On my way up to Cherry Lake I felt like I hadn't done much since my
1000k ride and
50k run, so I figured another ride was in order. I love doing these one way rides on my way out camping. Plus, I'd never ridden up Old Priest, so this was a high priority.
Here's the relive link.
https://www.relive.cc/view/1067280232
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| Made it to Lake Merrit BART station a bit early as I didn't want to miss the first train. |
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| Packed some Oinarisan for fuel! |
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| ...quite empty... |
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| on the train as well... |
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| The morning was nice and quiet. |
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| The Altamont Pass... on the 1000k this might have been the mental crux. And I didn't think this early in the morning I'd get any tailwind... but turns out it's always a bit windy here. |
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| Commuters... |
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| Cows |
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| OK for cyclists! |
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| The funky bike path along 580 |
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| and some kind of military training??? |
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| Where we had our last meal on the 1000k |
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| Rode a bit further out of town to get a breakfast burrito. This place is da bomb. |
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| Long, flat roads... crooked pic |
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| Encountered a few sections of dirt too! |
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| Time for some rolling brown hills, old farms, and not much traffic. Good time to zone out to a few audiobooks. |
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| That's a Consipiracy... (a group of ravens) |
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| Listened to the "Dorito Effect"... a depressing, but interesting read on the current state of our food and eating habits... |
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| Back on 120... |
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| approaching Old Priest... perfect... 108 Deg... |
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| The climb up was brutal. It's less than 2 miles, but averaging at 13%, and going up 1300 ft, my heart rate was at 160 bpm and I was standing in my lowest ring. I did stop midway to soak my head in a small waterfall. That was crucial. |
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| at the top! You get a free drink if you can make it up Old Priest without stopping. It's a stupid hill, so not many free drinks are given. |
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| Topped it off with a shake and a crepe... |
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| The rest of the ride was quite beautiful. Through Groveland, and onto Rainbow Falls. The King Fire made the views much grander... |
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| Weehaw! |
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| Meanwhile... Kimbo and Kai were having a playdate in Oakland. |
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| after brunch and playing cards, they picked up Nikko and made their way up to me. |
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| I spent the 20 min or so waiting for them cooling off. |
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| ... don't go walking on waterfalls... |
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| That's a good one egh? |
I'd also like to check out some of the other roads in the area: New Priest, Wards Ferry... and now that I know that you can get to Sonora via Cherry Lake Rd, it'd be incredible to incorporate that road into a brevet. Maybe add in 120 and 108? With a quick jaunt to Glacier Point? That's be fun... lots of options here:
here's a century ride that heads up Old Priest and loops back to Sonora via Cherry Lake Rd.
here's another starting in Auburn and riding some fun looking roads in the foothills.... I think we need a foothills Super 600k... like this.
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