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Dimond and Joaquin Miller MUni

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 […]

Occupy Joaquin Miller II

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

Auburn criterium and MUni ride

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

Road workout

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

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