Tierra Bella Century?

**jobob** · 03-21-2008, 03:04 PM

No worries Mel, it's not remotely same.

Have fun, it's supposed to be lovely out tomorrow!

**melissam** · 03-21-2008, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by jobob

No worries Mel, it's not remotely same.

Have fun, it's supposed to be lovely out tomorrow!

Oh good, it'll be a piece of cake then!

I'd ask you where you're riding tomorrow, but that would be a total hijack of the thread, so I'm not gonna do it.

**jobob** · 03-21-2008, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by melissam

I'd ask you where you're riding tomorrow, but that would be a total hijack of the thread, so I'm not gonna do it.

Here - more or less. (probably just the upper 2/3)
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...ay-200K-ver-99

**maillotpois** · 03-21-2008, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by jobob

No worries Mel, it's not remotely same.

FWIW, I completely agree.

**melissam** · 03-21-2008, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by maillotpois

FWIW, I completely agree.

Oh good, another vote of confidence!

I dunno, I'm looking at the climb stats of OLH and comparing them with some of the other climbs I know and love, and ... well, I'm starting to hyperventilate a bit when thinking about my big debut tomorrow.

OTOH, what do I have to worry about? I have a triple with a mountain cassette for crying out loud!

Yep, OLH will be a piece of cake. (How often do I have to tell myself that until it becomes true?)

-- Melissa (I think I can, I think I can...)

**melissam** · 03-23-2008, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by jobob

No worries Mel, it's not remotely same.

Have fun, it's supposed to be lovely out tomorrow!

[Hijack ON]
I had a blast -- Old La Honda is gorgeous! My only regret is that I waited so long to ride it. I ended up doing the whole thing in my middle chain ring; I'd heard somewhere that it got really steep at the end, so I wanted to have the little chain ring in reserve in case I was suffering at the end.

Jobob, hope you a great time on your ride. You had a pretty long ride picked out!
[Hijack OFF]

Speaking of Tierra Bella, I'm considering doing the double metric. One of my riding buddies has a ticket for the double metric but will be out of town that weekend. Does anyone know what the double metric route is like?

-- Melissa

**jobob** · 03-23-2008, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by melissam

Does anyone know what the double metric route is like?

[wizeazz ON]

Uh, long?

[/wizeazz OFF]

Here be the route descriptions:

http://www.tierrabella.org/route.html

**jobob** · 03-23-2008, 05:58 PM

BTW, glad you enjoyed Old La Honda, Mel!

**snapdragen** · 03-23-2008, 06:15 PM

Now I'm really jealous. Mel used to be a bike potato like me. Now she's all ALC'd up and spinning up hills.

**melissam** · 03-25-2008, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

Now I'm really jealous. Mel used to be a bike potato like me. Now she's all ALC'd up and spinning up hills.

Snap, if anything, it should give you hope. I mean, if I can do it, anyone can do it!

**Bike Goddess** · 04-03-2008, 02:18 PM

Melissm-

A couple of guys from our club went down to Morgan Hill and rode with some other folks on the newer version of the Tierra Bella. They say that there are some pretty stiff (18%) climbs out in the Henry Coe State Park area. Not terribly long, but still enough to give you a good work out. These guys aren't slackers- they are some of the best climbers in our group. I trust what they say is pretty darn accurate.

Just thought I'd warn you.

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