I'd heard about Sierra Road for a long time, at least since the first Tour of California, but I'd never actually tried riding it before. On Sunday, I decided to give it a shot.
I've included a copy of the route below. The road is a bit steeper than Page Mill and basically takes you from the valley to the top of the ridge, at a very similar height to Mission Peak. It is a great road the whole way, much better than Page Mill or Old La Honda. It is mostly exposed, though, so, while it was great on a late summer evening, the peninsula roads would probably be better during the heat of the day.
Very highly recommended.
BTW, the MapMyRide elevation button actually does work now and will give you a reasonably good graph of the elevation gain/loss.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Flat #3
Rode down the Guadalupe River Trail to grab some dinner and then headed north for a short ride. Cut short, though, by my third flat in less than 500 miles. Grrr. This time I found a short thorn/nail in the tire, so at least the cause was obvious. Due to lots of practice, replacing the punctured tube with a spare was no problem.
A heavy duty touring tire (like this) is starting to sound like a good idea.
A heavy duty touring tire (like this) is starting to sound like a good idea.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Misdirection
Ok, that wasn't quite what I had planned.
This morning, my wonderful niece Mira (almost 3) was part of a ballet recital at Skyline High in Oakland. Since I wanted to see her perform and I wanted to get in a good bike ride, I figured I'd just bike to Skyline High. Well, not quite. The Amtrak train between San Jose and Oakland starts about a mile from my house, so I could take the train to the Coliseum stop and then bike from there up to Skyline High. Afterwards, I could drop down the eastern side of the Oakland Hills and do the "3 Bears" ride.
The train/ride up to Skyline went great (and Mira was great!). Afterwards, though, I got a bit lost. Instead of turning towards Moraga/Orinda and the 3 Bears, I accidentally kept heading south, until I popped out in Castro Valley. At that point, I figured my original plans were shot, so I made the best of it and biked down Palomares Road (wonderful ride) to Niles Canyon and then down into Fremont, where I caught the train back to San Jose. Not a bad ride and I was even able to do a bit of wine tasting along Palomares Road.
The total ride was around 40 miles, including the home to train station segment. Map included below:
This morning, my wonderful niece Mira (almost 3) was part of a ballet recital at Skyline High in Oakland. Since I wanted to see her perform and I wanted to get in a good bike ride, I figured I'd just bike to Skyline High. Well, not quite. The Amtrak train between San Jose and Oakland starts about a mile from my house, so I could take the train to the Coliseum stop and then bike from there up to Skyline High. Afterwards, I could drop down the eastern side of the Oakland Hills and do the "3 Bears" ride.
The train/ride up to Skyline went great (and Mira was great!). Afterwards, though, I got a bit lost. Instead of turning towards Moraga/Orinda and the 3 Bears, I accidentally kept heading south, until I popped out in Castro Valley. At that point, I figured my original plans were shot, so I made the best of it and biked down Palomares Road (wonderful ride) to Niles Canyon and then down into Fremont, where I caught the train back to San Jose. Not a bad ride and I was even able to do a bit of wine tasting along Palomares Road.
The total ride was around 40 miles, including the home to train station segment. Map included below:
Friday, June 5, 2009
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