jonathanb715

Nice ride - I've only tried that once (almost the same route, but we went up Sierra to get to Calaveras) and it is HARD. And since it was a TnT training ride, we had full roving SAG + rest stops (there's not a whole lot on Mines/San Antonio Valley, is there?).

JB

JB

cantdrv55

Yesterday I rode up Cardiac Hill on hwy 128 in Vacaville. That's the last time I'm doing that ride in 95 degree weather. I wilted. Today, I rode on Lopes Rd from Benicia to Fairfield and it was a much nicer ride since there was a constant breeze.

scottmorrison99

Saturday I rode an extended Winters loop, out to Stevenson Bridge near Davis from Vacaville, back through Dixon and Elmira. 45.7 miles early enough to beat the heat. cantdrv55, I've done Cardiac in the heat, once. I literally passed a couple of turkey vultures watching me. I can take a hint. I'm riding tomorrow, I just haven't decided where. I'll probably start in Vacaville and see where the bike takes me.

Scotty

Red Rider

We've had friends in from out of town since Friday, so we rode the Beat the Clock time trial on Canada Rd. on Sat., and that's it until Wed. or Thurs. There just aren't enough daylight hours anymore to fit in everything.

Next weekend we'll be back to our regular schedule of riding both days.

SteveE

Don't forget the Kings Mountain Art Festival is going on this weekend. Expect to see more cars up on Skyline between 84 and Kings Mountain Rd and ascending Kings. A lot of them being drivers not used to mountain roads.

spingineer

Thanks for the reminder, Steve. That may be the excuse I need to cut my ride off short ... that, plus the heat!

jobob

On Saturday, I went out for what I thought was going to be a pretty long ride - up Palomares, Redwood, Pinehurst, Skyline to Grizzly Peak Rd., and play it by ear from there. But after I got going, I had an awful lethargic, fatigued, dead-leg feeling, which I also had on a similar ride I took Thursday morning. Palomares was a big struggle for me - granted, it was pretty warm, but I don't think it was just the heat that was causing my fatigue. I decided to cut my ride short and loop back along Dublin Canyon and Foothill back to Sunol and then home. On the way home, I was crawling along the AC Trail, barely managing 12-13 mph on a section that lately I had been riding at 17-plus. I even had to stop and rest a couple of times.

On Sunday I did a ride over the GG Bridge thru Sausalito and Tiburon to Larkspur with a few friends. Once again that gawdawful tired feeling kicked in as we were heading towards Tiburon and along Paradise Drive. Being near the ocean and along the bay, it wasn't particularly hot, at least not as my recent inland rides, so heat wasn't much of a factor today. Still, I couldn't keep up with my friends for the life of me, and even the littlest hill was giving me a world of grief.

So I bailed out on the bf Labor Day ride today, and I'm off the bike for the rest of the week.

It may be that I've been overdoing it - I've been doing a long (for me) & hilly (for me) ride every weekend for several weeks now, plus very little riding during the middle of the week. The combination of the long weekend rides with very little in between - the "weekend warrior" syndrome - apparently doesn't work well for me over time.

So I need to cut back some on the weekend rides, and haul my lazy butt out two or 3 weekday mornings like I used to.

Knubby

We did a fun and easy ride on the Iron Horse trail yesterday. It was our first time riding there and it wasn't too crowded. Afterwards, we went to REI to buy a new Giro helmet for DW. Here is a pic of her on the trail.

mazpr

30 miles via Stony Point/ Spring Hill area friday afternoon, a smooth group ride of 40 miles San Rafael/ Point Reyes with the Marin Club on Saturday and a jog of five miles on sunday.

Well, today my neighbors were looking at me kind of strange so had no choice to do the 1 feet tall lawn , hope I can have some energy by the afternoon or I will just stick to some weightlifting and get some rest.

scottmorrison99

I couldn't make it out to the BF Labor Day ride, so I showed up for a ride to Davis and back. I rode from Fairfield to Vacaville, waited with one other rider for anyone else to show up, an started when they didn't. We rode out to Winters, stopped for coffee at the Putah Creek Cafe(packed inside and out with cyclisrs today). From there we rode to Davis and around UC Davis. We rode past the research farm, the avian center, the primate research lab, the centrifuge, the airport, and lots of other places I didn't know were there. We had a good laugh at the expense of a rider in UC Davis kit who was just puttering along until he saw us and then droped the hamer. Does Ryanf have a relative in Davis? We got lost for a while and then headed back through Dixon to Vacaville. I waved at all the tractors out on the back roads, getting a laugh from several, waves from all. I must have looked done for because my riding buddy offered to get his car and take me to Fairfield when we arrived at the clocktower in Vacaville. I grabbed a big iced tea AND a strawberry smoothie at the Pure Grain Bakery to refuel/rehydrate. I refilled my bottles and rode home, sore but feeling good about the ride. 72 miles, longest ride this year.

Scotty

spingineer

I did a ride with WW on Saturday, from Lexington Dam reservoir to Scott's Valley, and back via Mt. Charlie. Wow, it was hot climbing Mt. Charlie. Someone had a temp reading of 102 on their computer while we were climbing. Sunday, I was off the bike, doing a hike, up Mission Peak. Then, Monday, the Labor day ride.

My legs are like jello now. I'll be lucky if I can walk tomorrow.

senatorw

Ride around Lake Tahoe. 77 miles. Not part of the official ride, but road from Alpine through Tahoe City, then around the whole damn thing. It was nice until I "snapped the elastic" on the climb up Emerald Bay. Quite a shock at mile 66 or so. Walked up some of it, fueled back up at Tahoma Market and then managed to pull it together for the last 8 miles or so. It was hard. Felt good to finish, even with the bonk in the middle, longest I have ever ridden yet. Oh yeah. I am slow. Counting my stops at many of the local 7-11s, it took an almost eternal 6 hours 22 minutes.

msincredible

Rode 30 miles in the Berkeley hills Sunday afternoon (in 100+ weather), then Foster City to Los Altos and the Labor Day ride on Monday (total 68 miles).

I was certainly tired last night!

caloso

Good job, senatorw! It's a deceptively tough ride around the lake. I was up in TC at my folks house for the weekend.

Saturday, I rode a leisurely 15 down to Squaw Valley with my wife. Way too many tourists on the Truckee River path but what are you going to do? We laughed at the kids in the river getting drunk and sunburned and the pain they'll experience the next morning. Been there, done that, don't need to do it anymore.

Sunday, I rode a much tougher 45 from TC to the Mt. Rose ski area parking lot and back. From the lake road to the top: 9 miles in 54:00. I need the hill training for Mt. Diablo in a month. As of right now, I don't have the legs to break an hour. It was humbling. On the other hand, it sure was fun coming down.

silentben

Saturday:
Rode from Redwood City up Canada, Sawyers Camp trail, and then all the way up 35 to Lands End. I stopped here for a quick snack and then took the SF bike route 5 to the Embarcadero BART to Oakland. Distance of about 39 miles.

Sunday: Did an easy 12 mile ride with my girlfriend from her apartment in Oakland to a park along the waterfront. There was a good view of the empty bay bridge and we saw trucks driving eastbound on the upper deck hauling away gigantic demolished sections of the span they replaced

Monday: Rode back home to RWC from the Embarcadero BART but via a slightly different route. I took 3rd street south until it turned into Bayshore. Turned right on Guadalupe Canyon and then took Radio Rd to the top of San Bruno Mountain. It was cold and foggy and the winds were atrocious. I was just about stopped dead in my tracks a few times from the headwind. Descending wasn't even that much fun because Radio road is pretty bumpy and the headwind prevented me from getting any real speed coming down the other side of Guadalupe Canyon Road (24 mph, woo!) I made my way back out to Hwy 35 where I just reversed my previous route. 43 miles and about double the climbing as Saturday's ride.

spingineer

You certainly deserve the ms. incredible name.

alainp

She definitely does... and to think she rode all the way with a big, dark backpack!

mtnwalker

Yeah, that backpack was scary looking. I've always wondered how she didn't over-heat with that thing on. And I don't remember her taking many drinks while riding too. She is truly Ms Incrdible.

minivandriveby

Took my new baby on it's inaugural (sp?) ride last night FINALLY (longest week of wait in my life). I would have done it sooner but I had a shoe/pedal/$200-later-thing* happen with it. Man is it smooth. I have not been on a road bike in 15 years and I have missed it dearly. I just hope my MTB still gets some
It was my weekday usual of 8 miles South on Franklin Blvd (straight and flat) in strong headwind. 8 miles back with tailwind. Averaged 14.8 out and 20.3 on the way back. Woooooo Hoooo! It feels good to be on a road bike again.

*Bike came with Ultegra pedals from way back (SPD-R). New shoes I bought only accept modern SL cleats and I found this out after getting home, so I picked up some KeO classics. Wife is really cool about all of this nickel-and-dimin' which is a mega+++++.

superunleaded

Last Sunday I took the BART to Embarcadero and crossed the GG bridge to Sausalito on my newly STI'd RB-1. I think I may be rushing to get some miles in after my car crash and it came back and bit me, real hard. My back was so sore after the ride and I think I'd lay off off the bike until I really get healed.
I hope alainp's crash won't hold him back for long like me. Those back injuries really sucks.

BlastRadius

Sweet RB-1.

Gee3

I went to Monterey with the family but did get a little ride in:



...although it would have been a bit easier had my pregnant wife been able to pedal as well. But what can you do when the belly gets in the way? At least she tried as much as she could. hehe!

Man, those things are heavier than I thought! I'll stick with my road bike next time!

senatorw

Wish I had known someone else from BF was up there. It was lonely riding around it, and I only saw two other real cyclists in my direction. Those tourists on the Golden Gate Bridge on the East side path have nothing on the bike path people South Shore to West Shore.

msincredible

No riding on Saturday as I was on a plane all day but I was bound and determined to get my workout in today.

I started out with an hour "climbing" on a stationary bike in the hotel gym as I knew it would be all flat terrain here in Singapore. Then I walked 3 hours, rented a bike for a couple of hours, finally got to pass some roadies even with me on a mountain bike . 2 more hours walking in the afternoon.

Here's the full report of my ride today.

spingineer

Wow, so cool. You did more riding than I did ... I'm on-call, which means I have to be within 20 minutes of a networked PC. Maybe I'll take my recumbent and "try" to ride it around the block a few times.

Bitten by a spider? How big was it? Be careful out there!