We had great weather, it was a good biking temperature yesterday, cool but not cold. But it was awfully hazy out, so the gang was deprived of the great views along Calaveras and especially on top Sierra Road. Oh well, I'll just have to take them up there again !

Here's another group shot, this time at the top of Sierra Road. You might be able to see some of the markings on the road from last year's Tour of California.



From the left, jobob, Glenn (gw_12 on Bikejournal, who is this annoyingly fit rider who routinely climbs Sierra Road during his lunch hour at work ... gah. He recognized our AV jerseys on his way down Felter and turned around and joined us for the rest of the climb back up), Daniel (LanceOldStrong on bj), the Bubs, V, Trekhawk & aka_kim. Leebob was a little bit behind us and opted to wait for us.

And here's the ride profile from my 'puter:


I caught so much grief from everyone (especially chief whiner-in-training SadieKate) when I mentioned "it's all downhill from here" at the top of Sierra Road, and we got to the climbs up Warren Ave and Mission Blvd at the 50-ish mile point - well, yeah, I conveniently forgot to mention them. But geeeeeze, they were nothing compared to what we did before that!


A fun day with the gang, and I really enjoyed showing them a nice ride in my neck of the woods. I'd say we got our Feb climbing challenge off to a good start.