Originally Posted by DiabloScott
That route is suboptimal. Take BART to Pleasant Hill and you've got an easy ride to North Gate Road.
Then if you want to go around the Mountain you can catch Highland Road and Tassajara and skip the Livermore bit.
Wow, yeah, this sounds a lot better. I know Marin and San Francisco really well, but I know next to nothing about the East Bay save for a bit of Oakland and Berkeley.
So I think the the route I want to take from the Pleasant Hill BART is something like this:
East on Treat to Bancroft
R on Bancroft/Walnut to N Gate Rd
Follow N Gate Rd to the Summit
Back down Summit and either go back to Pleasant Hill or continue on N Gate Rd/Mt Diablo Scenic Blvd.
L on Blackhawk Rd
L on Camino Tassajara
L on Highland Rd
L on Morgan Territory Rd to Marsh Creek Rd
Through Clayton to Ygnacio Valley Rd back to Bancroft
Sounds like ~60-70miles, ~6000ft climbing? Quite a ride. I might go for just the summit first and then give the whole loop a try next.
My Edge 305 just came this afternoon, I've been tinkering with it - once I get this route mapped out I'll throw it on and give it a try one of these weekends coming up.
Thanks, Diablo Scott, great help.