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FAREWELL RIDE FOR Nancy H. WHO IS MOVING BACK TO TAIWAN IN SEPTEMBER

Pescadero (Old La Honda, Tunitas Creek) Destination Ride - Saturday, August 19th - 8:00am meetup, 8:15am roll time

What: We’re heading to the Peninsula for a destination ride of epic proportions! We will have two different route options:
Short route - 50 miles, 5600 ft of climbing https://www.strava.com/routes/3015708750856235570
Long route - 68 miles, 6600 ft of climbing https://www.strava.com/routes/3012937465374113994

We are offering A, B, and C options for both routes and will be assigning ride leaders based on signups.

Please head over to the carpool sheet to indicate your interest including what route and pace and whether or not you can drive others or need a ride.

Both routes will start at the parking lot at Woodside Rd and Whiskey Hill Rd and we will depart heading south on Mountain Home Rd to Portola Rd and then onto the Old La Honda Rd climb. We’ll cross Skyline Blvd and descend down Old La Honda and then onto La Honda before turning up Pescadero Rd and then Pescadero Creek Rd all the way to downtown Pescadero. From here, the routes will split with the long ride stopping for bathrooms behind Archangeli Grocery (they don’t open until 11am, but there are port-a-potties in back). The short route will stop for coffee at Downtown Local.

After the bathrooms, the long ride will turn back the way they came on Pescadero Creek Rd and turn right on Cloverdale Rd to Gazos Creek Rd to Highway 1 where we will turn north and stop at the lighthouse at Pigeon Point Rd for another restroom break. We will then get back on Highway 1 north before turning off on Bean Hollow Rd up to Pescadero Creek Rd to return to downtown Pescadero. We will stop at either the grocery or coffee shop for a coffee break before following the short route remainder below.

After coffee, the short route will head north on Stage Rd winding up and over a few shorter climbs before crossing La Honda in San Gregorio. At the end of Stage Rd, we’ll make a right onto Highway 1 for 1.5 miles before turning right onto Tunitas Creek Rd. We’ll make a short stop at The Bike Hut before climbing the rest of Tunitas Creek Rd up to Skyline Blvd, where we’ll cross and descend Kings Mountain Rd before making a left on Woodside Rd and returning to the parking lot.

Ride pace for A group will be 16-18 mph average with faster bursts on some sections, for B group will be 14-16 mph average, and C group will be 12-14 mph average. You should be comfortable with group riding and have read and be familiar the BBC Group Ride Guidelines. Ride leaders TBD

Where/When: Meeting in two weeks at 8:00 am at the Woodside Parking Lot. We’ll roll from there at 8:15a sharp. C group will depart 5 minutes after A and B groups and will have its own regroups along the route.

Hope a lot of y’all can make it on this adventure!