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Century
- 30 July 2010, 19:00
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First century ride today! It was grand. Total mileage was actually about 110. The ride went from San Ramon to Dublin, Pleasanton, Sunol, back to Pleasanton, then Livermore, Vasco Rd, Altamont Pass Road, Grant Line, Mt. House, Tracey (with a stop at Sonics), Brentwood, Marsh Creek Rd, Diablo Foothills, Clayton, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville and finally back to San Ramon again. The trip circumvented Mt. Diablo and took about 8 and 1/2 hours. Average speed was about 15.5mph. You know your ride is going to be long when you live in the East Bay and after a little treking you bike pass the California Aqueduct. The Aqueduct just has that feeling of 'rural area' to me.. All and all a great ride minus Byron Highway where the speed limit is 55 and everyone is driving 70. There was even one person who yelled out 'get a car!' to us... 
Check out a map of our Century ride here.
Check out a map of our Century ride here.
Mt. Diablo Ride Today
- 3 July 2010, 11:01
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Nice ride today with my buddies Nick and Dave. Started the ride out at Nick's Dad's house. We prepped out our Bikes for the ride. I finally purchased some new tires to replace my worn down starter set. The new tires are the Continental GP4000's.
At first I thought these tires road rough but it was just because of the "new" tire nubs that you need to wear down on the fresh tire before it starts to ride smooth. So far I feel the GP4000s are a very durable tire. After our bikes were all set we took off from Nick's Dad's house and we were on our way.
We made our way over to the Southgate entrance of Mt. Diablo in no time, we then proceeded to mash the mountain up to the 2nd ranger station where we refilled our water. My time from Athenian school to North Gate-South Gate Ranger station was 34:55. A few minutes off my pervious time of 38:53. The weather was good though, I must say since I was battling some nasty winds the pervious time. After we refilled water at the ranger station we then proceeded to the top it was all pretty much no-issues till we got to the lower parking lot of Summit. We then proceeded up the challenging narrow grade of a road to the summit top parking lot. Having no granny gear makes this somewhat of a challenge for me but I still made it. After we chilled at the top for a few and checked out the view we then proceeded down the Mt. at a steady clip of 25 to 30 mph. We made our way to the ranger station and then headed down the Northgate side all the way to the North Gate park entrance where we then turned around and proceeded back up the Mt. I was on somewhat of a time crunch this day so I made the trek at this point up the Northgate side to the NorthGate-SouthGate ranger station and from there headed down Southgate back to Nicks Dad's house. Nick and Dave on the other hand went all the way back up the Mt. for a second summit look! What can I say, they are savages. After this whole endeavor, elevation gain was over 7000ft with over 4000 calories burned and 40 pretty solid trip miles. Not bad, a?
At first I thought these tires road rough but it was just because of the "new" tire nubs that you need to wear down on the fresh tire before it starts to ride smooth. So far I feel the GP4000s are a very durable tire. After our bikes were all set we took off from Nick's Dad's house and we were on our way.
We made our way over to the Southgate entrance of Mt. Diablo in no time, we then proceeded to mash the mountain up to the 2nd ranger station where we refilled our water. My time from Athenian school to North Gate-South Gate Ranger station was 34:55. A few minutes off my pervious time of 38:53. The weather was good though, I must say since I was battling some nasty winds the pervious time. After we refilled water at the ranger station we then proceeded to the top it was all pretty much no-issues till we got to the lower parking lot of Summit. We then proceeded up the challenging narrow grade of a road to the summit top parking lot. Having no granny gear makes this somewhat of a challenge for me but I still made it. After we chilled at the top for a few and checked out the view we then proceeded down the Mt. at a steady clip of 25 to 30 mph. We made our way to the ranger station and then headed down the Northgate side all the way to the North Gate park entrance where we then turned around and proceeded back up the Mt. I was on somewhat of a time crunch this day so I made the trek at this point up the Northgate side to the NorthGate-SouthGate ranger station and from there headed down Southgate back to Nicks Dad's house. Nick and Dave on the other hand went all the way back up the Mt. for a second summit look! What can I say, they are savages. After this whole endeavor, elevation gain was over 7000ft with over 4000 calories burned and 40 pretty solid trip miles. Not bad, a?