Video & pics of steep climb from one of my most difficult rides ever

[luv2climb]

Wow you're my hero and I mean that! My hubby and I rented bikes in sonoma and road to napa, taking trinity road and dry creek road. This looks a lot like that. We live in mn and I was not prepared for that type of climb. I am also petrified of heights! You have to be one awesome cyclist in amazing shape to have done this I walked my bike at least 1.5 miles of the 3 mile climb)!

luv2climb - you are inspirational! I can only hope one day to do one of the GA gap rides. You provide something to aim for!

Thank you. We seem to have a lot of 3 mile climbs around here. The climbs I did today were 3 miles each too. The first one was super steep! Thread will be posted momentarily.

Hi luv2climb you are awesome! My dad lives in Auburn and I know right where this hill is. I live in Washington state but we come down to visit a lot. Have you ever done the Auburn Century?I looked at the route from this year and it looked amazing,I'm not a big climber yet but DH is. I was just thinking we might have to throw that ride into next years vacation. Any idea if any shops rent bikes around your area? Id rather not fly with my bike right now. Wow keep up the impressive climbs and thanx for posting videos.

I've never done an organized ride. I think the Auburn Century might be the one that has an optional time trial up Iowa Hill Road, which is the climb I did today. I may be wrong though.

I don't know if any shops here rent bikes. The one in Old Sacramento only rents heavy cruiser type bikes like Worksmans. I haven't seen any climb-ready bikes in there.

I know there are several shops in Lake Tahoe that rent bikes, as I've seen them when I've ridden my own bike down the main drag.