Hi all... well, I completed my 2nd century on Saturday 3/12 in Solvang CA.

http://www.bikescor.com/solvang/route.htm

this link shows the route and elevation profile... 4,950 ft of climbing. What a beautiful ride!!! My older brother and I took off at abotu 6:45AM... it was overcast and cool for most of the ride... perfect! About 60 degrees so no need for warm stuff... I didn't even wear armwarmers...

About mile 30 I rode up to a light to see my brother changing a flat for a couple women who were struggling... they had made the mistake of putting a tube that had previously flatted back into their seatbag... so he changed the tire several times before they finally had a NEW tube... and then they tried to give us $20! NOOOOOO!!! That would've messed up our karma danrnit! LOL...

Kept going and got onto the highway 1... hit my new record speed on that downhill at 47.3MPH... woooooohooooooo!

Got to a SAG stop at 40 (what does SAG stand for anyway??) and my brother gave 2 extra spokes he was carrying to a couple on a tandem who had 3 broken spokes... hopefully they were able to then complete the ride.

Mile 70 I was cruising along (my bro was ahead of me so I was solo) and passed two women who were stopped... I called out "You OK" and the response was "sorta"... not good! So I stopped and they had a flat... but didn't know how to change it! So I changed THEIR flat... my brother and I then deemed ourselves the roving SAG support team! LOL... neither of us had any mechanical issues or flats... again that good karma from helping others!

mile 85 we hit the climb called "the wall" only a mile but freakin STEEP! I was doing 3.7mph and knew if I went any slower I'd just fall over but I made it to the top! then mile 90 another long but not as steep climb... then a couple little ones to the end. We finished in 6:52:12... 20 minutes faster than our first century last month. VERY proud of ourselves! It was a great day and a great ride... my confidence just keeps building!!! Yep, I'm totally hooked!