Route: http://ridewithgps.co...
You can print a cue sheet from this link.
C/39
Distance: ~39 miles, approx 1600 feet.
Terrain: Flats, a couple of hills, some rollers
Ability: Just to intermediate. If you've done any of the rides that head out from Newcastle and include Ridge Rd, you should be fine.
Speed: 16'ish on flats. Saving energy for the hills.
Sweep: No, but we'll regroup at the top of each hill and at key turns.

This is ride 1 of the Winter Hill Series. It's a good ride to gauge your fitness as we start.

Note that we will stop at Bealls for water bottle refill, snacks, BR, and regroup. This is the last water stop until we get back to Nimbus.

We leave from the parking lot just outside Hagan Park in Rancho Cordova at 9am sharp. Be a bit early to unpack and get ready. Water bottle, helmet, snacks required. I expect we'll be done by noon or so.

Make sure to have a bar or two! You should plan on eating something at Bealls. Better to eat a light breakfast and snack on the ride, than to eat a moderate to large breakfast and plan on not snacking.

Before we head out, we'll discuss cadence, spinning, hill technique, bike handling, hydration/feeding, and whatever else comes up. Likely this will be old hat for some of you, but may be new for others.

Rain cancels.

This will be the starting location of most of the rides in the series.
From 50,
Exit at Mather Field Dr. Head N
RIGHT on Folsom
LEFT on Coloma
LEFT on Chase
PASS the high school on the right.
Just before the park entrance, turn RIGHT into a parking lot.