Originally Posted by
jimxyz
Thanks for the advice - I can't figure out how hot it will be (not can I figure out why they make us wait for the double century riders to get to the start before we can go - start time is like 8:00 or 8:30!). The expected temperature in Lebec is high of 75, Bakersfield (fairly close by) is 84... Where is the main hot section? checking weather.com every hour helps me to mentally prepare for the ride. haha
Lebec is at 3800', Bakersfield is at the bottom of the valley, at 500'. Looks like it should be cool till you drop out of the mountains at about mile 40, and then it will be relatively warm till mile 70 or so.