Alpine Dam Loop (east/west peak)

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.

alpine dam loop cntrclkwse

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.)

shoreline hwy>bofax>ridgecrest (tamalpias)

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

winter alpine dam loop

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!

alpine dam loop with west peak tam

alpine dam loop is quite splendid.

Created by MyTracks using Android (G1)
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