SF > marshal wall > bofax

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.

MarshallWall to BoFax > 7Sisters

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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

marshall wall

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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"