March 17 - Mines Road

[jobob]

10 am from Arbolado.

Would you like to do a ride on Sunday?

[Veronica]

I'll have to check with Thom about Sunday. I emailed him about Diablo tomorrow instead of Mines Rd. He liked the idea.

What do you have in mind for Sunday?

V.

[Veronica]

So we will see you at 10 at Arbolado tomorrow.

V.

[jobob]

Excellent !!!

For Sunday I was thinking some loop involving Niles Canyon, Palomares, Redwood Road, Pinehill, Canyon, Moraga Rd., Mt. Diablo Rd. thru Lafeyette, S Main in Walnut Creek, Dannville Blvd and Hartz into Danville, San Ramon Valley, San Ramon Rd., Foothill into Sunol, then, if the mood strikes, over Calaveras and via Mission Blvd back into Fremont (basically, the way back home we took on our ride up the backside of Sierra), or, if the mood doesn't strike, then the direct route from Sunol to Fremont via Niles Canyon. (This is basically the route I did last Saturday but cut short in Dublin. )

It would be about 90-ish miles without Calaveras, with about 3500 ft of climbing, and with Calaveras it would be about 125 miles with about 5000 feet. This is all off the top of my head but I can double check later.

This loop passes near lots of BART stations, and I don't need to start from Fremont.

[Veronica]

Probably too much for Thom. But I'll run it by him. Nothing like diving right back in right?

V.

[Veronica]

What time on Sunday? The Coach says I need to do a long ride before next weekend. I don't know what he's worried about. I mean I did 120 in December.

He says he'll do SAG for us on Sunday.

V.

[jobob]

Sweet!! But if he wants to ride with us, he could always ride as far as a BART station. It's an easy ride from the Fremont BART station back to our place, if'n you'd like to start from our house. LeeBob would go for that option.

I'll talk to you later.