Loomis Basin Community Park (map)
62 +- miles
5300 feet climbing
'B+' rated ride, advanced intermediate
NOT SWEPT - we will regroup at logical places on the route
7:00am meetup time at Loomis Park off I-80
6:45am Carpool meetup time at Park-N-Ride near sunsplash.
I have just been informed that the road the google maps shows going South off of King into the park is actually named "Ong". Anyway, let's meet in the parking lot in the park that is on the south side of King road.
Meetup time in Loomis is now 7:00am
This ride was written up in the SacBee (see here) a week or so back. It looks like a good local hill challenge so let's give it a shot. It is rated "B" because of the hill steepness and pace we will ride at (medium-aggressive). This is a good "cool-down" ride the week before the Death Ride.
This is a totally new route and ride for me, so we will all be route guides.
We will start in Loomis Regional Park but let's try to carpool there, if possible.
As usual, you must be self-supporting (tubes, food, etc.) but there should be some places to stop for snacks/food, etc. (Newcastle comes to mind).
Please carpool where possible. If you'd like to carpool directly from my house in Roseville, please send me an email for directions. I live near Hazel & Old Auburn and can hold three additional bikes.
More than likely we will split into multiple groups based on pace. This will allow everyone to ride at a pace comfortable for themselves. We can have at least one sweep for each group.
Really strong group of riders today! Thanks everyone for the great ride!
Good ride, nice route & at least in our group, nobody had any flats or trouble!
Sheesh, hammer hammer hammer... even UP the hills? This was quite a ride. Terrific ride with great riders. Many thanks, Scott. I kept wondering when people would run out of gas, but it never happened. Everyone really ate their Wheaties for this one...
Big time efforts by all today! Sarah's amazing ability to push gear up the hills inspired me! My Garmin says my average HR was the highest ever. FUN!
I just fixed the RSVP limit - sorry about that.