Another scenic ride in the Sierra foothills/mountains (pics & video)

[bellissima]

luv2climb, I just love all those areas and the climbs you ride! You are very lucky

[luv2climb]

Based on your profile, you probably have some good riding down there too. I do love our tall pine trees though. I start seeing them at just under 2,000' elevation.

Here's a video with music from both descents into the canyon. I mixed the raw audio with the song so you can still hear that it's a bike descent, not a car driving down the hill. This is footage from the helmet cam, so more of the scenery is visible.

http://contour.com/stories/hwy-49-an...scents-1-29-12

At the end of my ride, I met a very friendly kitty in Newcastle when I stopped to take the picture of the antique store sign. My helmet cam was still recording, so enjoy the sounds of her adorable purr-meows (turn up the volume!).

http://contour.com/stories/very-frie...long-bike-ride

[rubysoho]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who meows at kitties. Cute cat! Beautiful scenery and I love your bike.

[missjean]

Lovely photos!
What was your max speed on that downhill at the beginning of the YouTube video?

[luv2climb]

Thanks. According to the player section of my Garmin page, my max speed on that first descent was 33.3 mph. It's too twisty and not steep enough to get any real speed going, but it's fun nonetheless. It's a good place to practice your descending skills, but I'm still careful because some of those turns are pretty tight.

[luv2climb]

Here's a short clip from Sunday's ride that I didn't include in the longer ride video I posted earlier in this thread. I like this one because the GoPro chest mount really shows the effort and suffering involved at this point in the ride. This was the last few miles of that ride, and I was good and tired so the suffering was increased accordingly. (caution heavy breathing!)

This is the climb out of the canyon towards the town of Auburn on Hwy 49. The battery on my GoPro died mid-climb, but not before it captured the best suffering on the whole climb.

I edited out all the loud motor vehicle traffic. I often do that for the versions of my videos that are too long for YouTube or Vimeo. When I watch them I like to hear less motors and more suffering/shifting/braking/birds, etc.

http://vimeo.com/36041423

[Savra]

Oh I love your post!! I used to live in Grass Valley and now live in NY. There is nothing like the geography of the west. I took it all for granted while I lived there but would jump at the chance to go back. Enjoy. Keep the pictures coming.