AV-B Ride June 7th, 2025: Coastal Classic

AV-Ber’s,

We are running back Coastal Classic! Looks like it’s going to be a glorious day to ride, made even better by getting to ride out to the ocean. We’ll start with OLH, make a quick stop in Sky Londa before descending into La Honda, then head west towards the Pacific. After a regroup at the Bike Hut on Tunitas Creek Road, we’ll climb Tunitas and then descend Kings and head back towards Palo Alto.

It’ll be warm and sunny tomorrow, so make sure to bring water and wear your SPF! Hope to see you there.

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Alex C.

Start / End Location
Start and Finish at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route
Link here!
55 miles, 5,000 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:

• Skylonda (water)

• La Honda (regroup)

• Bike Hut (water)

• Top of Tunitas (regroup)

• Old Store (water)

*Early* AV-B Ride May 31st, 2025: Page Mill via Taaffe, Skyline, Pierce/Eden, Mora

AV-Ber’s,

**Earlier Start Time** 8:30am

It’s time for our annual expedition over to the Hwy 9 Fire Station’s pancake breakfast. We’ll head up Page Mill via Taaffe and are aiming to make it to the fire station on Skyline in time for pancakes, so we’ll keep regroups a bit shorter to ensure we’ve got time 2 grub. Then we’ll head down Hwy 9, UP pierce and the back side of Eden. Then winding our way through Rancho San Antonio Preserve and up Mora before heading back to Palo Alto via Foothill.

Pancake breakfast is $8/person and I’d suggest bringing cash in case the electronic payments are on the fritz.

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Brad

Start / End Location
Start and Finish at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route

Link to Strava Route
46 miles, 4,800 feet

Early Start Time
Meet: 8:20 AM
Leave: 8:30 AM

Regroups

• Short rolling regroup at the top of Taaffe - Mile 7.5

• Regroup at the top of Page Mill (water available at the fountain just before Monte Bello Open Space) - Mile 15

• Regroup at Hwy 9 fire station for pancakes - Mile 20 (expect about 30 minutes here)

• Rolling regroups after Pierce/Eden and Mora as needed, there’s places to refill on water we can poll the group about

• Finish at Summit bikes - Mile 46

AV-B Ride May 24th, 2025: Kings, Lobitos Loop, Tunitas, Shake Shack

AV-Ber’s,

We’re Shack Skaking a week early due to other fun AV plans for next weekend and I better not hear any complaints about those tasty burgers and a FREE milkshake! On my last B-Ride we ventured south to explore some roads we don’t hit very often. This weekend I think we’ll stay in the neighborhood everyone knows and just regroup at Skyline (twice) with a full stop at The Bike Hut. Remember to bring some change to leave at The Hut if you like to refill your bottles there. Looking forward to keeping the group together and then smashing Tunitas before we roll all the way to lunch!

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Kessler

Start / End Location
Start and Finish at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route
Link to Ride with GPS Route File
55 miles, 5,600 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups

• Regroup at top of Kings - Mile 15

• Water/Porto stop at The Bike Hut - Mile 28

• Regroup at top of Tunitas - Mile 36

• Finish at Shake Shack - Mile 53

• Route file does return to Summit Bikes

AV-B Ride May 17, 2025 Coastal Classic

AV-Ber’s,

I could be wrong, but it looks like this specific route hasn’t been done on the B ride since January! Should be a beautiful day to do it. We’ll start with Old La Honda, descend down 84, take a right onto Stage Road, make our way up beautiful Tunitas and then safely descend Kings.

Hope to see you there! 

Route

OLH > 84 > Tunitas> Kings
https://www.strava.com/routes/3357596832553336352
54 miles, 5000 ft

Regroups:

Skylonda (water)

La Honda (regroup)

Bike Hut (water)

Top of Tunitas (regroup)

Old Store (water)

Start/End: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 AM, roll out 9:12 AM

Ride Leader: Kristin

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride May 10th, 2025: UPDATED! Mt. Eden - Bohlman to Montevina - Lexington Loop

AV-Ber’s,

Tired of the same old climbs? OLH, Page Mill, Kings every week? Okay, we are very blessed to have those climbs in our backyard and they’ll never get old. But how about something different this week! We’ll make our way down Foothill, up Mt. Eden and Pierce, and then tackle Bohlman Road! It is steeper than our Portola Valley regulars so bring your granny gear. On the plus side it’s well-shaded for Saturday’s heat!

After a good suggestion from a fearless leader, we have updated the route and will NOT be descending Bohlman. It’s just too steep to descend in a large group safely. Instead, we will ride the 1-mile gravel connection across the ridge (very doable in any road bike) and descend Montevina’s gorgeous twisties! We’ll loop all the way around Lexington Reservoir’s rollers and stop at Summit Bikes Los Gatos to rehydrate. On the way back we’ll take Pierce to Eden the hidden way and then “B-line” it home. It will be warm so bring 2 bottles. Looking forward to seeing everyone again!

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Kessler

Start / End Location
Start and Finish at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50678403
60 miles, 5,300 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups

• Mountain Winery gate

• Top of Bohlman before gravel

• Water/bathroom stop at Summit Bikes Los Gatos (mile 37)

• After Stevens Creek Canyon

AV-B Ride May 3 ‘25: Moody Page - Portola Redwoods SP - WOLH

Hi Friends,

This week I just picked some roads I haven’t gotten to ride in a little bit, you get to come along for the ride. We are going to head out from Summit Bikes towards the base of Moody Road, trying to keep the group together. We will climb Moody into Pagemill for a first regroup at the top of Page. We will descend West Alpine into Portola Redwoods State Park where we have a full stop with water and restrooms before climbing back up to West Alpine and descending the rest of the way to 84. The last climb of the day is 84 into West Old La Honda with our final real regroup happening at Skylonda after the WOLH climb. Then we will descend 84E back home.

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Hannon

Start / End Location
Start Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Page Portola WOLH
51 miles, 6,000 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:

• Top of Page

• Portola Redwood SP

• Portola/West Alp Corner

• Skylonda

• Sharon park stop light

AV-B Ride April 26 ‘25: Kings - 92 - Hillsborough - Shake Shack

AV-Bers,

This weekend we will ride north via Arastradero and Tripp to Kings Mountain. We’ll then head north on Skyline all the way to Hillsborough, explore the hills, and make our way back to Shake Shack through town. Complimentary milkshake? Yes, please! Looks like our first water stop is 35 miles in, so bring two bottles. It’s my first ride lead! Tell your friends and let’s get a big, safe group out there Saturday! Thanks for the route, Henry!

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Kessler

Start / End Location
Start Summit Bicycles, California Ave, End at Shake Shack, Stanford Shopping Center

Route
Kings, 92, Hillsborough, Shake Shack
51 miles, 5,000 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:

• Top of Kings

• Sawyer Camp Trail entrance

• Waterdog North trailhead

• Rolling regroup on Cañada

AV-B Ride April 19, 2025 - OLH/West OLH/West Alpine/Page Mill

Hi AVBers,

I’m back from Los Angeles for the week and have been missing some of my favorite local climbs! I hope you’ll join me on Saturday for what promises to be a beautiful ride. We’ll start with the classic Old La Honda, descend part way down 84 followed by West Old La Honda  (don’t miss the left turn!), then down 84 again, up West Alpine and finally down Page Mill. Let’s do a final regroup for a well deserved coffee and pastry at Zombie Runner on California Ave.

Hope to see you there! 

Route

OLH > 84 > West OLH > 84 > West Alpine > Page Mill
https://www.strava.com/routes/3348201763822690030
50 miles, 5,086 ft

Regroups:

Skylonda

La Honda

Top of West Alpine/Page Mill

Start/End: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 AM, roll out 9:12 AM

Ride Leader: Sue Lin

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride - April 12th, 2025 - Skyline NB

AVBers,

For this weekend’s adventure, we’ll be taking a scenic tour of Skyline. We’ll roll out with a warm-up on Foothill Rd, then tackle the punchy Redwood Gulch climb before grinding up Highway 9 to crest Skyline. From there, the real fun begins: a sweeping ride along the ridge all the way to Hwy 92 (with a couple of regroups along the way). We’ll then make our way back via Cañada Road, and wrap things up with a well-earned coffee stop at ZombieRunner.

Hope to see you there!

Route
Skyline NB
65 miles, 5,800 feet
Foothill > RWG > Skyline to 92 (with a regroup at Sky Londa) > Cañada Rd > Sand Hill

Regroups:

• the fire station on Skyline

• Sky Londa

• the Water Temple

• Sand Hill opposite Sharon Park Dr

Start/End: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 AM, roll out 9:12 AM

Ride Leader: Louise

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Saturday B Ride - 4/5/25 - XL Egan Edition

Sadly Egan was cancelled last Tuesday due to weather. Thus we have replaced the déja vu Saturday B route with Egan XL. Pace will be chill during the entire ride except on 3 hot segments: Westridge, Haskins and Foothills Park. Those segments will be timed and GC will be published. We will stop at:

• Top of Westridge

• Sky La Honda

• La Honda

• Foothill Parks

Here is the route with the timed segments.

Distance: 91.08 km

Elevation: 2118 m

Segments:

1. Westridge first K (Alpine to Boliver):https://www.strava.com/segments/4784901 - (3:07 / 3:58)

2. Haskins: https://www.strava.com/segments/614445 - (6:08 / 6:58)

3. Foothills Park Vista Point (Egan Official):https://www.strava.com/segments/20963377 - (2:11 / 2:47)

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

End: Summit Bicycles

Time: Meet 9 AM, roll out 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Ride Leader: Jérôme

AV-B Ride Mar 29 ’25 - Figure-8 to earn your shake

AVBers,

It's time for another Shake Shack ride 🍔 This week we’ll be doing a double loop route consisting of Kings, 84 (both sides), West Alpine, and Skyline, before heading to Shake Shack for complimentary milkshakes and maybe a Double ShackBurger.
Hope to see you there!

Route
Figure-8 to earn your shake
53 miles, 5,400 feet
Sand Hill > Kings > Skyline > 84 West > West Alpine > Skyline > 84 East > Shake Shack

Regroups:

• Top of Kings

• Sky Londa

• La Honda

• Top of West Alpine

• Sky Londa

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

End: Shake Shack, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 AM, roll out 9:12 AM

Ride Leader
Louise

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride 3/22/25: Cat’s Hill from PA

NOTE: This is the only AV ride Saturday leaving from Summit Bikes in Palo Alto

B ride will also be heading to Los Gatos to support all our awesome racers at Cat’s Hill this week. We will head up Page Mill and take Skyline all the way to Summit and then on the trail past the reservoir to land us at the race course. Stay and cheer as long as you like and it will be a leaderless roll back on flat roads to the start.

The ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!).

Start Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3337944221586221446

~62 mi & ~5600 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:12 AM

Ride Leader

Jonathan

Planned Regoups:

- Top of Page Mill - other side of Skyline (restroom)

- Castle Rock State Park (water/restroom)

- Corner of Skyline and Bear Creek

- AV Tent at Cat’s Hill Race course

Unfortunately I can’t stay for all the races but after that it’s a fairly straightforward meaner back to foothill.

Non-members are welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

AV-B Ride March 15 2025: Page-scad-nitas RdCrkMt

The B Ride this week will be bundling up to go coastal. It’s on the long side for a B Ride, so we’ll have a couple stop options for caffeine and sugar. Hopefully glorious rays of sunshine will provide glimmers of warmth but bring layers and/or a thermal jersey.

Expect debris on roads - exercise caution on descents.

Note - San Gregorio Store Rules:
1) No cycling cleats in the store.
2) No bikes leaned up against the store.

The ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!).

Start Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3335705263489051492

~66 mi & ~6,955 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:12 AM

Ride Leader

Scott

Planned Regoups:

- Top of Page Mill - other side of Skyline (restroom)

- Bottom of West Alpine and Pescadero (regroup)

- Downtown Local, Pescadero (caffeine)

- San Gregorio General Store (sugar + restroom)

- Bike Hut (sugar + restroom)

- Woodside and Windy Hill (regroup)

Non-members are welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

AV-B Ride March 8 2025: RWG, 9 & WOLH

The B Ride this week will be heading to Skyline via Redwood Gulch and the 9 and then takes in my favourite climb of WOLH.

The ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!).

Start Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3332765482908554130

~55 mi & ~5,000 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:12 AM

Ride Leader

Simon

Planned Regoups:

- Stevens Canyon Road and Mt Eden Road (water)

- Cal Firestation 21, Skyline (water)

- Page Mill and Skyline

- Skylonda (water)

- Skylonda again (water)

- Sand Hill Road and Sharon Park Drive

- ZombieRunner Coffee

Non-members are welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

AV-B Ride Mar 1 ‘25: Lobitos Lollipop

AVBers,

Welcome to March! This Saturday we will make our way to Lobitos via Kings and Tunitas.

First we will warm up as a group (yes, what a crazy idea) as we head to the first and short regroup at the corner of Portola & Alpine. Then we’ll ride through Huddart Park to go up Kings at your own pace, regrouping at the top of Skyline before we all safely descend Tunitas and head towards Lobitos. Finally a stop at Bike Hut before going back up Tunitas, down Kings, through Woodside, and back to Summit.

It’s my first time leading, so no clowning around and let’s not drop your ride leader!

Ride Leader
Ryan D aka cat charm guy. meow.

Start / End Location: Summit Bicycles, California Ave, Palo Alto

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40358923
54 miles, 5,400 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Regroups:

• short stop - Portola & Alpine

• Top of Kings

• Bike Hut

• short stop - Woodside Store Park (Tripp Rd)

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride Feb 22 ’25 - Kings — 92 — Hillsborough — Shake Shack

AVBers,

This weekend we’ll head north to avoid the worst of the car meet at Skylonda, heading up Kings and north on Skyline before exploring the hills of Hillsborough. Then we’ll roll back to Shake Shack to enjoy a well-earned complimentary milkshake. First water stop will be 35 miles in, so bring two bottles.

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

Ride Leader
Henry

Start / End Location
Start Summit Bicycles, California Ave, End at Shake Shack, Stanford Shopping Center

Route
Kings, 92, Hillsborough, Shake Shack
51 miles, 5,000 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:

• Top of Kings

• Sawyer Camp Trail entrance

• Waterdog North trailhead

• Rolling regroup on Cañada

AV-B Ride Feb 15 ’25 - Mora — Montebello — RWG

AVBers,

Hey Friends, looks like it will be dry this weekend so lets remember the warmer months with a classic Egan climb, Mora, and a classic LKHC climb, Montebello, and then finishing with a quick Redwood Gulch. We will regroup at the top of the climbs and then a couple other places for water. Specifically there is water in the parking lot after we come down Mora, At Canyon Trailhead before the start of Redwood Gulch, then in Saratoga and at McClellan Ranch on the way home.

Also, I want to reiterate some ride rules that I’ve seen ignored recently:

1. Ride on the right side of the road. When there are double yellow lines, stay to the right side of the them, when there is no line, try to stay to the right as best as possible, in case of on coming traffic. When we are on busier roads, lets try to stay 2 by 2 and be good road users.

2. NO HEADPHONES ALLOWED! It is critical that we be able to hear each other and communicate clearly. If you have headphones on, I don’t know if you can hear me and I don’t trust that I can get your attention when I need it. If you want to listen to music while you ride, go on your own ride, don’t be in a group where you can endanger other people
   

Ride Leader
Hannon

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Mora — Montebello — RWG
54 miles, 5,200 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:
- Top of Mora
- Rancho Parking Lot
- Top of Montebello
- Canyon Trailhead
- Saratoga
- McClellan

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride Feb 8 ’25 - A few "short" climbs

AVBers,

The weather looks promising for Saturday, but just in case it takes a turn for the worse, I’ve planned a route that stays this side of the hills with plenty of bail-out options. The climbs are shorter (well, except for OLH), but that just means we get to tackle more of them!

We’ll be hitting Taaffe, Alpine & Joaquin, Westridge, Old La Honda, and winding through the Emerald Hills. There are a few twists and turns along the way, so make sure to load the route beforehand.

Hope to see you there!

Ride Leader
Louise

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
A few "short" climbs
54 miles, 5,500 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:
- Bottom of Page Mill
- Top of Joaquin
- Westridge and Portola
- Sky Londa (water)
- Woodside old store
- Emerald Hills Cafe

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-V Ride Jan 23, 2025 - Coastal Classhack

The usual coastal classic, but this week we have an alternate ending place as our sponsor Shake Shack is treating us to free drink if we participate in their Shake Shack Track and Field event (I don’t really know what this entails, but I’d enjoy a post ride milkshake).

Ride Leader: Hannon

Start: Summit Bikes Palo Alto

End: !! Shake Shack @ Stanford Shopping Center !! https://maps.app.goo.gl/9gC9KX7LRjxZdg5R7

Route:

https://www.strava.com/routes/3317584045531869446

56 miles, 5100 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:

Roberts

Skylonda

La Honda

Bike Hut

Top of Tunitas

Old Store

Shake Shack

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.

AV-B Ride Jan 18 ’25 - Los Swetty Kings

AVBers,

We’ve got something for everyone in this route, starting with a couple of short climbs in Los Altos for the puncheurs, Kings Mountain for the climbers, then Skyline and Cañada for the time trialists. This week, let’s focus on maintaining a smooth 2x2 paceline on the flats - as much fun as it is to surge every bump in the road it’s easier to keep the group together with a steady pace. As usual, we’ll regroup after climbs (so feel free to go as hard as you want on those) and finish at Backyard Brew for post-ride coffee.

Hope to see you there!
Louise

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Los Swetty Kings
57 miles, 5,300 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:12 AM

Regroups:
- Black Mountain Rd & Altamont
- Bottom of Page Mill
- Woodside Old Store at Tripp
- Top of Kings
- Top of Swett
- Pulgas Water Temple

Ride Leader
Louise

Non-members are always welcome, but please complete the waiver once a year.

Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the ride rules as well.