HillsRUs

IT'LL BE COLD, 9:45 MEET, 10:00 AM ROLL, THIS WEEK ONLY!

Let's get warm with some climbing!  

Montebello, one of Troy Folkner's favorite climbs. A chilly descent, to Montalvo, and then we'll follow Steve's route from a few weeks back, paralleling Highway 9 to Los Gatos. Turns, we have turns! Watch for some perhaps unexpected turns!  Lunch in Los Gatos, and north to Troy's bench—share your memory of our friend—and back to Shoup Park.

Start Location & Time: Shoup Park, 9:45 meet 10:00 roll
Distance: 58 miles
Elevation Gain: 5,700'
Lunch: Town Plaza Park, Los Gatos
Ride Leader: Cathy Switzer

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Since it's Summer in February and we have already been doing summer rides, let's continue with another good one:  ZAYANTE !!.  Since it is early in the year we will do the easier of the two versions

Starting Location: Parking Lot .3 mi past the dam at Lexington Reservoir. There is now a $6 fee to park there (Credit/Debit Card). There is also a dirt area across the street from the parking lot that can handle about 6 cars.

Directions: take the Bear Creek Rd exit off of Hwy 17, go across Hwy 17 and turn left like you were getting on 17. Take Alma Bridge Rd and go .6 mi to the parking lot just past the dam

Start Time: be there by 8:45 for a 9 am departure.

Distance: 56 miles

Elevation: 5500 feet

Lunch: Bring or Buy to eat at the Covered Bridge County Park in Felton (at the intersection of Mt Hermon Rd and Graham Hill Rd)

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28916033

Cue Sheet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28916033/cue_sheet

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Ride Leader: Don Johann

The forecast is for a very temperate day, with a high of 73, so let's go do one of my favorite rides - the Los Gatos zig-zag, Shennedy, and a little Hicks (the fun part).  It's an extended version of my first HRU ride.  

There are a lot of zigs and zags, so I highly recommend downloading the route to your GPS.

This is a social-paced D ride with regroups; faster riders are encouraged to form a D+/E group. Rain cancels.

Start: Shoup Park, rolling at 9 AM
Lunch: At mile 40, bring food to enjoy at the Town Plaza Park in Los Gatos, or go do a little hunting and gathering along Main Street.  
Ride Leader: Steve Rempel

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We'll climb OLH, take 84 to Stage Road and Pescadero.  Return via Haskins Hill and W. Alpine climbs.  Start is at Shoup Park, meet at 8:45 for a 9:00 AM launch

65 miles, 6,500' climbing, D pace                                                                         

Lunch - bring or buy at Archengeli's Grocery in Pescadero

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Ride leader - Jack Jones

Forecast is for clear skies, temperatures in the high 50s-60s, it’s off the Coast we go! 

Climb Page Mill, descend W. Alpine to 84, on to the Bike Hut for lunch and climb Tunitas Creek. Download the route to your GPS, or print a cue sheet, printed route sheets are not provided.

This is a social-paced D ride with regroups; faster riders are welcome to form a D+/E group. Rain cancels.

Start: Shoup Park, rolling at 9 AM
Lunch: At mile 30, bring to enjoy at The Bike Hut
Ride Leader: Cathy Switzer

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The hills are green already, the weather is good and the San Benito House Deli is back so lets go to Half Moon Bay this time. Since the days are still short we will leave from Woodside to make the trip shorter.

Starting Location: Pioneer Saloon in Woodside at 9:00 AM

Distance: 48 miles 

Climb: 5500 feet

Lunch:  San Benito House Deli in Half Moon Bay

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Ride Leader: Don Johann

Let's do a variation on a classic - the Flintstone house from Shoup Park, but with a few different twists as turns, as well as a visit to another classic house - the Carolands Mansion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolands, part of an estate that used to tower over Hillsborough.  

Distance: 54 miles
Elevation: 3,800 feet
Lunch: Bring Munchies, no lunch stop planned.

Rain and/or very wet roads will cancel this ride.

Ride Leader: Steve Rempel

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A chance of rain forecast will keep us local, so let's try last week's cancelled route.  Meet as Shoup Park at 8:45 for a 9:00 start.

Distance - 29 Miles, Elevation 3,250'.  No lunch stop planned, rolling feast of munchies.  Very wet roads or rain cancels.  Ride Leader - Jack Jones

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Canceled.  Roads are wet with scattered showers on the radar.

The current forecast is for an 80% chance of rain, so check Wednesday morning for a likely cancellation.  But if we get lucky, we'll do a shorter local hills ride, so we can bail if needed, and because your leader has been off the bike for over 5 weeks.  With all this rain, I suspect some of you haven't ridden much lately as well, so maybe we can ease back in together.  

Distance: 29 miles
Elevation: 3,250 feet
Lunch: Bring Munchies, no lunch stop planned.

Rain and/or very wet roads will cancel this ride.

Ride Leader: Steve Rempel

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Canceled due to Rain