Yesterday's ride
2009-04-20 15:08:23.153077+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Yesterday morning I met Dave (Who's just been nominated for an Emmy, potentially his 4th) down at a pull-out beside Nicasio Reservoir, and we rode down the hill by the dam, along the beautiful Platform Bridge Road, up over the Olema ridge on Sir Francis Drake (where I saw the remains of a big chunk of red oak countertop, that I went back for later, quite a bit of project wood in that), and then up over the coastal ridge to Limantour. This side of that road is just a nice prolonged climb, the other side is a set of steep descending rollers, up to 17%, and I kept it (just) under 45MPH (25MPH speed limit) because that's what my nerves could handle.
Gonna have to do that one more often, we left the turn-out at 8:30, made a stop at Bovine Bakery, and were back at the car before noon. And that climb back up those steep rollers from the beach to the ridge is one hell of a workout, especially since Dave's got a compact crank and I don't.