nesdog

With the sun in my face, and a warmish morning for a change, I headed over to Agoura Cycles for the Sat ride. The group was small today, with just a handful of riders.

We pointed east and worked our way down to Calabasas in some pretty stiff breezes. Drafting was the order of the day but with a small group and all of us at different levels, it was fairly tough to stay together. I was getting blown around pretty good.

We re-grouped and followed Mulholland, turning out at 7 minute hill. What a nice dowhill that is. We banked left and right coming out once again at Mulholland.

Just a few blocks later, we turned left onto Stunt, a climb I've never done. The group splintered quickly (all 4 of us!). Thankfully the wind wasn't much of a factor on the way up. I was really feeling the climb in my legs, the 1st time I've been in the hills for a while. Geez, does this thing ever end?? Up, Up, Up....at the top we were rewarded with a fantastic view of the ocean and valley..well worth the effort. Nearly 4 miles about 1300 feet of vertical.

We retraced our steps and returned the same way however the wind going down Stunt was at times very gusty and difficult. I was getting blown all over the place and slowed down a bunch. At one spot, I had to pedal just to keep going downhill as I was getting fully blasted by a headwind.

At the bottom, we again re-joined Mulholland and continued towards home. At Las Virgenes, short of time, I cut out and worked my way in a fierce headwind to Agoura Road, oftentimes maxed out at 7 miles per hour.

When I reached my house 25 minutes later, I was at the edge of a bonk, shaky, tired and beat to death.

Total of 36 miles but really worn down by the wind.

Hope you all had a fine ride today!

Sheldon

Brandy

Sounds like a challenging ride Sheldon! I'm eager to ride up in that area.

Indolent58

Wind was FIERCE today in SD too. My bike hopped about 6 inches sideways when I hit a bump on a descent. I was also hit by a tumbleweed

VanceMac

That's a great route, Sheldon. We are incredibly fortunate to have the SM mts so close by! I appreciate them more with every ride through them.

Cleave

Hello Sheldon,

Sounds like a good route.

I rode about the same distance today and had about 500 ft of climbing. There was no wind at about 7:30a but by 8:00a the wind picked up and got continually worse until I got home. Watching my son's Little League game in the afternoon we kept getting "dust blasted" every time some moved on the dirt.

Glad to hear you made it home before you truly bonked.

nesdog

Come on and ride with us! Sign up for Cruising the Conejo in May, it's a good one!


Sheldon