Northern California - Tour of California, rain or shine?

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pacificaslim
02-13-09, 11:20 AM
The difference being that there isn't really any reason to go to Santa Rosa (as a tourist) without the bike race so having one will boost their tourism income, while Santa Barbara is packed with tourists everyday anyway, without events to attract them.

DiabloScott
02-13-09, 02:02 PM
Walnut Creek just got hit with a wicked hail storm!

Didn't last long but the stone velocity was impressive.
reidconti
02-13-09, 02:04 PM
My view of the Diablo range, just north of Hamilton:

http://www.conti.net/rbp/hamilton.jpg

DiabloScott
02-13-09, 04:18 PM
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hSZo5vjiPmQ/SZX_AnTu72I/AAAAAAAAFew/VipaQTNnmSY/s800/DiabloCam20090213.JPG
pacificaslim
02-13-09, 07:33 PM
I went to Tunitas Creek road today and even though the weather was nice and sunny at my place on the coast before I left, it was foggy and the road was really wet on Tunitas. If it really rains, it's going to be a treacherous ride. The lower part is looking pretty good and county crews were working - looks like they had a street sweeper and whatnot to clean up (of course with a storm between now and monday, the road could be a disaster again before the race). It was pretty obvious which parts they hadn't cleaned yet (the middle few miles) and the last two miles or so before Skyline the pavement itself still in really bad shape - I'd hate to ride it on road bike tires at high pressure. Should be interesting to see how the race goes!

I plan to stake out a spot down Tunitas near the western gate to the Purisima creek redwoods open space reserve: they allow bikes in there and it'd be a blast on a cross or mountain bike if you want to get muddy! From the purisima entrance on skyline about 3 miles of riding down purisima creek trail and then 2 miles over on grabtown gulch trail will take you to where that trail meets tunitas, about 2 miles down from tunitas/skyline intersection.