/Old Winters Rd./Hartley Rd/VacaValley Parkway to home. 32 miles, hot wind, extremely light traffic.
Hope to get out really early tomorrow for an easy spin -- looking forward to cooler temps Sunday for Mt. D Hill Climb.
No ride for me.. I went to the Velodrome to watch the first day of the AVC (http://www.ridethetrack.com/avc_announce.html) Good times.. free beer and food again, although the beer was Mikes Hard Lemonade:twitchy: The keg of Sierra Nevada went dry in a matter of an hour or so.
Too hot and I picked today to be my off day. Calves are sore from descending Park on a track bike w/ no brakes last night. Weeee.
rydaddy
06-20-08, 11:35 PM
16 miles to work this morning. 40 miles in the afternoon in the blazing Sac/Davis heat. Wasn't bad actually.... you just gotta keep moving. :thumb:
rydaddy
06-20-08, 11:37 PM
No ride for me.. I went to the Velodrome to watch the first day of the AVC (http://www.ridethetrack.com/avc_announce.html) Good times.. free beer and food again, although the beer was Mikes Hard Lemonade:twitchy: The keg of Sierra Nevada went dry in a matter of an hour or so.
After reading this I am running to the fridge for a cold brew.... :D
redspoke
06-21-08, 12:50 AM
16 miles to work this morning. 40 miles in the afternoon in the blazing Sac/Davis heat. Wasn't bad actually.... you just gotta keep moving. :thumb:
Sounds like my day only 15 miles in the 3pm sun instead of 40. Twas a little too hot even by my standards.
Sapped the energy out of me. I then played in the pool for hours with my kids. Kinda beat now. Goodnight!
'nother
06-21-08, 09:34 AM
I rode in the morning before work. It was warming up even then. Off today (Saturday); looking for cooler weather on tommorrow's RBR/Integrate Fitness ride (http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=131946) with my 6-year-old on the trail-a-bike.
reidconti
06-21-08, 04:30 PM
Jonathan,
I think I must have seen you out there today. I was doing repeats on Hamilton. Saw a bunch of TnT folk.
I finally packed it in when the heat got to me shortly after noon. My last ascent from the CDF station 6.6 miles from the summit (west side, not north) was just a grind-it-out drag. My body was calling it quits. Only got 8500 feet in today, all before noon :P
It was sprinkling when I left the summit, which was odd, since there were no clouds overhead. Vicious lightening and storm clouds over the coastal range, so I wanted to get off of the mountain before they made it my way. When I got to the park, the observatory was socked in by storm clouds, but the dome was lit up by sun. Looks like they never did get any rain, and the temps dropped a lot -- damn, shoulda stayed and kept riding!
uspspro
06-21-08, 04:38 PM
Today: Canada TT and Penn Velo Sat. ride.
overthere
06-21-08, 05:22 PM
Rode from Davis to do Cantelow. Saw Red Rider and cgallagh on their tandem! Left by 7:15, and it was already warm. Stopped at Steady Eddies for a lemon square and iced tea. Yum. Got back by noon, and by then it was hot and the winds had picked up.
gpelpel
06-21-08, 05:30 PM
Rode Mt. Diablo via Southgate. I started a bit later than planned at 8am and was at the top at 9:30am. Some sections in full sun were starting to be hot, the shaded one were very welcomed. Going down from the summit was very nice with a little bit of a cool breeze. I didn't envy the guys who were just starting from the school went I was leaving.
Red Rider
06-21-08, 05:43 PM
Rode from Davis to do Cantelow. Saw Red Rider and cgallagh on their tandem! Left by 7:15, and it was already warm. Stopped at Steady Eddies for a lemon square and iced tea. Yum. Got back by noon, and by then it was hot and the winds had picked up.
So that was you! What a coinky-dink! Further on Putah Creek Rd. we blew by a fellow who turned out to be our neighbor from around the corner. We spent several pleasant miles chatting with him before he turned left on Sievers Rd., and we turned right. It was a day for seeing friends and neighbors, for sure.
We rode the '07 Dunlap TT route, choosing fast and flat, saving my climbing muscles for tomorrow. We were home by 9:45, and it was already moving into the 90's then. No wind, thank goodness.
Ready for that cold front now, thank you. ;)
jonathanb715
06-21-08, 10:24 PM
Last tough ride before the Death Ride. We started in Livermore, rode down (up?) Mines Road to the Junction, then followed San Antonio Valley Rd to Mt. Hamilton. Rode up the backside (hot) down the front (with thunderstorms in the distance) then worked our way over to Sierra Rd. Climbed that, then over to Calaveras and up the wall. Rode down to Sunol, then back over to Mines Road. 110 miles with about 11,000 feet of climbing.
JB
jonathanb715
06-21-08, 10:28 PM
Jonathan,
I think I must have seen you out there today. I was doing repeats on Hamilton. Saw a bunch of TnT folk.
I finally packed it in when the heat got to me shortly after noon. My last ascent from the CDF station 6.6 miles from the summit (west side, not north) was just a grind-it-out drag. My body was calling it quits. Only got 8500 feet in today, all before noon :P
It was sprinkling when I left the summit, which was odd, since there were no clouds overhead. Vicious lightening and storm clouds over the coastal range, so I wanted to get off of the mountain before they made it my way. When I got to the park, the observatory was socked in by storm clouds, but the dome was lit up by sun. Looks like they never did get any rain, and the temps dropped a lot -- damn, shoulda stayed and kept riding!
Yup, that was us. We hit the summit just after noon. The weather was really freaky, although it never really cooled off for us since we headed north.
JB
bigredgrad01
06-21-08, 10:31 PM
Did Woodside Old La Honda - Tunitas Loop. PSA, don't forget sunblock, the ones at Robert's Market start at $10 for a small tube. Anyways, it was a great day for riding. 38 miles, averaged about 14 mph.
spingineer
06-21-08, 10:47 PM
Rode with Penn Velo. Great ride as usual. Only one problem ... we had a crash on the ride. Water bottle fell, and the guy had no chance to avoid it, and went down.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=431729
32 flat miles on the Am River Trail this morning. Avg 15.9 on my backup ride.
BlastRadius
06-22-08, 04:18 PM
San Bruno to Woodside out-and-back, 40.5 miles. Didn't have time for much else. Hopefully have enough mileage to not suffer too hard at the Giro.
From home up and around the top of Lake Natoma, stop in at the LBS (Bikes Plus), and then home. 28 miles or so.
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