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Old 05-11-09, 04:29 PM
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I like 84 from Skylonda to Woodside, but then I'm a chicken descender. I also like 84 going West from Skylonda to Pescadero Road - no brakes, just speed.

Kings is nice but I worry about the cars coming up passing cyclists.

OLH just plain sucks - I've descended it three times - the first two times I tried to climb it, and didn't realize how close I was to the top, and once when I overheated and nearly passed out halfway up. I wouldn't go down that road unless I had to.

Page Mill scares me - too many tight off-camber turns.

Mt Hamilton was surprisingly little fun, but then I was descending it in a cold fog, the road was wet, and there was sand on the road at every turn.

But the highest speed I've ever attained on a bike was 45 mph on the Alameda de las Pulgas, just north of 92, passing Aragon High School. Lucky for me, the light at the bottom stayed green.
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