Starting from Walnut Creek Bart the 'hilly' option is going through Lafayette, Orinda and Martinez.

A lot of these training rides are rides that the Valley Spokesmen have listed in their ride library. valleyspokesmen.org

These training rides are a kind of joint effort between LunaChix and some of us VS members, so that's where we get many of our routes.

Everyone is very friendly and these rides are NO DROP. If someone gets a flat we all stop. If there's a mutha of a hill we have a regroup spot shortly thereafter. It feels a little like herding cats, but I think everyone is having a good time, and definitely getting their heinies in gear for sitting for sixty miles.

I'm the one singing showtunes while I pedal.