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

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

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

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