March rides.....riding into the days of the Spring equinox

[rebeccaC]

Nice overcast morning ride on the beach bike path south to breakfast and conversation with friends and then an afternoon challenge on some hills I like to do occasionally. Lots of riders doing the steep hills there on a Sunday.











We have a lot of nice 20-30%+ gradient hills here for a good challenge
This one is 32% and part of a series of similar hills in the area. I also had to carry an extra 2.25 lb's of camera up the hills to get photos to post here ....The hills in this paticular area are good technique and mental strategy training for some of the 1-4 mile 11-16% climbs in the San Gabriel, Santa Monica and Sierra mountains. One aspect of riding in California that i like is the vast varying challenges, easy to insane, you can find in climbing and rides.