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menlo - OLH - 84 - tunitas - kings mountain~~~~~~(i ran over a deer)

2010-06-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

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Total Distance: 84.30 km (52.4 mi)
Total Time: 6:58:11
Moving Time: 4:03:56
Average Speed: 12.11 km/h (7.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 20.73 km/h (12.9 mi/h)
Max Speed: 62.10 km/h (38.6 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -15 m (-49 ft)
Max Elevation: 628 m (2060 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2205 m (7235 ft)
Max Grade: 15 %
Min Grade: -17 %
Recorded: Tue May 11 10:13:42 PDT 2010
Activity type: i ran over a deer.

i ran over a (black-tailed) deer descending highway 84 in la honda. she came out of nowhere as i was taking a sweeping right hand turn and proceeded to jump around until she fell down right under my bike. yup. i ran her over.. two wheels off the road, and i must've cut her a little bit because there was blood on my bicycle. this is a 23c road bike. anyways, in the moments after running her over, i went into an out-of-control wobble and proceeded to somehow recover and continue down the mountain. we pulled over to check out my bike to be sure it was ok.. yup. perfect condition, and the annoying sound i was complaining about earlier in the ride was gone.
the deer got up and lept away, and i was uncrashed and unscathed.
i ran over a deer.

front (south) side of mt. tamalpias (west peak)

2010-05-28T21:56:00.000-07:00

climbed up to the west peak in some very interesting weather before work. quite enjoyable despite being the beginning of a holiday weekend.

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Total Distance: 69.67 km (43.3 mi)
Total Time: 3:23:09
Moving Time: 2:57:58
Average Speed: 20.61 km/h (12.8 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.49 km/h (14.6 mi/h)
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -30 m (-100 ft)
Max Elevation: 727 m (2385 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1394 m (4575 ft)
Max Grade: 15 %
Min Grade: -18 %
Recorded: Fri May 28 10:37:38 PDT 2010

MT. Hamilton (via mines rd)

2010-05-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

i took out mount hamilton from the pleasanton bart station. rode through about 10 miles of civilization (pleasanton/livermore), then turned down mines road (the tour of california had been on mines the day before) into the most remote area i've been too. i turned right onto san antonio valley rd (highway 130) at the junction, and then climbed up to the top of mount hamilton (4360 ft), the highest peak in the bay area. lots of false climbs on this one (where you think you're finally climbing the mountain, but really just more and more lumps, bumps, foothills, and the rest) afterwards i flew down mt hamilton rd (still highway 130) into san jose, took a left onto alum rock, and rode downtown to the caltrain station. excellent views on this mountain. LOTS and LOTS of wildlife too. nice one.

Total Distance: 136.58 km (84.9 mi)
Total Time: 6:49:59
Moving Time: 5:43:12
Average Speed: 20.04 km/h (12.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.88 km/h (14.8 mi/h)
Max Speed: 61.20 km/h (38.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -9 m (-30 ft)
Max Elevation: 1265 m (4150 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2395 m (7858 ft)
Max Grade: 9 %
Min Grade: -17 %
Recorded: Thu May 20 13:11:31 PDT 2010

plus 3 miles to bart, and 4 miles home from caltrain = approximately 92 miles and about 8,000 ft climbing..

mount diablo loop clockwise

2010-05-18T13:18:00.000-07:00

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Total Distance: 70.76 km (44.0 mi)
Total Time: 5:55:17
Moving Time: 3:44:46
Average Speed: 11.96 km/h (7.4 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 18.89 km/h (11.7 mi/h)
Max Speed: 58.50 km/h (36.4 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -18 m (-58 ft)
Max Elevation: 1139 m (3737 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1731 m (5681 ft)
Max Grade: 14 %
Min Grade: -11 %
Recorded: Tue May 18 09:59:21 PDT 2010

menlo > OLH > 84 > alpine > page mill road > cañada rd > skyline

2010-05-14T02:17:00.000-07:00

caltrain to menlo park.. two passes of the santa cruz mountains: old la honda road, and alpine road/page mill road (via highway 84 & pescadero).. then i followed the san andreas fault back to the city.

caltrain is quite awesome.. bart is so un-bike-friendly it was really refreshing to ride a "chuga chuga woo woo" style train..

Total Distance: 130.34 km (81.0 mi)
Total Time: 7:26:52
Moving Time: 5:41:21
Average Speed: 17.53 km/h (10.9 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 22.91 km/h (14.2 mi/h)
Max Speed: 67.50 km/h (41.9 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -30 m (-98 ft)
Max Elevation: 716 m (2351 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2727 m (8947 ft)
Max Grade: 15 %
Min Grade: -15 %
Recorded: Fri May 14 10:06:00 PDT 2010

menlo park > old la honda > tunitas > kings mountain > caltrain

2010-05-11T02:15:00.000-07:00

La Tunitas

Description

Distance 51.6 mi

Min Alt 3.281 ft

Max Alt 2070.210 ft

Max Speed 179.6 mph

Avg Speed 7.4 mph

Start Time 2010-05-11T17:14:07Z

End Time 2010-05-12T00:11:23Z

35 to cabrillo highway (1) to montara beach

2010-05-10T02:13:00.000-07:00

so we were on our way to go camping in big basin (near santa cruz in the mountains) when we ended up with a serious technical difficulty. we had used duct tape and shoelaces (excellent combo) to attach some bags/shoes/items to our bikes.. both of our bikes are light, fast, racing bikes.. pat's happens to be an all carbon madone 5.9 (due to trek's incredible warranty program) and he happened to fashion his shoes to the bike in a less than perfect way.. let's just say some screws were cut off, and the seat mask was ruined... anyway, we decided to get picked up (thanks änna) and spent the day glad that we broke down in such an awesome place (montara beach, just south of devil's slide on highway one).. after änna arrived, i had a woman offer to let us borrow her brand new car.. pretty nice.

CA-1 - bofax - bolinas ridge - frontside baildown (tam)

2010-05-05T02:12:00.000-07:00

usually don't have people in my photos i know, but i only took a few pictures on this ride, and i figured a photo of patrick climbing up through the redwoods near the middle of bofax would be appropriate.. sometimes in the redwoods you forget you're climbing.. i guess you sort of forget everything really.

alpine dam loop counter clockwise (con west peak)

2010-05-03T02:11:00.000-07:00

about 5500 feet of elevation gain, and approximately 60 miles.. alpine dam is a favorite. my phone was acting quite sour for a bit.. now i've realized i need to treat it like the computer that it is.. reinstall the program, delete all my messages and other cashe, etc.. now it's working a little better for me as of late.

as always, the most beautiful parts of the rides are usually not convenient places to take pictures.. you get sort of an idea if you go back through all the posts labeled alpine dam loop, but you know, you kind of had to be there.

main cliffs (CA-1)

2010-04-22T01:59:00.000-07:00

i wanted to do a mellow ride where i could find a nice spot to relax, so i rode up highway one in marin county to halfway inbetween muir beach and stinson beach.. about 20 something miles in and 20 something out.. there was definately some climbing, but this is coastal northern california, and CA-1 is never a joke.

..baker

2010-04-20T01:47:00.000-07:00

west peak tamalpias

2010-04-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

rode up to the west peak of mount tamalpias before work.. a little bit of hail and rain on the peak, and some white out fog and super high winds on the way up..

this is a photo from baker beach the day before

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Total Distance: 70.16 km (43.6 mi)
Total Time: 4:22:02
Moving Time: 3:16:49
Average Speed: 16.15 km/h (10.0 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 21.39 km/h (13.3 mi/h)
Max Speed: 62.10 km/h (38.6 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -32 m (-104 ft)
Max Elevation: 740 m (2428 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1621 m (5319 ft)
Max Grade: 16 %
Min Grade: -41 %
Recorded: Mon Apr 19 09:51:58 PDT 2010
Activity type: -

SF > marshal wall > bofax

2010-04-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

did a little marshall wall to bofax.. slightly over 100 miles, and i think a little bit over 10,000 feet climbing. stopped at the cheese factory as usual, and took a power nap in the grass on bolinas ridge (side of mount tam) on the way back. nice ride, but a pretty big one for not having been riding much.

CA 1 > Stinson Beach > west peak mount tamalpias

2010-04-06T22:06:00.000-07:00

beautiful winter day. nice and dry with plenty of sun! what better place is there to be but highway one? click for bigger pictures.

that city down there is my home!

in this one you can see highway one on that ridge down there in the foreground and my neighborhood of the city right there in the back ground with the santa cruz mountains rising above

the city and the headlands down there.

no trip is complete without some redwoods!

winter waterfall mini-ride

2010-03-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

a little ride half way up mount tam to get some water at a frontside waterfall. we were planning on going down south to tunitas creek, and the weatherman said it'd start raining at noon, so we met up at 7am and decided to call it off due to some pretty heavy rain and wind (and also because it was supposed to rain straight for a few days after that).. well of course it was the exact opposite and cleared up around noon, so we left about 1pm.. started coming down pretty good while we were under the redwoods, and wasn't too bad the rest of the way back. it was almost like being indoors during a tornado at times.. that is one thick canopy.

click these pictures to make them bigger!

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Total Distance: 55.72 km (34.6 mi)
Total Time: 3:39:30
Moving Time: 2:39:26
Average Speed: 15.26 km/h (9.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 20.97 km/h (13.0 mi/h)
Max Speed: 63.00 km/h (39.1 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -34 m (-111 ft)
Max Elevation: 307 m (1007 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1214 m (3985 ft)
Max Grade: 15 %
Min Grade: -23 %
Recorded: Mon Mar 29 15:43:38 PDT 2010

a mount tam, headlands, baker beach, etc.

2010-03-28T00:31:00.000-07:00

hello. been riding a bit but i havn't posted anything since our trip to russian river. here are a few photographs for you. enjoy

there's a place we call "the bunker" up on the headlands. it's a 30 minute ride from my front door. i've never seen another human there, and that's what makes it so great.

the tank and the patriot (our city bikes) "sunning" alamo square

a nice view inland from "the bunker" hawk hill is the little forest on the right

turn around..

you can also see the city from the bunker

and the waves are just close enough to hear

this is baker beach, about 10 minutes from the house.

then you have bolinas ridge (or the seven sisters) over on the side of tam about 20 miles from the house

i like to come up here and lay down on the grass. it's about 2000 ft up

this is a little waterfall on the front side of tam. this is the BEST tasting water!

drink up!

Russian River to SF

2010-03-08T18:49:00.000-08:00

epic ride. started raining on us in guerneville, then hailing on us on the sonoma coast, and back to some 35 mph winds over on tomales bay.. more hail on the climb out of olema and once we got to fairfax it picked up again with a little rain. more of the same on the golden gate bridge and we ended up having to do some commando style repairs in high winds at the very end of the ride.. those rollers on highway one are NO JOKE. as serious as the big worlds in super mario. was this ride real at all?

back to sam p. for some young redwood panoramics!

we decided to take highway 116 (river road) to shoreline highway (1) to get back to the city.. sonoma coast is quite nice from jenner to bodega bay.. but those highway one rollers?? what? this route was about 95 miles. now i'm having crazy flashbacks to those rollers. unreal.

SF to Russian River (guerneville)

2010-03-07T18:29:00.000-08:00

russian river!!

we took the "northern california route" (mostly bike route 5 marin) up to sir francis drake, and out to highway one from there. once we got to valley ford in sonoma, we took freestone valley ford road over to bohemian highway and rode (somehow all downhill) fourteen more miles to highway 116 (river road). took a right and rode into guerneville. from here we went to armstrong redwoods and on to austin creek reserve and for some reason decided to climb up pool ridge (very steep) before getting some food and some sleep.

so the gps for this trip was really messed up riding out there and coming back. at least it recorded the correct route on the map for the ride up, but for the ride back it didn't start until valley ford! what? anyway, riding up there was about 87 miles, and then we went on a 12 mile ride (armstrong and austin creek) when we got up there. russian river is an awesome place.

7 sisters out and back

2010-03-01T19:43:00.000-08:00

a little seven sisters (bolinas ridge) out and back. a quick stop at the mountain theatre for some water. some nice winter waterfalls and strong force winds up on the ridge. tam certainly had her "vail" on today. holler at some REDWOODS!

a nice baby blue sunset in the presidio.

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Total Distance: 72.07 km (44.8 mi)
Total Time: 4:48:57
Moving Time: 3:27:13
Average Speed: 14.97 km/h (9.3 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 20.87 km/h (13.0 mi/h)
Max Speed: 65.70 km/h (40.8 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -37 m (-122 ft)
Max Elevation: 600 m (1969 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1448 m (4751 ft)
Max Grade: 29 %
Min Grade: -19 %
Recorded: Mon Mar 01 13:23:51 PDT 2010

mount diablo out and back

2010-02-22T13:12:00.000-08:00

little diablo from pleasant hill bart station.. northgate road to the summit and back down.. once we got back to the city we rode the embarcadero to the golden gate bridge and over to "larry's point" in marin.

Alpine Dam Loop (east/west peak)

2010-02-16T10:07:00.000-08:00

my friend had a little spill at the bottom of bofax near the dam on this one.. luckily he's ok and his bike was only minimally mangled.. a quick truing in fairfax was all it really needed. this ride was a pretty good reminder of why i hate holidays. i've decided to try to sleep through every holiday. weekdays early are where it's at.

a little problem again with the gps track. oh well.

tunitas creek/kings mountain

2010-02-10T20:46:00.000-08:00

a nice little ride through the santa cruz mountains... i found a less gnarly way to get down to pacifica/half moon bay.. ride up skyline blvd to westridge road where (right) and hop onto skyline DRIVE (parallel to skyline blvd).. it's a climb through a suburban neighborhood with some killer views of the mountains/pacific ocean.. then you take a left on crenshaw and a quick right onto polmetto and follow the bike signs from there (they eventually lead you back to cabrillo highway (1).. this avoids riding on the freeway completely!

then it was on down to tunitas creek road, a quick stop at the bike hut to fill up and i hammered up tunitas in 39 minutes up to skyline.. caught my breath and flew down the excellent descent down kings mountain road.. to get back to the city, you take a left on woodside rd, left on cañada rd follow the signs to highway 35 (dont turn onto it, go straight for a minute and you find the san andreas bike path on the left). didn't take many pictures on this ride as i was racing the sun and didn't stop much.. that's what i get for leaving at 12:15pm in the winter.

tunitas creek road+kings mountain road=REDWOODS!

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Total Distance: 138.12 km (85.8 mi)
Total Time: 6:04:38
Moving Time: 5:22:37
Average Speed: 22.95 km/h (14.3 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 25.69 km/h (16.0 mi/h)
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -30 m (-100 ft)
Max Elevation: 620 m (2033 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1983 m (6507 ft)
Max Grade: 20 %
Min Grade: -24 %
Recorded: Wed Feb 10 12:19:43 PDT 2010

mount tamalpias out and back

2010-02-07T23:09:00.000-08:00

superbowl sunday and suprisingly enough the mountain is packed.. that's what i get for riding late on a nice sunday. woke up early, discovered a problem with my new tyre so i rode around in the presidio until the shop opened up and then i swapped it out with a better one.
here's a picture of a very small south side waterfall.. i need to go back to the north side to get some more pictures of the huge ones.. stupid hard drive failure.. don't forget to back up now children!

Total Distance: 73.03 km (45.4 mi)
Total Time: 3:27:50
Moving Time: 2:55:35
Average Speed: 21.11 km/h (13.1 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.95 km/h (15.5 mi/h)
Max Speed: 61.20 km/h (38.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -33 m (-107 ft)
Max Elevation: 729 m (2393 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1748 m (5735 ft)
Max Grade: 45 %
Min Grade: -26 %
Recorded: Sun Feb 07 11:57:18 PDT 2010

alpine dam loop cntrclkwse

2010-02-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

alpine dam loop riding up to fairfax and then a left on bolinas fairfax road. never climbed tam this way. hell of a climb. stopped over at the western summit and i figured out that my new camera has a panoramic mode. pretty cool.

the stats for this track got a little messed up.. i think it's safe to say that my top speed was not 255 mph huh?.. anyway, it was about 60 miles, 6000 ft elevation gain. (if it's the same clockwise and counterclockwise.. it almost seems like more climbing this way, but maybe it's because bolinas ridge (7 sisters) roll into each other more going clockwise. either way, a SICK ride.)

dutchman/limantour road (point reyes)

2010-01-30T21:58:00.000-08:00

we rode shoreline highway to dutchman's point but it was a little bit flooded.. almost got caught on a little (soon to be) island out on tomales bay.. it was drizzling the whole time we were on point reyes, but luckily never started really pouring. we took bear valley road (back towards olema) just to check it out and ended up turning down limantour rd.. turned out to be a bit of a mountainous climb through some of the densest forrest i've seen.. very nice.. some great birds, beautiful views and pleasant smells later we turned around and headed back up and over olema hill and onto the cross marin trail (samuel p. taylor park) towards home.

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Total Distance: 155.28 km (96.5 mi)
Total Time: 9:31:00
Moving Time: 6:55:46
Average Speed: 16.32 km/h (10.1 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 22.41 km/h (13.9 mi/h)
Max Speed: 68.40 km/h (42.5 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -36 m (-117 ft)
Max Elevation: 248 m (813 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2451 m (8043 ft)
Max Grade: 23 %
Min Grade: -21 %
Recorded: Sat Jan 30 07:29:35 PDT 2010

shoreline hwy>bofax>ridgecrest (tamalpias)

2010-01-28T11:04:00.000-08:00

WINTER! well there goes my laptop's hard drive.. had some nice pictures from this one but now they're gone. oh well.. i uploaded one right before the failure.. young redwoods for you here.

it was taken with my new camera.. $65 shipped at dell.com; a fujifilm a170. working well thus far. anyway, this ride was FULL of waterfalls.. HUGE waterfalls.. so many waterfalls i had to stop and relieve myself about 15 times.. lost some data from a few other rides also.. it's all good.. a lot of headlands in there and you don't need to hear about that again. good news is i just ordered a 320 gb hitachi for $50.. hopefully this one lasts.

Total Distance: 98.34 km (61.1 mi)
Total Time: 5:09:45
Moving Time: 4:11:45
Average Speed: 19.05 km/h (11.8 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.44 km/h (14.6 mi/h)
Max Speed: 56.70 km/h (35.2 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -43 m (-141 ft)
Max Elevation: 586 m (1923 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1969 m (6459 ft)
Max Grade: 31 %
Min Grade: -18 %
Recorded: Wed Jan 27 12:08:16 PDT 2010

MarshallWall to BoFax > 7Sisters

2010-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:00

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well the pics on this one are not quite as splendid.. the viewing screen on my camera got smashed in while i was rolling down a mountain trying to snowboard in tahoe (worth it).. anyhow, we decided to do marshall wall (100 miles) and climb mount tamalpias on the way back.. excellent winter ride.. i havn't been posting as much because i've been doing so many little presidio and headlands rides.. starts to get old posting the same thing over and over again.. one day this week i climbed up to the top of hawk 4 times in one day.. should've just rolled tam but oh well.. it's been raining/sleeting/snowing here quite a bit lately.. gotta love riding in "hurricane force winds".

up through nicasio and on to point reyes petaluma rd over to rouge et noir for some mario land cheese... up hicks valley rd. and a left on to marshall petaluma.. up and over marshall wall and back on highway 1 to bolinas fairfax road (up mount tamalpias) and a right on ridgecrest rd. (to the seven sisters) and then a baildown to mill valley.. epic. and freezing cold. winter means waterfalls!

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Total Distance: 160.96 km (100.0 mi)
Total Time: 10:47:40
Moving Time: 6:35:47
Average Speed: 16.84 km/h (10.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.40 km/h (15.2 mi/h)
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -44 m (-143 ft)
Max Elevation: 601 m (1971 ft)
Elevation Gain: 3258 m (10689 ft)
Max Grade: 58 %
Min Grade: -138 %
Recorded: Mon Jan 11 06:24:38 PDT 2010

winter alpine dam loop

2009-12-20T21:49:00.000-08:00

a little freezing cold alpine dam loop. been doing a lot of headlands for training lately, but i figured if i posted them every time i'd have to rename the site headlands world. these winter days are too short i tell you!

headlands+bonus bobcat level

2009-12-05T17:36:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 47.43 km (29.5 mi)
Total Time: 2:54:03
Moving Time: 2:20:52
Average Speed: 16.42 km/h (10.2 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 20.20 km/h (12.6 mi/h)
Max Speed: 54.00 km/h (33.6 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -35 m (-114 ft)
Max Elevation: 245 m (803 ft)
Elevation Gain: 945 m (3102 ft)
Max Grade: 13 %
Min Grade: -14 %
Recorded: Sat Dec 05 12:46:58 PDT 2009

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durring a headlands loop i decided to check out a trail that i noticed the other day from looking at google earth. there it was, hiding behind a building on the way to rodeo beach. turned out to be an equestrian road called bobcat trail, and i was finally able to climb some of the marin hills inbetween headlands and mount tamalpias! lots and lots of horses today.

mount diablo loop

2009-11-27T21:22:00.000-08:00

this ride started at the pleasant hill bart station. most rides start from home, but as of now there's no way to bike across the bay bridge! unfortunately pat had some trouble with a broken spoke, but we got it all worked out. we climbed up to the summit of mount diablo (iron horse trail - contra costa canal - northgate road) and then descended southgate road to danville, and back to the iron horse trail where it rained all the way back to the bart station. awesome paved paths out there in the east bay! southgate road was an awesome way to bail-down diablo. we even saw some coyotes in rock city on the way down!

san bruno mountain

2009-11-25T13:50:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 45.27 km (28.1 mi)
Total Time: 2:29:52
Moving Time: 2:03:38
Average Speed: 18.15 km/h (11.3 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 21.97 km/h (13.7 mi/h)
Max Speed: 61.20 km/h (38.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -22 m (-73 ft)
Max Elevation: 361 m (1183 ft)
Elevation Gain: 964 m (3162 ft)
Max Grade: 17 %
Min Grade: -23 %
Recorded: Wed Nov 25 11:16:42 PDT 2009

finally did san bruno mountain for the second time. the first time was in june, and i was riding the fuji from performance (quite terrible).. it was a nice little climb, however since most of the ride is through the city i'd probably use the tank instead of the goat next time. too many stop lights.

marin headlands

2009-11-24T13:08:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 30.00 km (18.6 mi)
Total Time: 3:06:50
Moving Time: 1:21:16
Average Speed: 9.67 km/h (6.0 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 22.15 km/h (13.8 mi/h)
Max Speed: 61.20 km/h (38.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -14 m (-45 ft)
Max Elevation: 219 m (718 ft)
Elevation Gain: 802 m (2630 ft)
Max Grade: 41 %
Min Grade: -27 %
Recorded: Tue Nov 24 11:54:53 PDT 2009

cow palace/headlands

2009-11-21T13:43:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 63.56 km (39.5 mi)
Total Time: 2:37:01
Moving Time: 1:30:15
Average Speed: 11.37 km/h (7.1 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 19.77 km/h (12.3 mi/h)
Max Speed: 60.30 km/h (37.5 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -18 m (-58 ft)
Max Elevation: 250 m (820 ft)
Elevation Gain: 895 m (2938 ft)
Max Grade: 30 %
Min Grade: -21 %
Recorded: Sat Nov 21 15:25:28 PDT 2009

i went to the bike expo down at cow palace on the border of daly city and sf.. i usually don't put city (tank) rides on here, but i thought the expo was pretty cool, so what the hell eh? rode down to the palace and while looking for the entrance somehow i accidentally snuck in. first i ended up "backstage" where all the bmx'ers were "taking off" so i had a nice vantage point for some videos like this:

these guys were AWESOME!
then i tried to get inside, accidentally placing me on the starting line of the cyclo-cross race.. i followed the riders and veered off into the building.. never found the front entrance, but suddenly i was inside.. cool!

then after a quick trip through the super-ghetto i ran inside (my house), swapped bikes, met up with pat in at the flatlands (ggp @ 6th and fulton) and we rode headlands during the sunset.

old la honda

2009-11-19T19:09:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 155.99 km (97 mi)
Total Time: 7:48:23
Moving Time: 6:24:35
Average Speed: 19.30 km/h (12.0 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.44 km/h (14.6 mi/h)
Max Speed: 65.70 km/h (40.8 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -27 m (-89 ft)
Max Elevation: 649 m (2128 ft)
Elevation Gain: 3130 m (10268 ft)
Max Grade: 58 %
Min Grade: -45 %
Recorded: Thu Nov 19 09:15:49 PDT 2009

this was the first ride where i climbed more than 10,000 feet in a day!
time to explore a little bit more of the santa cruz!

took skyline blvd (gnar gnar suburbia for about 8 miles) over to the san andreas bike path, then cut over to cañada rd and then on to mountain home rd.. after looking around for a bit i found old la honda road (a standard test) and climbed up to the top in 23 minutes. i bailed down to la honda and bounced over to san gregorio on highway 84. climbed up to highway 1 (cabrillo highway) and bailed down to tunitas creek road (a tour of california climb).. climbed up to skyline and BAILED down king's mountain road to woodside... that's when the sun started to go down (glad to be out of the mountains) and so i followed cañada/skyline/san andreas valley path back over to san bruno ave where i bailed-down to the bart station (the sun had set by this time, and those long fast suburban highways are not very cool in the daylight.. can't even imagine in the dark).. took the bart to mission and 16th and rode home from there!

king's mountain (tunitas creek climb)

2009-11-16T19:41:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 127.80 km (79.4 mi)
Total Time: 6:29:06
Moving Time: 5:16:27
Average Speed: 19.71 km/h (12.2 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.23 km/h (15.1 mi/h)
Max Speed: 69.30 km/h (43.1 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -27 m (-89 ft)
Max Elevation: 637 m (2089 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2293 m (7521 ft)
Max Grade: 24 %
Min Grade: -13 %
Recorded: Mon Nov 16 09:31:48 PDT 2009

santa cruz mountains!
finally went south instead of north.. there was some beautiful coastline, and devil's slide was fun, but other than that the first 20 miles or so (of highway one) were a little too gnar gnar if you ask me.. but you didn't.

this is the tunnel they're building through the mountain because devils slide has been known to crumble down the cliff (and in to the ocean) every once and a while.

finally! i turn (off cabrillo highway aka 1) onto verde rd. and onto tunitas creek rd (pictured)

i climbed-up (7 miles gaining 2000 feet) king's mountain and turned left onto skyline blvd
this is crystal springs reservoir and the later pictures are of san andreas lake. both of these bodies of water are filling the san andreas valley (created by the san andreas fault not unlike tomales bay!) the bail-down on skyline blvd from kings mountain rd/tunitas creek rd lasted for 9 miles and was probably one of the straightest (least winding) descents in the area.
stumbled upon an awesome path that went on for about 8 or nine miles along the fault line!

the san andreas valley (dry side of the dam)

back to the golden gate park.. "ahhh..."

quick little headlands + back climb

2009-11-15T16:44:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 28.66 km (17.8 mi)

Total Time: 1:14:27
Moving Time: 1:12:43
Average Speed: 23.11 km/h (14.4 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.65 km/h (14.7 mi/h)
Max Speed: 60.30 km/h (37.5 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -10 m (-33 ft)
Max Elevation: 216 m (710 ft)
Elevation Gain: 538 m (1767 ft)
Max Grade: 12 %
Min Grade: -12 %
Recorded: Sun Nov 15 11:13:27 PDT 2009

snuck in a super quick non-stop headlands and climbed up the backside (instead of taking the tunnel) before brunch with the fam.. pics are from headlands on another day.

R.I.P. Lemond

2009-11-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

pat's lemond is officially dead. this bike has seen some insane places. now it's got a quite dangerous crack through the frame. DEAD

olema loop

2009-11-11T18:13:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 125.14 km (77.8 mi)
Total Time: 6:14:43
Moving Time: 5:01:16
Average Speed: 20.05 km/h (12.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.92 km/h (15.5 mi/h)
Max Speed: 72.00 km/h (44.7 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -35 m (-116 ft)
Max Elevation: 191 m (625 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2082 m (6832 ft)
Max Grade: 27 %
Min Grade: -20 %
Recorded: Wed Nov 11 09:59:07 PDT 2009

bailded down highway one to bolinas.. i took a turn onto horseshoe hill rd and it spit me out back at highway one a little further north. i thought maybe i had skipped some of the "forrest climbs" on shoreline highway (1) inbetween bolinas and olema, but it turns out i hadn't.. bailed up to olema and then climbed up sir francis drake and on to the cross marin trail.. most of the pictures are of good ole' samuel p. taylor park (a favorite)

tiburon + headlands

2009-11-10T19:44:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 76.84 km (47.8 mi)

Total Time: 3:22:59

Moving Time: 2:45:04

Average Speed: 36.61 km/h (12.8 mi/h)

Average Moving Speed: 23.37 km/h (18.7 mi/h)

Max Speed: 63.00 km/h (39.1 mi/h)

Min Elevation: -31 m (-101 ft)

Max Elevation: 237 m (779 ft)

Elevation Gain: 1300 m (4265 ft)

Max Grade: 37 %

Min Grade: -29 %

Recorded: Tue Nov 10 15:10:05 PDT 2009

finally did paradise loop clockwise (tiburon).. much better that way.. then i did headlands + backside climb-up on the way home.

bolinas loop

2009-11-08T19:04:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 102.92 km (64.0 mi)

Total Time: 5:51:37

Moving Time: 4:37:07

Average Speed: 17.56 km/h (10.9 mi/h)

Average Moving Speed: 22.28 km/h (13.8 mi/h)

Max Speed: 60.30 km/h (37.5 mi/h)

Min Elevation: -30 m (-98 ft)

Max Elevation: 602 m (1975 ft)

Elevation Gain: 1927 m (6323 ft)

Max Grade: 24 %

Min Grade: -21 %

Recorded: Sun Nov 08 11:43:03 PDT 2009

climbed up through the neighborhoods of mill valley to muir woods road, dropped down to highway one, then headed up the coast (one) to the (surfing/hippie/super-counterculture) town of bolinas (a favorite)!

laguna de bolinas! (san andreas fault)then i headed up the bolinas/fairfax rd (or bofax rd) climbing up mount tamalpias on a stretch of the road i had not yet been on.. on this climb you're in 100% middle of a mountain nature.. i think i saw one car.. basically a steep twisting climb through a redwood forest that's pitch silent other than animals and waterfalls. listen hard, there's not a roadway or unnatural sound to be heard here. through out this climb you see words spraypainted on the road that read things like "agony" and "doubt" etc. etc. when you get to the top (ridgecrest rd) it says "relief".. i took ridgecrest up to bolinas ridge (aka the seven sisters, sonic the hedgehog world).. having done the alpine dam loop clockwise, i always had heeps of fun on this ridge, the road is amazing, not to mention the views of the mountains and the ocean/stinson beach/point reyes... so this time i did that little section twice and stopped a lot to get some pictures.. this is where we "collect coins".. TONS of pictures.. i know..

a little sunset from the golden gate bridge.

marshall wall

2009-11-04T21:36:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 162.93 km (101.24 mi)
Total Time: 9:58:08
Moving Time: 6:39:21
Average Speed: 15.53 km/h (9.65 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 23.27 km/h (14.46 mi/h)
Max Speed: 73.80 km/h (45.86 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -231 m (-144 ft)
Max Elevation: 400.51 m (1314 ft)
Elevation Gain: 2548.43 m (8361 ft)
Max Grade: 48.4 %
Min Grade: -32.0 %
Recorded: Wed Nov 04 14:41:46 PDT 2009

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this is an awesome "middle of nowhere in the mountains" ride. it was overcast all day and looked like it was definitely raining nearby.. luckily between the two of us we felt only one drop all day. we rode up through nicasio (mario world) to point reyes/petaluma rd (towards petaluma), stopped off at the cheese factory for a snack (odd wheel machine pic), then took hick's valley rd. to marshall/petaluma rd (saw two cars in 13 mi).. climbed up marshall wall and BAILED down to Marshall CA (on tomales bay). we got some fresh oysters and rode the highway one rollers back to point reyes station. here, we took point reyes/petaluma road east to platform bridge road down into samuel p. taylor park (redwoods) and onto the cross marin trail. then back to the city through "the hamlets" aka "northern cali route" or "village-land"

alpine dam loop + west peak TAM

2009-11-02T11:18:00.000-08:00

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Total Distance: 95.41 km (59.3 mi)

Total Time: 6:03:06

Moving Time: 4:47:57

Average Speed: 15.83 km/h (9.8 mi/h)

Average Moving Speed: 19.88 km/h (12.4 mi/h)

Max Speed: 63.00 km/h (39.1 mi/h)

Min Elevation: -36 m (-120 ft)

Max Elevation: 729 m (2392 ft)

Elevation Gain: 2085 m (6840 ft)

Max Grade: 16 %

Min Grade: -29 %

Recorded: Mon Nov 02 08:25:39 PDT 2009

pat got off his overnight shift at 7am, and i had to work at 4pm, so we sqeezed a little alpine dam loop in there. check out the view of the headlands and the city from the west peak (first two pics).. can you make out the little north tower of the golden gate bridge and the mohawk of forest at the top of hawk hill (right side of headlands)? also pictured ocean beach (sf) with the (blue) santa cruz mountains and lastly alpine lake.

halloween tiburon

2009-10-31T11:02:00.000-07:00

so i've done this tiburon loop four times now. each time i/we attempt to do it clockwise, and each time i/we fail. we'll take different roads that seem to be correct, only to be spit out in the same place every time.. anyhow, it's a nice little loop for pretending you're on a mountain. you're not. anyway, the highlights of this ride were this family of black-tailed deer and the sunset. 38.1 miles

headlands + backside climb-up

2009-10-28T20:37:00.000-07:00

plenty of time spent watching the war of the lizards vs. hawks and staring at the ocean/santa cruz/etc. *shots are of conzelman road after it turns into a one way at the top of hawk hill.*

BLOW IT UP! CLICK IT TWICE!

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Total Distance: 33.54 km (20.8 mi)
Total Time: 2:08:28
Moving Time: 1:33:05
Average Speed: 15.88 km/h (9.9 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 21.62 km/h (13.4 mi/h)
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -17 m (-56 ft)
Max Elevation: 247 m (812 ft)
Elevation Gain: 633 m (2078 ft)
Max Grade: 11 %
Min Grade: -12 %
Recorded: Wed Oct 28 14:41:46 PDT 2009

alpine dam loop with west peak tam

2009-10-26T21:08:00.000-07:00

alpine dam loop is quite splendid.

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Total Distance: 95.70 km (59.5 mi)
Total Time: 5:36:58
Moving Time: 4:24:42

Average Speed: 17.06 km/h (10.6 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 21.69 km/h (13.5 mi/h)
Max Speed: 62.10 km/h (38.6 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -35 m (-115 ft)
Max Elevation: 729 m (2392 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1705 m (5594 ft)
Max Grade: 13 %
Min Grade: -23 %
Recorded: Sun Oct 25 11:37:36 PDT 2009

muir woods rd to highway 1 to panaramic (up tam) to tiburon beach to presidio cliffs.

2009-10-24T21:11:00.000-07:00

super foggy when i got to highway one (pic), so i took a right at stinson beach up mount tam on panaramic highway (pic) for the full tam bail-down to the beach over on tiburon (rock), then back to the city with a stop on the cliffs over baker beach (bridge shot)

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Total Distance: 82.09 km (51.0 mi)
Total Time: 6:04:42
Moving Time: 3:48:36
Average Speed: 13.51 km/h (8.4 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 21.54 km/h (13.4 mi/h)
Max Speed: 57.60 km/h (35.8 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -43 m (-141 ft)
Max Elevation: 413 m (1355 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1312 m (4306 ft)
Max Grade: 7 %
Min Grade: -29 %
Recorded: Sat Oct 24 09:37:55 PDT 2009

mount diablo from pleasant hill bart station

2009-10-05T01:23:00.000-07:00

on mount diablo, you get what you pay for. you're either climbing-up or bailing-down. there's no "lost elevation" on the way up.. a 3,800 ft. climb to the top is really a 3,800 ft. climb. not true for other mountains in the area.. you're up a little, down a little, up a little down a little, and on and on.

i was shocked at how easy the climb was. we took northgate rd all the way up to the peak. next time i want to check out rock city and southgate. i must say the bailing is magnificent on diablo.. just keeps going and going and you needn't brake on many of the turns. can't wait for next time.. these roads just get better and better as you learn their winding ways.

Total Distance: 55.76 km (34.6 mi)
Total Time: 5:02:53
Moving Time: 2:58:23
Average Speed: 11.05 km/h (6.9 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 18.76 km/h (11.7 mi/h)
Max Speed: 70.49 km/h (43.8 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -9 m (-30 ft)
Max Elevation: 1150 m (3773 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1284 m (4213 ft)
Max Grade: 11 %
Min Grade: -13 %
Recorded: Mon Oct 05 07:30:38 PDT 2009

little tiburon loop

2009-09-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

little tibur. i have passed by this chunk of land for months and never done the loop until now. i'm still not sure what to think about it. it's pretty cool at times, almost like a fake-mountain road.. super windy, but where's the climb-ups/bail-downs? isn't this supposed to be bail-down land? we'll try it clockwise next time. otherwise, some nice views and the town of tiburon is a pretty cool marin style little town (although probably full of tourists) and paradise beach (photo) was nice too.

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Total Distance: 61.45 km (38.2 mi)
Total Time: 3:33:37
Moving Time: 2:30:01
Average Speed: 17.26 km/h (10.7 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 24.58 km/h (15.3 mi/h)
Max Speed: 63.90 km/h (39.7 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -38 m (-124 ft)
Max Elevation: 70 m (228 ft)
Elevation Gain: 511 m (1678 ft)
Max Grade: 8 %
Min Grade: -8 %
Recorded: Sat Sep 19 15:46:31 PDT 2009

tour De tahoe '09

2009-09-12T13:12:00.000-07:00

here we rode around the lake clockwise starting and ending in stateline NV. my phone was having trouble functioning on this particular day, so i can only go by my friend pat's cat eye astrada bike computer that said moving time was something around 3 and a half hours.. i remember the top speed being 48.7, a maximum for both of us, and 72 miles from start to finish. "go to lake tahoe." -me

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dutchman's point (inverness california) tomales bay

2009-09-11T23:29:00.000-07:00

this is a nice ride. take highway one north from mill valley to in between olema and point reyes station you take a left (sir francis drake) and head to inverness. then there's a secret area that we we're lucky enough to stumble upon called "dutchman's point".. here there's a photo of the legendary dutchman himself (who found this land on christmas day 1952 and has lived there ever since.) any explanation would be futile, but i can tell you that he has clean running water (a hole in the ground), several alters, nice beds tucked out of the wind in various locations, he's building walls everywhere to prevent erosion and other things beyond my comprehension, communicates with animals such as foxes and birds, watches the sharks breed in the bay, clears away the trees from shading the beach, lifts "weights" using tension on branches in elaborate systems... etc. etc. etc.. he's in his 80's now and when he had a stroke and the dr. told him to go on medication he was offended and instead went to "spiral mountain" to heal himself. the "black mountain as my alter and the sky as my god" or something to that effect is something he once said to us. (black moutain is seen behind the "faux" dutchman.. for some reason this pic makes it look small) he grew up on the border of holland and germany durring world war II and the blackbirds that fend off turkey vultures mid-air remind him of dog fights he witnessed as a child.

absent are the stats from this ride. i can tell you that it's about 80 miles. i still can't believe i have a photo of the legendary dutchman. makes me holler out NORTHERN

mount tamalpais west/east peak, alpine dam loop, phoenix lake

2009-08-17T00:14:00.000-07:00

sweet ride.. this was our first time doing tam at all, much less the amazing alpine dam loop. since it was our first time on tam of course we had to knock out both the west and east peak.. then we went on to bolinas ridge (the most unrealistic place there is) and the never ending forest bail-down to alpine dam. then on the way back we stopped at Phoenix lake near the town of ross.

MINNESOTA bloom>grand rounds>mendota>bloom

2009-08-06T10:59:00.000-07:00

this ride was somewhere between 60-75 miles. i really don't remember. i took lots of pictures, as i'm not often found in the land of lakes.. got a really cheap schwinn from target and hit the road. miles and miles of two way bike paths EVERYWHERE! the best part is they have separate pedestrian paths, so the bike lanes are a little more like roadways.

i'm still laughing hard about this one.. in MN you'll find these "bail-down" signs all over the bike paths.. yet there are no bail-downs what-so-ever! i am actually rolling on the floor as i type this.st. paul as seen from mendota

to dillon beach and valley ford in sonoma county on a rainy day

2009-08-02T21:50:00.000-07:00

this was the longest ride i've done in a day. i was shooting for bodega bay and realized when i got home that i was only about five miles away from it. it was raining on and off all morning and finally started to clear up after samuel p. taylor park on the way home (tree pic).

i ended up taking dillon beach road (unaware of the insane climbing/bailing to be had) so i got to hang out on elephant rock (pictured) the other pictures are of highway one, and there's one that is from marshall or some other extremely small very old tomales bay town. i would stop under the shelter of buildings in each one as the rain was continuing as i progressed north.

i met quite a few friendly people on this ride.

this is durring the period of time that mytracks (the free GPS program made by google for the android OS) was quite glitchy. i lost plenty of tracks.. also durring this time the phone would display the stats but the gps files wouldn't have them.. the data presented is what i can make out of a blurry photo i took of the phone on it's stats page. i remember the miles and elevation gained to be correct, and most other stats you can make out. the only really fuzzy one is max elevation.

Total Distance: 134.45 mi
Total Time: 11:30:31
Moving Time: 7:51:47
Average Speed: 9.94 mi/h
Average Moving Speed: 14.56 mi/h
Max Speed: 64.80 km/h (40.3 mi/h)
Min Elevation: 123 ft
Max Elevation: 812 ft
Elevation Gain: 7260 ft
Max Grade: 19.6 %
Min Grade: -25.7 %
Recorded: Sun Aug 02 14:41:46 PDT 2009

2009-06-27T21:36:00.000-07:00

san bruno mountain. had to knock it out, it was just sitting there looking at us. we bailed down to ocean beach and took great highway to skyline blvd to john daly blvd. then we climbed up through the neighborhoods and found the peak. on the way back down we found a bridge (we climbed up) that turned out to be Guadeloupe canyon rd.. this is where we coined the phrase "bail-down to bayshore"..

also - i forgot to start the track until we got to the ocean, and this was during the phase in which i had a TERRIBLE experience with my new fuji roubaix pro from performance bike. i spent months sitting in the shop when i should have been training. i will never ever shop there again. this was very frustrating, as my bike was breaking in a different way on literally every ride (every day). don't worry, i got all of my money back, just not my time.

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Total Distance: 50.35 km (31.3 mi)
Total Time: 5:44:06
Moving Time: 2:53:44
Average Speed: 8.80 km/h (5.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 17.39 km/h (10.8 mi/h)
Max Speed: 68.40 km/h (42.5 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -31 m (-102 ft)
Max Elevation: 361 m (1186 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1134 m (3720 ft)
Max Grade: 17 %
Min Grade: -32 %
Recorded: Sat Jun 27 14:58:12 PDT 2009