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07-21-18, 05:21 AM

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diphthong

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Originally Posted by menkar

North side Refugio (a dirt road) is in great shape right now. I just rode down and back up yesterday on my gravel bike and it's certainly passable on a road bike or in a normal passenger car. It's a pretty good climb that gains 1500 feet in 3.3 miles. I tried to post photos but it now says I need at least 10 posts so something has changed on this site since my previous post. Here are url's to my Strava activities that have some photos of that road:

strava.com/activities/1437000974
strava.com/activities/1493346526
strava.com/activities/1546293325

thanks again. rode from the coast up refugio and over into the town of santa ynez then over san marcos pass back to goleta. blew off the atoc. lots of cyclists out
except in the refugio area. epic and worthy on both sides. descending north side not too bad. had 23's on my road bike but most would be happier with 25's or 28's.
i'd be reluctant to decend the west/ocean side on any size tire tho. pavement pretty beat up. even more so than the east/dirt side.

Last edited by diphthong; 07-22-18 at 05:15 AM.

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