C28 Hills, Hills and more Hills!

Nov '09 21 Sat 9:00 AM
Location
Newcastle/Indian Hill Park n Ride

601 Newcastle road
Newcastle, CA 95658

This is a private home or office

How to find us
"My silver/gray SUV with a bike rack on the back"

Estimated attendance
 11  people attended.
4.50 4.507 (7 ratings)

Who organized?
Adrienne

Terrain: a mix of urban and rural, with some noticeable hills
Distance: about 30 miles
Speed: 13-15 mph avg, 6+ uphill, biggrin downhill
Rider Level: those who are working on their intermediate skills
Sweep: YES (trust me, I am back there anyway :-)
Departure Time: 9:15 am


This is a good training ride for moderate hills with some pleasant scenery! It's a slight bump up from the 'Rolling Hills Ride' Diane and Lourdes like to do. Doing this ride OFTEN will get ya ready for some moderate climbing later!!

The ride is approx 30 miles in length and has approx 2000 feet of climbing in only 2 main climbs (Indian Hill Road and Ridge Road). This ride is mostly on back country roads that will have minimal traffic on a weekend morning. The roads in Auburn have bike lanes, but beyond Auburn be ready for narrow, lightly traveled roads. If you've ridden Tour de Lincoln then you've been on much of this ride!

We will gather at the Newcastle Park n Ride which is just off the Indian Hill road exit on I-80. There are actually 2 Park N Rides at this exit, we will gather in the lot on the right across from the Flyers gas station & Denny's. Look for my Acura TSX and please arrive by 9:00 am and be ready to ride by 9:15 sharp. Please consider carpooling!!

The first portion of the ride is a climb up Indian Hill road so if you need time to "warm up" before you climb please arrive early, but be ready to roll at 9:15. You need to be comfortable riding for 30 miles and at a pace (in the flats or rollers) of 13-15+- mph. The climb from Folsom to Beales should be no problem for you and taken at a pace of 6+ mph. There is one extended downhill with some choppy pavement and turns, be sure your brakes are in good order! Best suited for road bikes and hybrids with road tires/wheels. Speed is not the 'thing' on this ride - advanced beginner climbing and intermediate training is. The route will not be swept in the traditional sense, but we wait up at key intersections and try to ride as a group as much as possible... nobody gets left behind!

Click here for route map If a bit more climb is desired this ride, another trip up Indian Hill, right turn on Auburn Folsom down the hill to Powerhouse which returns you to almost the park n ride lot.

Please make sure your bring snacks, spare tubes, and of plenty water as there are no places to refill once we leave Auburn.

As always your helmet is required.

Talk about this Meetup

  • Sandy Borden
    Posted Nov 21, 2009 12:01 PM
    Thanks Adrienne, what a beautiful day!
  • C28 Hills, Hills and more Hills! happened on November 21, 2009 9:00 AM
  • Adrienne
    Posted Nov 20, 2009 4:42 PM
    GROUP SPONSOR
    Hi everyone! The sky is clear and it is supposed to stay that way so the ride is ON for tomorrow. Do check back in the morning in the event it rains overnite...I am sending all the "yes" folks my cell phone number if you need to get in touch....
  • warren
    Posted Nov 20, 2009 3:46 PM
    Group Supporter
    So are you going to take us down Ridge road then make us come back up it? Wonder if your friend will be near the bottom again LOL
  • Adrienne
    Posted Nov 19, 2009 8:52 AM
    GROUP SPONSOR
    Welcome Eric!
  • Jeff S
    Posted Nov 18, 2009 12:21 PM
    Organizer
    The cue sheets for this ride can be found here. http://files.meetup.com/286...

Who attended?

  • 11 attendees
    •  Near-perfect weather for November, and a great group to ride with. We did get to log a few extra miles, thanks to a wrong turn, but one of the locals was nice enough to get us headed back in the right direction. Bonus: I got to practice my flat-repair skills. ;) Nice meeting everyone, looking forward to the next one! 
    • Group Supporter
       Great fun! And, as a bonus, I got to see how flats are changed....:-p See you next ride! 
    • Group Supporter
       The people as always were fantastic. Adrienne did a nice job trying to keep everyone together. She had two flat tires :( which could really ruin your day, but she was very good attitude. I had to go on ahead to get to work on time, but I am looking forward to future rides with the group. Thanks again Adrienne! 
    •  What a great experience guys and nice route, it was my first time climbing hills C28 Hills ride turned to C36 Miles, but that was ok, what I did not expect was having my legs cramped in the last hill... I forgot to stretch once in a while so I'll do that next time. Thanks again Adrienne that deli place that we went after the ride at Newcastle was delicious. Hope to see you again in December 5th at Granite Bay ride! Cheers everybody. 
    • Group Supporter
       Thanks to Adrienne for a great ride, got good weather and nice to meet new people. 
    • GROUP SPONSOR
       It turned out to be a beautiful day weather-wise...the fog burned off before we started! The fall colors were amazing. I got one flat in Auburn...and then another flat, in Auburn :-( But our riders were quite chivalrous...many thanks to Warren, Dave, and Kay! It didn't seem like our ride would ever get going though as we stopped to fill our water bottles about 200 yards after that....all's well that ends well though...we managed to get going and enjoy all the hills (some more than others)...and added a few extra miles due to a "geographic snafu" 
    • Group Supporter
       It was a fun ride, Indian Hill is a good warm up and Ridge Road (at the end of the ride) tests your mental toughness! It was scenic and peaceful. 
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