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My bae gots it allMy favorite ride is near Mt. Tam, in Norcal. About 80 miles but 5,500 feet in climbing. The hardest hills come at the end, and is a real test of character. Bolinas to Ridgecrest, then up the Seven Sisters. The Bolinas to Ridgecrest is where they do the Mt. Tam hill climb race, 12% grade for two miles. Not a century in miles, but easily one in endurance.
The Ultimate Sunday Bike Ride: The Mt. Tam Hill Climb
Climbing Marin County’s Mount Tamalpais has been a cycling challenge since bicycles began rolling over the first paved roads up this fabled mountain. More than fifty years ago, some serious riders from The California Road Club inaugurated the first timed race up from Stinson Beach The 50th...www.7x7.com
I was 12. Couldn't finish because the front wheel was tweaked and I was 12 and didn't have a "team" to replace the wheel on the fly.
I was in 2nd moving to pass 1st on the inside of a turn when he came in and caught my front wheel in his back wheel and I went over the bars and another rider ran over my head. Hill climbing was my forte.
We did have a local bike shop that committed it's service department to fixing the racer's bikes ASAP and for free. That was their sponsorship. The Spoke in Boulder on Pearl Street. I think it's still there. Also, it was a criterium so I would have been given a 'free' lap and allowed to rejoin the race where I went down and start when my 'place' came through. IOW, I could rejoin the race once 1st place passed me while I waited for them to complete that lap. No head start but you can get a kind of running start to match speed.
The race was an abbreviated version of the Red Zinger/Coor's Classic. Some of the same stages as in Hell of the West in American Flyers.
I’m guessing she’d break me!
Willing to risk it for the biscuit!
Pic I took last night using my Sig3000BDX binoculars.
Really bright once it had risen and wasn't behind the cloud.
Really bright once it had risen and wasn't behind the cloud.
I really wish people in the bay would stop saying it's norcal. Norcal starts around willows. Rant over.... carry on.My favorite ride is near Mt. Tam, in Norcal. About 80 miles but 5,500 feet in climbing. The hardest hills come at the end, and is a real test of character. Bolinas to Ridgecrest, then up the Seven Sisters. The Bolinas to Ridgecrest is where they do the Mt. Tam hill climb race, 12% grade for two miles. Not a century in miles, but easily one in endurance.
The Ultimate Sunday Bike Ride: The Mt. Tam Hill Climb
Climbing Marin County’s Mount Tamalpais has been a cycling challenge since bicycles began rolling over the first paved roads up this fabled mountain. More than fifty years ago, some serious riders from The California Road Club inaugurated the first timed race up from Stinson Beach The 50th...
