Go Back  Bike Forums > Community Connections > Regional Discussions > Northern California
Reload this Page >

weekend ride reports - where'd ya ride?

Notices
Northern California Northern California

weekend ride reports - where'd ya ride?

Old 08-28-06, 10:07 AM
  #1  
Style-challenged
Thread Starter
 
platypus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 918

Bikes: Colnago C-50 Extreme Power, Bianchi Pista, Somec single-speed

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
weekend ride reports - where'd ya ride?

Where did everybody ride this weekend?

I did a 3.5 hour jaunt around Los Altos, Portola, and Woodside on Saturday.
platypus is offline  
Old 08-28-06, 04:35 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
 
caloso's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur

Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times in 1,417 Posts
From Tahoe City to the top of Mt. Rose and back. For a flatlander, it's a tough slog to the top but it's totally worth it. I went early Sunday morning and there was hardly any car traffic and I was the only bike on the road.

EDIT:

Just for fun I thought I'd add the elevation graph from that ride.
Attached Images
File Type: png
elevationgraph.PNG (5.6 KB, 207 views)

Last edited by caloso; 08-29-06 at 01:40 PM.
caloso is offline  
Old 08-28-06, 09:28 PM
  #3  
Veni, Vidi, Vomiti
 
SteveE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Bend, OR
Posts: 3,583

Bikes: Serotta Legend Ti, Pivot Vault, Salsa Spearfish

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Saturday: Raced in the Masters 55+ at San Ardo. Got a flat at the beginning of the second lap and dropped out.

Sunday: Went out with my wife and younger daughter. Rode up to Los Altos from Cupertino, into Los Altos Hills, descended Page Mill from Altamont, Portola Valley, Woodside, and back via Sand Hill, etc. Hung out at Peet's.
SteveE is offline  
Old 08-28-06, 09:31 PM
  #4  
New! With Self Loathing!
 
scottmorrison99's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fairfield, California
Posts: 1,618

Bikes: 2013 Jamis Xenith T time trial bike, 2013 Jamis Xenith Elite

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Fairfield to West Sacramento and back. Just wanted to ride across the Yolo causeway. I'm taking a class in Sacramento, and everytime I drive across the causeway I envy the riders. Stopped in Davis at the park at East Corvello and F Street and had three gangbangers start looking at me out of the corner of their eyes and keep moving closer. I looked around and everyone else there(about 20 other people) had taken off when they showed up. I moved to the other side of the park to rest and they followed me, so I left. Is that a bad part of Davis? Ride was great otherwise.
__________________
Scotty

Weird Bike Guy Blog
scottmorrison99 is offline  
Old 08-28-06, 11:05 PM
  #5  
I ride red bikes
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 154

Bikes: 2007 Trek 1500 (red), 1994 Performance X203 (red)

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
My regular ride buddies switched our Saturday ride to Sunday, which I couldn't make.

So I rode 3 miles to In-n-Out. It was the best ride of my life.
jimples is offline  
Old 08-29-06, 07:56 AM
  #6  
semifreddo amartuerer
 
'nother's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 4,599

Bikes: several

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Saturday, rode from Santa Clara up to Los Altos to catch the Alto Velo B ride which proceeded into Woodside, up Kings Mountain, south along Skyline, dipped down 84 then back up Old La Honda West, further south on Skyline, then down Page Mill Road, then home from there. My climbing legs were inexplicably good

No ride Sunday.
'nother is offline  
Old 08-29-06, 09:21 AM
  #7  
semifreddo amartuerer
 
'nother's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 4,599

Bikes: several

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Originally Posted by caloso
From Tahoe City to the top of Mt. Rose and back. For a flatlander, it's a tough slog to the top but it's totally worth it. I went early Sunday morning and there was hardly any car traffic and I was the only bike on the road.
Cool! Glad to hear it was not as bad as you were initially concerned about...I read that other thread and was wondering the same, I've driven there several times and thought it would be a cool bike ride.
'nother is offline  
Old 08-29-06, 10:01 AM
  #8  
Style-challenged
Thread Starter
 
platypus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 918

Bikes: Colnago C-50 Extreme Power, Bianchi Pista, Somec single-speed

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by jimples
My regular ride buddies switched our Saturday ride to Sunday, which I couldn't make.

So I rode 3 miles to In-n-Out. It was the best ride of my life.
mmm, in-n-out!

Oh, wait that's right I need to lose weight...

boo in-n-out!
platypus is offline  
Old 08-29-06, 10:05 AM
  #9  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 477
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Most of the week, I ride a road bike, but on Sundays, I've started mountain biking. This week, I went up Tam via Railroad Grade. The first time I went up Tam off-road a few weeks ago, I went up Eldridge Grade, which proved to be pretty challenging for a novice mountain-biker. Railroad was much easier, with a very gentle grade and a very smooth surface the whole way up.

Still, I was pretty hot and tired by the time I hit the West Point Inn, where a half dozen or so other cyclists were taking a break in the shade and enjoying a bite to eat. I thought about stopping there but decided I would just keep going to the top and get something to eat/drink at the snack shack at the East Peak visitor center. Unfortunately, when I finally made it there, the shack was closed. And the soda machine outside it was out of order. So it was just more lukewarm water from my Camelbak for me, until I made it back to Sausalito, where I stopped for a Coke before heading back to SF.

Typically, I've been seeing a lot of wildlife on these rides on the trails in the Headlands and Mt. Tam (a bobcat, a fox, a couple snakes, countless deer and rabbits) but this time, just a few lizards. I guess the bigger creatures, like the snack shop man, were taking the day off.
ConstantRider is offline  
Old 08-29-06, 12:39 PM
  #10  
Homey
 
Siu Blue Wind's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 13,519
Mentioned: 56 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2424 Post(s)
Liked 1,392 Times in 891 Posts
My usual ride consists of riding from Hiway 4 to San Ramon and looping back. Or San Ramon to Hiway 4 and looping back. Where ever I decide to put my truck..........
Siu Blue Wind is offline  
Old 09-01-06, 07:46 AM
  #11  
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 35
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Sunday: Foresthill, 32 miles, ~2900'

Wednesday: ARBT from Granite Bay to Pond Park, 40 miles
GotSnow is offline  
Old 09-03-06, 06:02 PM
  #12  
Senior Member
 
dauphin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Posts: 2,991
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Originally Posted by GotSnow
Sunday: Foresthill, 32 miles, ~2900'

Wednesday: ARBT from Granite Bay to Pond Park, 40 miles
Where is Pond Park?
dauphin is offline  
Old 09-05-06, 12:29 PM
  #13  
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 35
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by dauphin
Where is Pond Park?
North side of the ARBT, and just west of the bridge that is west of Goethe Park.
That may not be the proper name of it, but the water fountain where I fill up says William Pond Park or something similar.

I was up in your neck of the woods on Monday. I rode from Auburn to Colfax.

Last edited by GotSnow; 09-05-06 at 12:35 PM.
GotSnow is offline  
Old 09-05-06, 02:20 PM
  #14  
Senior Member
 
caloso's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur

Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times in 1,417 Posts
Saturday: Garden Highway to the Sutter County line and back.
Sunday: Tri workout on the ARBT (for the record, I hate riding the dang bike path on weekend mornings, but some of our newbies aren't too comfortable on the road).
Monday: round and round the local elementary school playground with my son and his granddad.
caloso is offline  
Old 09-05-06, 03:10 PM
  #15  
Style-challenged
Thread Starter
 
platypus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 918

Bikes: Colnago C-50 Extreme Power, Bianchi Pista, Somec single-speed

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
saturday: from Mt. View down to Stevens Creek Reservoir and back
sunday: Portola Valley loop starting and ending at Bicycle Outfitter
platypus is offline  
Old 09-05-06, 03:35 PM
  #16  
I scream for ice cream.
 
SkyeC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Broakland, CA
Posts: 531
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Today is one of my weekend days, nothing too exciting-- Richmond to Emeryville and back on the Bay Trail.
SkyeC is offline  
Old 09-06-06, 12:40 AM
  #17  
Senior Member
 
Rushfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Woodland, CA, USA
Posts: 637

Bikes: Specialized Roubaix Pro

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by scottmorrison99
Fairfield to West Sacramento and back. Just wanted to ride across the Yolo causeway. I'm taking a class in Sacramento, and everytime I drive across the causeway I envy the riders. Stopped in Davis at the park at East Corvello and F Street and had three gangbangers start looking at me out of the corner of their eyes and keep moving closer. I looked around and everyone else there(about 20 other people) had taken off when they showed up. I moved to the other side of the park to rest and they followed me, so I left. Is that a bad part of Davis? Ride was great otherwise.
East Covell & F Street. There isn't a bad part of Davis, it's all tame. They must have come down from Woodland or West Sac...

The causeway is convenient, but I think it's my least favorite ride. Nasty air & noise from 80.

I kept it simple and went from Woodland to Winters and back on Saturday, 20 mile loop on Sunday. Just starting up again after a long break. Might be riding in Fairfield tomorrow depending on how the day goes...
Rushfan is offline  
Old 09-06-06, 09:33 PM
  #18  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 321
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
From San Rafael (near Peacock Gap) to Paradise loop around Tiburon and back (just under 35 miles). This was my 3rd sizeable ride since I got my bike (Tour de Organics Sebastopol, to GGB and back and now this). Loving this. Too bad I go back in for second surgery to reconstruct my knee on Monday and will be off bike for maybe 6 months or more (only been into the sport since end of July).

Love this sport, though.
senatorw is offline  
Old 09-06-06, 11:01 PM
  #19  
Senior Member
 
dauphin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Posts: 2,991
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Originally Posted by senatorw
From San Rafael (near Peacock Gap) to Paradise loop around Tiburon and back (just under 35 miles). This was my 3rd sizeable ride since I got my bike (Tour de Organics Sebastopol, to GGB and back and now this). Loving this. Too bad I go back in for second surgery to reconstruct my knee on Monday and will be off bike for maybe 6 months or more (only been into the sport since end of July).

Love this sport, though.
Hey, good luck with that. Sorry you have to have such a long lay off.
dauphin is offline  
Old 09-06-06, 11:02 PM
  #20  
Senior Member
 
dauphin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: California
Posts: 2,991
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Originally Posted by Rushfan
East Covell & F Street. There isn't a bad part of Davis, it's all tame. They must have come down from Woodland or West Sac...

The causeway is convenient, but I think it's my least favorite ride. Nasty air & noise from 80.

I kept it simple and went from Woodland to Winters and back on Saturday, 20 mile loop on Sunday. Just starting up again after a long break. Might be riding in Fairfield tomorrow depending on how the day goes...
Haven't ridden in Davis, but I can't imagine the noise from 80 on the causeway.
dauphin is offline  
Old 09-07-06, 02:17 AM
  #21  
1 MILE TO TOP
 
qpliu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santa Cruz
Posts: 160
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Saturday, I rode up Highway 9 from Santa Cruz to Saratoga, then sat around watching all the cyclists pass by for a while. Then, I climbed Bohlman and On Orbit, descended Montevina, climbed Black and Gist, descended Skyline and Bear Creek to Boulder Creek. From there, I took 236, Jamison Creek, and Empire Grade back home.

Monday, I rode to Corralitos. The market was closed for Labor Day. The sign at the bottom of Eureka Canyon saying road closed 10 miles was still there. Nonetheless, I rode up Eureka Canyon and Highland to the Summit Market and out of the fog and clouds. Then, I took Summit, Skyline, 9 and 236 to Big Basin, and returned home via Jamison Creek and Empire Grade.
qpliu is offline  
Old 09-07-06, 11:56 AM
  #22  
Senior Member
 
Rushfan's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Woodland, CA, USA
Posts: 637

Bikes: Specialized Roubaix Pro

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by dauphin
Haven't ridden in Davis, but I can't imagine the noise from 80 on the causeway.
It's a roar, unless traffic is stopped on the causeway, or you're going by during one of the slower times. If you're riding hard, it's less noticeable, but with so many other quiet roads in Yolo County, I don't like riding the causeway. Glad I don't use it to commute...
Rushfan is offline  
Old 09-07-06, 12:46 PM
  #23  
Senior Member
 
BigSean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Nor-Cal Bay Area
Posts: 5,088
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by qpliu
Saturday, I rode up Highway 9 from Santa Cruz to Saratoga, then sat around watching all the cyclists pass by for a while. Then, I climbed Bohlman and On Orbit, descended Montevina, climbed Black and Gist, descended Skyline and Bear Creek to Boulder Creek. From there, I took 236, Jamison Creek, and Empire Grade back home.

Monday, I rode to Corralitos. The market was closed for Labor Day. The sign at the bottom of Eureka Canyon saying road closed 10 miles was still there. Nonetheless, I rode up Eureka Canyon and Highland to the Summit Market and out of the fog and clouds. Then, I took Summit, Skyline, 9 and 236 to Big Basin, and returned home via Jamison Creek and Empire Grade.

Such great roads to ride, Ill be there soon.
BigSean is offline  
Old 09-09-06, 03:59 PM
  #24  
Member
 
Sixtwo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 48

Bikes: 2005 Giant FCR1, 2006 OCR C3

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
East Livermore's wine country on Tesla and Greenville Rds., out to Old Altamont Pass Rd., up over Flynn Rd, to Patterson Pass, back down Cross Rd., to Tesla and home...approx 20 miles, not quite two hours on a sunny breezy mercifully cool late summer day...
Sixtwo is offline  
Old 09-09-06, 05:34 PM
  #25  
Veni, Vidi, Vomiti
 
SteveE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Bend, OR
Posts: 3,583

Bikes: Serotta Legend Ti, Pivot Vault, Salsa Spearfish

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Originally Posted by qpliu
Saturday, I rode up Highway 9 from Santa Cruz to Saratoga, then sat around watching all the cyclists pass by for a while. Then, I climbed Bohlman and On Orbit, descended Montevina, climbed Black and Gist, descended Skyline and Bear Creek to Boulder Creek. From there, I took 236, Jamison Creek, and Empire Grade back home.

Monday, I rode to Corralitos. The market was closed for Labor Day. The sign at the bottom of Eureka Canyon saying road closed 10 miles was still there. Nonetheless, I rode up Eureka Canyon and Highland to the Summit Market and out of the fog and clouds. Then, I took Summit, Skyline, 9 and 236 to Big Basin, and returned home via Jamison Creek and Empire Grade.
Bohlman/On-Orbit, Black/Gist, and Jamison Creek on the same ride. Guess you must REALLY like to climb!
SteveE is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.