Team Amici Veloci (and other TE'ers) do ALC 6

[Duck on Wheels]

Yes, UK made it. She wrote:
I made it! Time to get the gear and get showered. Feeling achey but pretty good considering I just did 90 miles.

Sorry to hear Trek got pulled off the route. The hill up 92 is biiiiig! Just thinking about that hill is one reason I hesitate to sign up for this. Previous years they've had the west side to coast down again and recover before doing rollers (some of them pretty steep ones) along Hwy 1. This year, at the top of 92, instead of continuing down the other side, they turned south and continued to climb along "Skyline" for a ways. Tough route! (though a pretty one) If Trek got pulled off that route, then lots of other folks must have been pulled too!

[jobob]

They went up highway 92? Good grief. That's a busy road.

[Bike Goddess]

"They went up highway 92? Good grief. That's a busy road."

Hwy 92 down to Half Moon Bay is pretty dangerous as it is narrow in spots. Cars aren't very friendly to cyclists either so I suspect that is why they changed the route.

Also, Hwy 1 down to Santa Cruz is no picnic either due to the traffic. However, by doing Skyline, they miss getting a lot of publicity in Half Moon Bay and beyond. That was where I had my first encounter with the ride many years ago. I remember how touched I was by seeing all of these cyclists on their way to LA. I saw the ride twice this way and finally in '05 did the ride. It was a challenging week mentally and physically but I'm glad I did it!!!! (TREK was my tent partner that year!)

[jobob]

Veronica and I rode Highway 1 northbound from Santa Cruz up to Moss Beach (north of Half Moon Bay) a couple of months ago, and I didn't think it was bad at all. Hiway 1 has fairly wide shoulders. A little too congested for my taste around Half Moon Bay proper, but not bad.

Then again, it was just the two of us, not a cast of thousands ...

[KnottedYet]

Heard from Trek. She got picked up by the sag wagon after about 65 miles. She's not feeling good, and her broken toe is really causing her some pain. She's getting discouraged.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Heard from Trek. She got picked up by the sag wagon after about 65 miles. She's not feeling good, and her broken toe is really causing her some pain. She's getting discouraged.

Poor Trek!!
But 65 miles is a LONG LONG ride!!!!! It's over 100k!!!

[velogirl]

Dita has been a mentor and inspiration to many other riders over the years. If this were another rider, I can imagine her saying something like "you've accomplished the most important aspect of the ride -- raising the funds. just do the best you can do everyday and if you SAG, contribute in other ways like cheering in riders, setting up tents, etc."

So Knotted, pass that message onto her for me, okay?

[Duck on Wheels]

Poor Trek!!
But 65 miles is a LONG LONG ride!!!!! It's over 100k!!!

That's what I IM'ed her too, when I got her message. I only do metric anyway, being European now, so to my mind she did a century and then some. And that after doing that loooong steep climb up 92 and then instead of coasting down to Half Moon Bay continuing to climb and climb and climb up Skyline (Hwy 35). We drove that way today just to see what they'd done and I don't see how I could EVER do that! No matter how many years I train for it!

I can't actually phone her with my cell phone. Only IM. So Knott, I'm counting on you to re-encourage her.