I just stumbled across THIS with photos from an annual ride in San Francisco. All I can say is WOW! There is an incredible shot about a quarter of the way down the page of a guy riding up the driveway of the Levi (jeans) mansion - my legs started burning just looking at this photo
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02-08-2011, 12:23 PM #1
What's over that hill?
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Hills of San Francisco Ride
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02-08-2011, 12:27 PM #2
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Cool! I have a hard enough time driving some of those hills in my manual transmission...
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02-08-2011, 05:10 PM #3
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I had a hard time just walking up a couple of them, all sweaty and overheated, and that was on a chilly day!
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02-08-2011, 07:34 PM #4
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Okay, I live in the Bay Area, and can't imagine ever doing that ride! Crazy awesome pictures!
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02-09-2011, 06:20 AM #5
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WOW!!
We did the Nike San Fran Women's Marathon and I thought we went up some steep hills. I guess not!
That looks CRAZY! Crazy cool!!!!Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
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02-09-2011, 07:27 AM #6
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Crazy.
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