I found another nice peaceful road with extremely light traffic, which is a good thing considering how narrow the road is. It's probably one of those private roads I've seen in the area. They seem to have the best climbs, and this one was no exception. Lots of grades in the mid to upper teens and even some in the twenties. Max grade was 23%.

I mounted my GoPro on the head tube of my Sirrus for a much more stable video than the ones I've posted where the camera was mounted on the handlebars. You can see my front tire slinging around in the video, so imagine how shaky it would be if the camera was on the bars.

I had to ride the Sirrus because I am still car-free until January, so I have to take light rail to the end of the line in Folsom if I want to do any climbing. Even though my road bike is a low-end Specialized Dolce Triple, it still looks too nice to take on the train with all the shady characters I see on there.

I've been doing this every weekend since my truck got totalled at the beginning of November.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/134070153#

Here's the ride video with GPS data overlay from my Garmin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzHYfXD6fc

Top of climb. Notice how hazy it is.