Pig Farm Hill - CHECK!

[bikerz]

And then you'd have to go UP pig farm the other way, then the 3 bears, then home the same way would involve the short steep pig farm YIKES!! And the Releiz Valley.

[bikerz]

OK - just got back from a 35 mile ride where we came up Pig Farm from the other side - and I would like to say for the record that it was HARD! I think I prefer the steep side because the torture was over sooner. Maybe also hitting PF 28 miles into a hilly ride was part of it - my legs were cold-to-fresh going up the steep side last time, and they were pretty tired today starting up.

Nancy - you've probably done this route - we started on Castro Ranch Rd - L on Alhambra into Pinole, then out past the Rodeo refinery (nasty road!), through Crockett and through Port Costa along that closed road something-something Scenic Drive, then back through Martinez on Alhambra, up Pig Farm, then up Castro Ranch. Whew - lots of hills along the way. Tons of cyclists out today.

Oh, and new PB on downhill speed - 43.1 mph down Castro Ranch

[tomgrrrl]

Good job Z!!! Do you, or anyone for that matter, know if the road surface on the Bears has settled down after the recent gravel maintenance? I'd like to do a ride out that way, but not sure what conditions are like....

Thanks!

[aka_kim]

Gravel maintenance? I was thinking of doing the Bears next weekend ...

Good job, Z. I think you rode Carquinez Scenic drive. Did you take McEwen too?

[bikerz]

Good job, Z. I think you rode Carquinez Scenic drive. Did you take McEwen too?

McEwan - Ohhhhh noooo, not McEwan! We went past McEwan and saw all the spray-painted indicators for the Grizzly Peak Century, and just kept on going! There were plenty of hills that were definitely noticable to me, but when I looked at the elevation profile from my cyclometer, they were NOTHING compared to Pig Farm - it's actually pretty funny to look at it. Maybe I'll post it tomorrow for a laugh!

Ellen - I don't know about the Bears surface, but I'll find out tomrrow and report back - I'll be out that way and I'll take a look.

[bikerz]

Dachshund - here's the elevation profile of my first Pig Farm route (the "steep" side from El Sobrante - you can also see Reliez Valley:

And here it is coming the other direction from Martinez:

[Trekhawk]

OK thats just scary.
Well done .