Tierra Bella Century?

[melissam]

The Evil Sisters are not hard at all! That's the ride from Paso Robles out to the ocean on Hwy 46. It's a gentle climb but you may run into some traffic since that's a main route to Cambria.

Great descent, but a bit chilly since you get over to the ocean and the cold ocean air. Even if it's warm when you leaver Paso, be sure to bring a good windbreaker and some leg or knee warmers.

By the last day, any hill is hard because by that time you are just ready to get finished. But lots of fun surprises on the rest stops to keep your spirits up which really does help!

Yeah, do Tierra Bella and then do another 85 mile ride the next day.

Actually, the Primavera Century is the day after the Tierra Bella, so I am considering doing it as well.

My current thought is that the TB has the 18% grades on the Century and Double Metric. So why not do the Metric century at TB, then do the Full Century with Primavera.

Well, we'll see.

Oh, and I definitely planned to be well stocked for arm warmers, leg warmers, knee warmers, jackets, etc. A cold Mel is a very, very unhappy Mel.