Of course, It invlove did 9300 feet of climbing!
woke up bright and early at 3:30 in the morning . Got to Redlands, got my packet and got on the road at 5:30 the firts 15 miles were ok. The next 12 well, were a Bear (myabe this is why the call it ride around the bear?) you tsart at about 1500 feet, and wind up at about 6100. I had to stop and change my glasses to my sunglasses, since we had climbed above the fog.(atcually I tend to stop at least every hour and refuel, anyway) We had some climbing up to about 7100 feet before we finally had a descent to big bear lake and lunch. Some one was actully sailing a pirate ship on the lake! a Couple that are members of our club had agreed to drive thier minivan as a private SAG. Tom kept on yelling at me to drink more gatorade/ cytomax. After lunch , we went up to onyx Summit (8443 feet, 60 miles) From here , the ride organizers claim it's all down hill. What they forget to mention is that t mile 70, there is a 1.5 hille, followed about 5 miles of rollers. I had a good laugh her as I passed one of the "racer dude" types on a roller beacuse he had gotten his gearing wrong. At that last rest stop, I was asked where my team car was. Tom is a diabetic, and he need to go to Redlands to get something to eat. the final 20 miles were all downhill.
I left after the ride to a friend birthday party. Unfortunatley, I left my duffel, with my helmet and gloves there, So tommorw, i'm headed back to San Bernardino. Pictures my follow.