Another great ride in the mist and drizzle, this time from the flatlands of Fruitvale up to the top of Joaquin Miller Park via Dimond Canyon. A very Moab-oriented crew, with all four committed local riders getting a good workout (about 4 hours on the trail). Joanne added some trail running. Note that I’ve moved […]
Cindy flew in to join our ongoing Occupy Joaquin Miller movement on Sunday. Saturday’s rain had changed the trails quite a bit; the roots were particularly slippery. I again won Best Biff, this time in the finishing chute on Cinderella (probably the single most common location for Best Biff in the park). Full set of
A group of us went up to Auburn last weekend to participate in the Downtown Auburn Criterium bike race. We wound up with 12 uni riders, doing three laps on a course that was a little over 1 mile long. There was a significant hill and sketchy descent that made it fun. The results were
Ashley and I did some cross-training on a road ride on Saturday, linking up two big intense climbs in the East Bay hills: Moeser Lane in El Cerrito, and Lomas Cantadas in Tilden Park. One of the things I discovered is that MapMyRide maxes out the reported grade at 20%; both of these roads have
