Hwy. 1 South of Stinson - road condition report

[maillotpois]

Highway 1 from Muir Beach to Stinson was closed for several months over the winter and spring because of landslides. I haven't ridden it in probably a year between the road closure and my time off the bike last year, and it's one of my favorite roads.

Before, the road surface was not good in parts. There were large patches of alligatoring asphalt, big holes and parts of the road seemed to be sinking. Indeed parts were threatening to fall off into the ocean!

Now they have re-built it with a series of 5 - 6 VERY heavily engineered retaining walls supporting various parts of the road. But the best news is they just went ahead and re-paved the whole dang thing with smooth wonderful new asphalt!!

Yay! That's 2 points for CalTrans this week alone!!

[Veronica]

That's awesome! I gotta get Thom riding more so we can do that Tam, Muir Woods, etc. ride that I so enjoyed last year.

V.

[maillotpois]

Well, you'll like it a lot more this year. It's just a great road!! (Tip: go early in the day to avoid beach going traffic.)

Aren't you doing Skaggs this weekend?

[Veronica]

No, since I decided no Terrible Two this year, we're having a relaxing weekend at home.

V.

[maillotpois]

Well, I signed up for the Terrible Two. I'm VERY excited about it.

I'm going to be driving a roving SAG car.

[Veronica]

I'm going to keep trying to get faster. I'd still like to do all three stage races some year. Maybe when TT is out of the rotation.

V.