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| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 77 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3900 feet |
Marin County, December 28, 1995 - Richard Mlynarik and I started in San Geronimo Valley and rode north through Samuel Taylor Park, Point Reyes-Petaluma Road, Hicks Valley Road, Marshall-Petaluma Road, Chileno Valley Road, and a variety of other roads to Valley Ford, just into Sonoma County, and then back again by a different route. The day was cold and overcast, threatening rain that never materialized.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 45.9 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2400 feet |
| Total Time: | 6:54 |
| Riding Time: | 3:46 |
| Avg. Speed (moving): | 12.2 mph |
| Max. Speed: | 31.0 mph |
Northern Contra Costa County, December 23, 1995 - After I had hoisted my bike up the stairs at the Rockridge BART station, I started down toward the west end of the platform to wait for the next train. Denise Jeong was to meet me here, but she was nowhere to be seen. But, I looked around behind me and saw her walking her bike in my direction.
“Did you bring something warm to wear?”, I asked her.
“I think so. These gloves aren’t too warm in cold weather.”, she said, showing me her knit gloves, the kind with little rubber bumps on the palms.
In a few minutes the next eastbound train came and whisked us off to Pleasant Hill. When we exited the train, I noticed that quite a crowd of cyclists had gathered in the parking lot below.
“Maybe we’re going to have a good turn-out for the ride today.”, I said, “but it’s odd that I don’t recognize anybody.”
When I exited the BART station, I saw Bruce King and his son Casey warming up in the parking lot. Bruce and Casey were whizzing around with Bruce on his mountain bike with slick tires, and Casey on the “Alley Cat” attachment. Co-leader Roberto Urquia was waiting just outside the station. He had printed out several copies of the route sheet.
As we made our way over to the assembled group of cyclists, Roberto told me that they were on a different ride from ours. So, it would be only us five on the ride today. We signed the sign-up sheet and headed off on our tour of northern Contra Costa County.
We started up Coggins Drive and continued on Oak Park Blvd. At Pleasant Hill Road we turned left and then right at Withers Road. We turned right again at Reliez Valley Road.
I was just starting to get warm. Casey preferred to let his daddy do all the pedaling except on the steepest hills. If he didn’t exercise, he’d turn into a little ice cube on a day like today. We stopped several times alternately to peel or to put on clothing until our bodies were comfortable.
At Alhambra Valley Road we turned right and continued north to Martinez. We turned left at Alhambra Avenue, right at Alhambra Way, right on Estudillo, right on Terrace Way, and right again on Shell Avenue.
Shell Avenue climbs steeply over a low hill and then down through an older part of Martinez. We crossed Pacheco Blvd. and continued past the Shell refinery. We turned left at Marina Vista and headed west into the main part of town. As we passed the Amtrak station we saw the Zephyr pulling into the station. It was just beginning its run from Oakland to Chicago. We watched the porters and one of the passengers scurry quickly out of the train to enjoy a cigarette while the train was in the station.
After riding through town, we climbed a very steep one-block hill on Marina Vista and turned right on Talbart Street and continued on the Carquinez Scenic Drive. The Scenic Drive climbs past old Saint Catherine’s cemetery, a place that looks scary even in the daytime. The cemetery has a decayed look about it with the old cyclone fence broken and lopsided in several places, leaves scattered across the pathways and graves, the cracked headstones listing ominously, and hoary trees reaching their scraggly branches toward the rare winter sun.
Past the cemetery the Scenic Drive alternately climbs and descends along a steep hillside that plunges precipitously to the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way below. Many good views across the Strait and back toward Martinez can be enjoyed along the road.
A couple of miles from Martinez the road is closed to autos because it is washed out and unstable in several spots, but it is passable to hikers or bikers. At the gate Bruce and Casey decided to turn back because Casey was cold. Bruce and Casey went back to Martinez and enjoyed a hot meal at Jack-in-the-Box.
Roberto, Denise and I continued past the slides and detoured briefly down to the waterfront of Port Costa. What a strange little town! We stopped just past the cafe in a parking lot filled with muddy puddles. Most of the buildings look old and poorly maintained, but there are a few new houses built in the old style along the main street.
We returned to the Scenic Drive and stopped at the parking lot for Carquinez Strait Shoreline Regional Park to enjoy a snack. After our snack we descended into Crockett and then turned left on Crockett Blvd. and began the gradual climb up to Cummings Skyway. Crockett Blvd. reminds me of a typical long, gradual climb one might experience in the Sierras. We turned left on Cummings Skyway and then left again on Franklin Canyon Road and enjoyed a long gradual “pedaling” downhill all the way back to Martinez. On the way down we saw a freight train heading west along the ATSF tracks parallel to the road.
At Alhambra Avenue we turned left and returned to downtown Martinez, stopping at the Amtrak station again for a bathroom break and a snack, and to see yet another train at the station. This time the station was crowded with people traveling somewhere for the Christmas holiday.
We headed east on Escobar and continued on Marina Vista past Shell Road onto Waterfront Road. The headwind was fierce, and we were unable to maintain a paceline. About two miles past Shell Road Waterfront Road was flooded by a lake of water at least 8-10 inches deep. We were thinking of turning around when a pickup truck driver stopped and offered to take us through the huge puddle in back of his truck. We gratefully accepted the offer.
Once on the other side we turned right on Solano Way, waited and watched yet another Amtrak train go by on the nearby tracks, and then continued past the noisy, smelly, evil-looking Monsanto plant. At Arnold Parkway we turned left and at Port Chicago Hwy, we turned right and a half-mile later we were at the North Concord BART station.
While Roberto got his temporary bike permit, Denise and I fought with the new BART ticket machine. The machine wouldn’t make change, so Denise had to make do with an extra 15 cents on her ticket. After we got into the station, we found that we just missed the westbound train. The next one would be arriving in 20 minutes, and the station was a cold place to wait! Fortunately, the next train was waiting on the tail track behind the station, and after a few minutes it pulled into the station. The temperature in the train was a comfortable 69F.
At 1526 the train left North Concord. Roberto exited at Pleasant Hill, and Denise and I both continued to Rockridge.
The ride turned out to be slower than I had expected, but it was still fun. Next time I’ll rate the pace of the ride as “B”.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 28 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2600 feet |
Contra Costa County, December 19, 1995 - My notes aren't too detailed on the route, but it appears we at least rode over the Three Bears. I recognize Denise Jeong and Phil Bokovoy from the one photo, but I'm sure there were others on the ride.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 60 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4900 feet |
Mt. Diablo, December 9, 1995 - Roberto Urquia, Terry Marasco, and two other guys whose names I don't recall rode up and down Mt. Diablo.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 67 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4900 feet |
Mt. Tamalpais, October 14, 1995 - Stella Hackell and I met Bruce King for a ride up Old Railroad Grade to Mt. Tamalpais. Unfortunately, when we got to Ridgecrest Road Bruce's bike frame broke. Since none of us had a car nearby, it was decided that Bruce would hide his bike in the bushes, then hitchhike or catch a bus back into town, then come back with his car to retrieve his bike. Stella and I continued on to the summit and then returned later in the day to San Francisco and took BART back to Berkeley.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 86 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4800 feet |
Contra Costa County, October 7, 1995 - Richard Mlynarik and I rode through Contra Costa County. Unfortunately, my notes don't recall the route we took.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 52 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4000 feet |
Pine Mountain, September 30, 1995 - I took BART to San Francisco, then the ferry to Larkspur. Then I rode up to Fairfax and up to the trailhead for Pine Mountain. This trail was one of the roughest I've ridden outside of the Sierra Nevada or White Mountains. Lots of rocks and dust. After I finished riding the loop over Pine Mountain and around Kent Lake I rode down San Geronimo Ridge Road and back into town by detouring on Sky Oaks Road and exited the hills past Phoenix Lake into Ross.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 85 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4000 feet |
Marin County, September 24, 1995 - I took a longer ride through Marin County, starting with a trip from San Francisco to Larkspur on the ferry, then riding north through Novato, then west to the Cheese Factory and then south through western Marin County on CA1, back into San Francisco and BART back to Berkeley. I took only two photos along CA1.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 40 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2800 feet |
Southern Marin, September 16, 1995 - Derek Bennett and I took BART into San Francisco then rode over to Marin County, around the headlands, and up to the top of Mt. Tamaplais on Old Railroad Grade. On the way down we stopped at a tourist eatery in Sausalito for lunch before boarding the ferry back into San Francisco.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 85 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2800 feet |
Vallejo to San Francisco, September 10, 1995 - I took the Vallejo Ferry to Vallejo, then rode west on CA37 to Novato and then down through Marin County back into San Francisco.
Alameda, September 2, 1995 - Irv Kirschbaum, Ed Silva, Joe Schmitz, Bruce King, Roberto Urquia, and Derek Liecty did a ride around Alameda.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 99 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4600 feet |
Tour of Napa Valley, August 20, 1995 - Stella Hackell and I rode the Tour of Napa Valley, but I only took one photo the whole day.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 87 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2200 feet |
The Delta, August 12, 1995 - I took BART into San Francisco and met Richard Mlynarik at the Vallejo Ferry terminal at Pier 41. After exiting the ferry in Vallejo we rode through American Canyon, Cordelia, and then eastward past Fairfield. We detoured through the Montezuma Hills, stopping at the old bar in Birds Landing before continuing on to Rio Vista where we stopped to see the taxidermy at Foster's Bighorn. We then crossed the Sacramento River on the metal bridge (where we could see the river through the metal grate road surface), and then headed south on CA160, crossing the Antioch Bridge and then rode Wilbur Ave. and a variety of suburban streets to get back to the Concord BART station.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 78 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 7100 feet |
Sandy Point Junction, August 5, 1995 - I drove to Gunn High School from Berkeley to join this ride. But I was too late to start with the group that included Stella Hackell, Denise Ellestad, Bill Halleck, Larry Sokolsky, and Jim Haughey. The night before I had gone out to dinner at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and had drunk a bit too much wine as I had a hangover that morning. Somehow I managed to get up, drive to Palo Alto, and ride over to CA236 and China Grade Road where I waited for a short time to catch up to a group ride I had intended to join. We then rode through Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Gazos Creek Road, stopping at Sandy Point Junction to take the only photo, and then continued on to Pescadero and then home.
Berkeley Criterium, July, 23, 1995 - Stella Hackell came up to Berkeley to ride the Berkeley Criterium, a short circuit around the downtown area of Berkeley.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 69 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 7900 feet |
Mr. Bill's Reprise, July 16, 1995 - We rode a part of the Mr. Bill's Nightmare ride. Didn't take many photos, though.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 76 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4900 feet |
San Pedro Mountain Road, July 3, 1995 - Stella Hackell, Geoff Chase, and I rode up Kings Mtn. Road and down CA92 to Half Moon Bay. We then rode north on CA1 and turned off the main highway into McNee Ranch State Park and took the old coast road, San Pedro Mountain Road over the summit, avoiding the Devil's Slide area. We returned on Sharp Park Road and Skyline Blvd. The entire ride on the coast was in the fog, but we still had fun anyway.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 122 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6800 feet |
Santa Cruz, July 1, 1995 - I led a Western Wheelers ride to Santa Cruz and back. Participants were John Serafin, Ken Holloway, Mike Harding, Ken Straub, and John Emmel. We stopped for lunch at the old Saturn Cafe.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 27 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 2850 feet |
Tioga Pass, June 14, 1995 - Chris decided to leave a day early as he wasn't sleeping well at the altitude, so it was only Stella Hackell and I who set out to conquer Tioga Pass. The day started a bit breezy, but the sky was initially clear. As we climbed up Lee Vining Canyon it was clear the weather was changing fast. A harsh wind was blowing down the canyon, probably exceeding 60mph in gusts and at least 35mph. It made for a challenging climb. We got sandblasted as we rode through the rockslide section. By the time we got to Ellery Lake it was clear the weather wasn't going to improve as we approached the pass.
The ride down wasn't much easier. We were blown off the road a few times, so we had to keep our speed under 15mph just to stay in control. At the bottom we still weren't clear of the wind. I had parked the car several miles south on US-395 at the northern junction of the June Lake Loop. The idea was to get some warm-up before climbing the pass. What I didn't anticipate was that the wind on the return would be a 40mph gale blowing from the south. We could ride against it--in our lowest gears. By the time we reached the car we were glad we had not ridden from Mammoth! It was probably a good thing that Chris did not join us for this adventure.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 59 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4700 feet |
Rock Creek Canyon, June 12, 1995 - Chris Hull, Stella Hackell, and I rode downhill from our condo at the Seasons Four in Mammoth Lakes. The downhill was fun, but what goes down had to come back up, about 1350 feet from US-395, or about as much as Old La Honda Rd. We would have to pay later for our fun at the beginning.
We rode down to US-395, then rode south on US-395 to Tom's Place and climbed Rock Creek Rd. as far as we could. Chris was still tired from the Ride Around the Bear two days before and was having a hard time with the altitude, so he made it only as far as Rock Creek Lodge. Stella and I rode up to where snow still covered the road. Scenery was spectacular, and since the season was early, there was little traffic on the road.
The ride down to Tom's Place was swift, and we stopped inside for drinks before continuing back on Lake Crowley Rd. The final 10 miles were a bit of an ordeal due to the required climb back to the condo, but we all got back in one piece and in time to make a civilized dinner, a hearty pasta feast.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 102 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 9000 feet |
Ride Around the Bear, June 10, 1995 - Stella Hackell and I drove from Palo Alto to Redlands where we met Chris Hull. The three of us rode the organized century, Ride Around the Bear, the next day. The route staged from Redlands, CA, climbs CA330 to Running Springs and then on CA18 to Big Bear Lake for lunch. After lunch the route takes us on CA38 over Onyx Summit and back down into Redlands.
Sequoia Century Support, June 4, 1995 - I took a few photos while I was on SAG duty for the Sequoia Century.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 109 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4400 feet |
Around Santa Ana Mountains, May 28, 1995 - Chris Hull and I started riding from Chris's place in Irvine. Somewhere in El Toro we met up with Tony, Chris's colleague from work. The three of us continued on to San Juan Capistrano. We then rode Ortega Highway over to Lake Elsinore where we stopped for a lunch/snack. We then rode northwest to Corona before heading back into Orange County through Santa Ana Canyon, and then south through Yorba Linda, Orange, and Tustin to get back to Irvine.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 57 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4200 feet |
Laguna Hills, May 26, 1995 - Chris Hull and I did a moderate ride from Chris's place in Irvine to the Laguna Beach area, riding up to Alta Laguna Park in Laguna Hills.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 52 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 3900 feet |
Mt. Tamalpais, May 21, 1995 -Howard Thompson, Nahoya Takezawa, and I took BART over to San Francisco, then rode up Old Railroad Grade to Mt. Tamalpais. On the way down we took Ridgecrest and Bolinas-Fairfax Road, and then stopped for lunch in Larkspur before taking the ferry back to San Francisco, and BART back to Berkeley.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 87 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 6500 feet |
Grizzly Peak Century, May 7, 1995 -I joined Hildy Licht, Andy Kirk, and Lynn Taylor and Bob Williams to ride the first loop on the Grizzly Peak Century. I rode from home and met them at Skyline and Elverton, then rode home afterward.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 104 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 7500 feet |
Mt. Hamilton Sunrise Ride, February 19, 1995 - I got up early and drove to Alum Rock Ave. and Mt. Hamilton Road to meet Stella Hackell's sunrise ride up Mt. Hamilton.
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 52 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 4300 feet |
Franklin Canyon Road, February 18, 1995 - Chris Hull and I rode a loop in northern Contra Costa County that included Franklin Canyon Road.
Grizzly Peak Summit, February 12, 1995 - Grizzly Peak summit on a dreary day
| Bike Ridden: | Bridgestone RB-T |
|---|---|
| Distance: | 74 miles |
| Cumulative climbing: | 7700 feet |
Mt. Diablo, February 5, 1995 - Stella Hackell and I took BART out to Walnut Creek, rode up Mt. Diablo, then rode all the way back to Berkeley, stopping to enjoy the view on Vollmer Peak before returning to my apartment. A storm front was moving in as the day wore on.
Sunset from Grizzly Peak, January 28, 1995 - Sunset and city lights from Grizzly Peak.
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