Death Ride!!

[jobob]

Wanna harder ride? The Alpine Club (original DR sponsors, now gone) has one a few weeks prior to the DR. Even the best of the riders I know had a tough time on that one. They have some of the same passes and a few more just to add to the pain with a total of 200 miles if you complete all of the passes on the route.

You must mean the Alta Alpina club's Wild Sierra challenge.

Lee & I stayed with Twain (one of Alta Alpina's stalwarts) on DR weekend, and we met one of their past presidents who stopped by the night before the DR. Her BF was one of the Wild Sierra organizers this year.

The TNT gang had their Altitude Camp the same weekend as the Wild Sierra challenge.

Lee and I drove over one of the passes that the Wild Sierra uses, Kingsbury Grade. That was a lovely road and I hope to bike up it eventually if not sooner.

[Bike Goddess]

Yep, the Alta Alpina ride is the one! I"ll bet Twain had a few stories about that one too! I understand that it was pretty cold.

I'd like to drive the Kingsbury grade too sometime. If you say it's doable, maybe I would be able to do it too. I've heard stories about that grade as well.

[maillotpois]

kingsbury is nice - a lot like the backside of monitor but with a huge shoulder which is good because theres more car traffic than monitor.

[jobob]

Agreed on both counts - it goes to Tahoe so there's definitely more car traffic and, for the most part, excellent wide shoulders.

And there are really great views from that road.

[maillotpois]

view from the front side of monitor (looking back over your shoulder) is the best in the whole Death Ride, imho. you'll see next year.

so who's in for 2010??

[snapdragen]

so who's in for 2010??

Yeah right......

[jobob]

I am !! Unfinished business and all that.

... assuming I don't mess up again