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Yea, I suck at remembering road names.

Lots of ways.

The fastest is up San Jose-Soquel road, north on Summit then down San Jose-Soquel on the other side. When you get to the Bear Creek overpass on 17, ride the shoulder of 17 to Alma...

When that gets easy, and it won't take long, you can ride to Calaveras, Sierra, or Mt Hamilton.

Rock City is the part of SG that I like the least. It's pretty but when I have a mountain to climb I want to be climbing, not wasting time on flat ground.

> Actually he gives no indication that's he's very well acquainted with the current situation on Skyline

I agree, and that was the reason for my comment on the quality of his work. It seems that...

Mr Roadshow is an idiot.

Last time they chip sealed 35 the seal they used did not adhere (it was even worse than this job in that respect). The resulting bare patches were super slick when wet. ...

During the weekend it's not bad at all. In the morning during the week you should avoid the high school commute rush down OSCH. On the lower part of OSCH its pretty much over by 7:45 or so (school...

Oh there's much harder climbs than Page. Like Mt Uhmunum, Bohlman/On Orbit, Welch Creek.
But you're correct that is a bad idea for a new rider. Let him get to enjoying riding before the soul...

Last time I went by there, there was a sign saying that Bicycle Sunday was canceled.

It's actually kind of a zoo with little kids on bikes darting around and clueless wobblers who can't hold a...

CF does absorb some high frequency vibrations. But it's not suspension. Many old steel bikes had more of a curve at the end of the fork, with small diameter tubing, to have more give when hitting...

It's a long ways from Hamilton to the Junction. The store there had water last time I was there, inside in the bar. But you should buy something too.
You can also get water from the fire station...

In the past on Sierra road the CHP has closed the road to cars in the early morning. I would not be surprised if they either kept the entrance gates closed or closed the road to cars the same time...

Maybe you do, but I don't. I find it tedious, and difficult if you eat food prepared from scratch. Everyone is different. Experiment and figure out what works for you.

If you do track the...

Carb content depends on the vegetable. And real vegetables have a lot of fiber which slows absorbtion.

If you're already eating right, then you need to eat less and/or ride more to lose weight. ...

Golden Cheetah is free, runs on windows mac and linux, and there are no server issues or worries about your data disappearing when some site goes down.
The 3.0 release is real soon now and there are...

If it's timed (like these: http://planetultra.com/portfolio/king-of-the-mountains/) I make minimal stops. Just enough to get water (handups are not allowed) and check in at the checkpoints.

If...

It depends on the intervals you want to do, i.e. what you want to train for. The races I do have climbing as a major factor so I do my intervals up climbs. It's also mentally easier for me. For...

You didn't look that slow when our group passed you on thursday, especially considering the weight of your backpack and pannier.

You could do intervals on the way to work. I often do intervals up...

I have ridden all of those in races. They're mega awesome, with twice the climbing of the longest climb in the Death Ride, and reach higher altitudes. But I think that repeats of Mt Diablo or...

If you are camping on the side of the road you can walk to TRP and use the porta-potties there. If you camp or motel elsewhere and drive to the start you can walk to TRP or ride there and use the...

Your training is already done. You can't make yourself any fitter for this event at this point, just more fatigued.

If it's an important event, don't work on the bike the night before. Do it a...

Organized campgrounds will be resrved already. You can camp by the side of the road, or motel.

The cops don't seem to mind camping by the side of the road. Just make sure you are off the road...

I was one of the first to finish the Death Ride last year, and I used a 34x27 (albeit only in a couple places on the DR). You probably need lower gearing than I run. The triple is a good option. ...

Sell some of the motorbikes. I keep meaning to sell some of mine since I dont' ride most of them any more.

I disagree about steel or Ti being better than CF but that is a personal decision. A...

I've used 30t cogs with older Shimano triple rear derailleurs. 28t is only 1t over their spec, which is known to be conservative. It'll work.

Chains are consumeables. If you don't need a new...