Northern California - Rider after Giro De SF route help
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UmneyDurak
09-06-09, 05:49 PM
Hi.
I am doing the 4/5 field, hopefully it won't be a complete charlie foxtrot. Anyway after I want to ride across Golden Gate bridge since I always wanted to do it. Anything I should know about, and where I can go after for an hour or so ride?
P.S. Anyone want to join me?
UD
loopybunny
09-06-09, 06:04 PM
Expect it to be cold and windy on the bridge, but I'm sure you've figured that out. Other than that, no suggestions.
mayukawa
09-06-09, 09:57 PM
For an hour, I guess perhaps Conzelman/Bunker/McClough loop + Paradise Dr. loop...or perhaps up to Mt. Tamalpais (front-side).
For an hour, I guess perhaps Conzelman/Bunker/McClough loop + Paradise Dr. loop...or perhaps up to Mt. Tamalpais (front-side).
+1 on the Conzelman-Marin Headlands loop. It is a good little climb and once you get to the top, the view is spectacular... unless it is fogged in. Still worth it though. Plus, when you ride down the backside of the hill, it is a steep, one-way street. Very fast and fun.
Also, I think it is neat to ride through the tunnel to get out of the Headlands. If I remember correctly, the tunnel even has a bike lane. :thumb:
BlastRadius
09-06-09, 10:45 PM
UD,
I'll be there for the 35+ 4/5. Not sure when I'll need to get home as were down to one car and my wife might need the car later in the morning. If I'm ambitious, I might ride to SF for the warm up.
Anyone heading up early for the 8:40 race? Want to give me a ride (maybe even one-way)?
Henry
pelikan
09-08-09, 11:46 AM
Here's one of Taxi & BlastRadius
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/3898375514_2e01e39e0e.jpg
And one of BlastRadius, taking "health supplements"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3898305354_0895365dbe.jpg
UmneyDurak
09-08-09, 01:18 PM
I wanted to say Hi to Taxi, but was chatting with someone at a moment, and then couldn't find him. heh
SesameCrunch
09-08-09, 01:30 PM
And one of BlastRadius, taking "health supplements"
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3898305354_0895365dbe.jpg
Saaaaaay, just what kind of health supplements are these? Hmmmm....??? None that I take ever made me look that happy! :D
BlastRadius
09-09-09, 11:00 AM
My problem was I needed "SportLungs" instead of SportLegs (http://www.sportlegs.com/about/welcome.asp).
For the 7.7 miles of the 18 mile race, my heart rate was pegged over 178 and I couldn't recover. Not sure what it was but I wasn't feeling "on". It could have been the ride up to SF, or too much time between the "warm up" and the race, not enough rehydration before the race, anxiety about my stupid clunker, guilt about not going to Bonfante Gardens with the family, or all of the above.