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Old 03-23-09, 11:52 PM
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My hardest ride is tomorrow.

I think I'm ready for it. Yes, BART is involved, but I can only ride around the east bay hills so much. I'm in "exploring mode" right now. Last week I did Morgan Territory with 50 other miles afterwards. That sucked but I felt awesome all day. The day before I whipped out 75 miles on a route that had 2000 feet of climbing. Needless to say, I "spun" through that.

Tomorrow however, requires at least a little preparation. Concord BART to Morgan Territory, down to Livermore, through Pleasanton/Dublin, up to the peak of Mount Diablo, and head home via Walnut Creek BART. 81 miles in all and I learned 2 hours ago I'm going solo. Bummer, but I'll have the tunes rockin!

https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...23787206418549

It looks like a pretty badass route with 2 good climbs. I've hit Mt. Diablo at mile 40, but never this late in a ride. My main goal is to do this route, and follow it with a 40 mile recovery the following day. Can't wait for it! $20 says I won't get a flat! Any takers? HAHA! I NEVVVVVVVER get flats. Yeaaaaah, that's right.

Side note: If it weren't for the Garmin 705, I'd never be able to do rides like this. God bless that fine machine!
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Nice route - let us know how it goes. The weather should be awesome.
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You'll like this ride. To cut off some miles, you can turn right at the bottom of Morgan Territory onto Manning, right again onto Highland, then right onto Tassajara, and a final right onto Blackhawk (to get to Mt. Diablo). This will still give you a good, hard 60 mile ride. FYI cell phone coverage seems to have improved, but there are lots of dead zones back on Morgan Territory - make sure you have everything you'll need to fix flats, food, etc!

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YYYyyyyyeah. That ride sucked. Mainly because my 705 decided to not track the route correctly so it turned into an even longer ride. I was solid up to mile 60ish.... then I had to go up Mt. Diablo. Didn't bonk though, pretty stoked on that.
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Congrats - sounds like an epic ride. Was it windy at all today?

You do of course realize that you were doomed the minute you posted this:

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Side note: If it weren't for the Garmin 705, I'd never be able to do rides like this. God bless that fine machine!
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Originally Posted by Tapeworm21
YYYyyyyyeah. That ride sucked. Mainly because my 705 decided to not track the route correctly so it turned into an even longer ride. I was solid up to mile 60ish.... then I had to go up Mt. Diablo. Didn't bonk though, pretty stoked on that.
Long hard rides are more fun as part of a group - you should tag along on one of the many rides posted here (Marshall Wall on Saturday; B&B slow pace group on Sunday). Give it a shot!

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