B Ride

Alto Velo's B Ride peloton consists of former riders who have retired from racing, up-and-coming riders who enjoy a challenge and strong riders who enjoy camaraderie. Based on the principle of getting outdoors and seeing and doing some cool things, this ride is meant to be challenging but doable. Mostly a no-drop ride, we average 50 miles per ride.

Start: Saturdays 9:00am from Summit Bicycles at 392 California Ave in Palo Alto, rolling at 9:10am. New riders welcome!

Pace: Moderate and sometimes fast. If you're at the front early on, know the route and please look back to see that the group is together (three souls gasping for air is not considered a group). Paceline when possible, wait at the top of longer climbs

Regroups: We regroup at the top and bottom of hills and recover after every climb

Example route: https://www.strava.com/routes/4519225

The B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules and all participants must sign an annual waiver.

See below for details of the upcoming ride as well as past rides.

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AV-B Ride Sep 6th: Coastal Classic with Bicycle Law

Hi AV B,

The heat wave is gone! Let’s enjoy the remainder of summer with Coastal Classic. This ride is sponsored by Bicycle Law and for those who would like to join in on the post-ride fun and catch up with all our C ride friends, we will end at Manresa on Embarcadero.

We will aim for shorter regroups, especially at Portola/Alpine, after the 84 descent at La Honda, and after the Kings descent at Tripp road. Feel free to climb at your own pace up OLH and Tunitas. HOWEVER, to whoever ends up at the front on 84 — please don’t go 1000w and drop the poor souls who didn’t realize it was hammer time. I’ve been victim; it sucks! Let’s make sure the whole group is happily together before we take the Simon train :)

On our last regroup at Tripp rd, you are free to take the normal way home back to Summit or come along to Manresa (route: Sand Hill -> Arboretum -> Embarcadero) to socialize. From Manresa, there is a bike path along the Caltrain station that takes you back to Summit.

Hope to see you out there!

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3357596832553336352 which ends at Summit, or end at Manresa
55 miles, 5000ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:05 AM

Regroups:
- Portola/Alpine (quick)
- Skylonda (water)
- La Honda (quick)
- Bike Hut
- Top of Tunitas
- Woodside Store Park @ Tripp Rd (quick)

Ride Leader
Hannah C

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.

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AV-B Ride Aug 30th: Page Mill downhill

AV-Bers,

In the continuing theme of Page Mill, this week we’ll be taking it downhill. To get there, we’ll climb Black Rd and cruise along Skyline.

The last time I took the B ride up Black Rd was a couple of years ago and it left a few folks cooked, but hopefully everyone has recovered by now and is ready to give it another go.

And to sweeten the deal, we’ll finish at Shake Shack for our monthly free shakes. 🍦🚴

Hope to see you there!

– Louise


Ride Leader
Louise

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

Route
Black Rd to Page Mill
63 miles, 6,200 feet

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

Regroups
- Blaney Plaza, Saratoga (water)
- Alma Bridge Rd
- Lexington Elementary School (water)
- Castle Rock (water)
- bottom of Page Mill
- 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.

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AV-B Ride Aug 23rd: Page Mill, Skyline, Cañada, Crestview

AV-Ber’s,

It was stupid hot this week, right? Well, Saturday it’s going to be “sunny with a high of 75”!! So let’s ride, y’all!!

This weekend we will be doing Page Mill in “one part”! I would like to go for a PR myself so we will take Alpine to Golden Oak and warm the legs up there. Then we will take Arastradero over to Page Mill. Anyone else who would like to give Page Mill the beans is welcome to push up with me, but I encourage everyone to climb at whatever pace they like and we will regroup at Skyline before continuing!

We will ride north on Skyline and stop at Sky Londa for water before heading down 84 and towards Woodside. Cañada takes us to Edgewood, which takes us to Crestview. I’ve never gone up Crestview and I figured the best time to suffer up this short but steep beast is when I can recruit a bunch of friends to suffer up it with me! We can do it. It’s only a mile.

After regrouping at the top we get to enjoy rolling across the ridge and then take the Ralston Bike trail down and over 280 (yes there’s a bike trail OVER 280!). Then we take Cañada all the way back. Looking forward to seeing everyone and hopefully getting a few people to give Page Mill a push! Just trying to get us all in shape for Ultra Low Key Hill Climbs 2026…

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 end at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route
Link to Ride With GPS Route File
58 miles, 5,800 feet

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

Regroups

  • Mile 8 - Quick regroup at top of Golden Oak

  • Mile 20 - Regroup at Skyline/Russian Ridge bathrooms

  • Mile 27 - Water stop at Sky Londa

  • Mile 39 - Regroup at Top of the World bench

  • Mile 46 - Water/portos stop at Pulgas Water Temple

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AV-B Ride Aug 16th: Page Mill in two parts

AV-Bers,

This weekend’s ride will be a Page Mill double feature: Act I takes us from the bottom of Page Mill to Altamont, followed by a scenic Los Altos interlude. Act II heads up Moody and the upper half of Page Mill to Skyline. We’ll then finish by descending the 9 to Saratoga and Foothill back.

Hope to see you there!

– Louise


Ride Leader
Louise

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

Route
Page Mill in two parts
56 miles, 5,300 feet

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

Regroups
- Altamont
- Top of Page Mill
- Skyline fire station
- Saratoga

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.

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AV-B Ride Aug 9th: Kings and West Alpine

AV-Bers,

Alas, we’ve been unable to find a leader for this weekend. I’ve created a route going up Kings, down 84, and up West Alpine, but since I’ll be away, you’ll need to organize yourselves.

If you’re interested in leading rides in the future (or even this one!), please reach out so we can avoid this tragedy in the future.

– 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.


Ride Leader
This could be you!

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

Route
Kings and West Alpine
52 miles, 5,200 feet

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

Regroups
- Portola & Alpine
- Top of Kings
- Sky Londa
- La Honda
- Top of West Alpine
- Bottom of Page Mill

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AV-B Ride Aug 2nd: OLH, Pescadero Counterclockwise, WOLH

AV-Ber’s,

Kessler here again! Last week was super fun so thank you to everyone who came out for OLH, Cañada, and the Hillsborough hills before Shake Shack!

This week I felt like staying in the neighborhood again as the weather in our area should be great. But I felt like finding ourselves on a road/direction we haven’t done in awhile. So this Saturday we will climb OLH, descend 84 all the way to Stage Road, and then take Stage south for a nice coffee/pastry stop in Pescadero. I think it’s been awhile since we’ve ridden Stage going south (and the wind should be in our favor to do this as well). To get home we will climb Haskins, then 84, and split off at the top to finish with West Old La Honda. Let’s plan for 3 full stops on the ride and 3 quick regroups.

The ride may look a little mega numbers-wise compared to usual but most of you will know none of the climbs on this route are super long or super steep. Looking forward to seeing everyone again, keeping the group together, and enjoying some coffee on Saturday!

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 end at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

Route
Link to Ride With GPS Route File
69 miles, 6,700 feet

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

Regroups

  • Mile 13 - Sky Londa stop (water)

  • Mile 20 - La Honda General Store regroup

  • Mile 28 - San Gregorio General Store regroup

  • Mile 35 - Pescadero stop (bathrooms)

  • Mile 47 - Alpine Road regroup

  • Mile 56 - Sky Londa stop (water)

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AV-B Ride July 26th: OLH, Cañada, Hillsborough, Shake Shack!

AV-Ber’s,

Kessler here and you know what that means! Shake Shack weekend! (Ssshhh.… I promise it’s a total coincidence that 4 of the 5 B-Rides I’ve led have been on Shake Shack weekend.)

This Saturday we will head down Old Page Mill and up Arastradero. We’ll then head up Minoca Rd to get us warmed up for OLH (and help us crack that 5,000 foot number later). I’ll probably aim for a 20 minute OLH myself if anyone wants to pace with me, and we’ll all meet up at Sky Londa as usual after. We’ll do a rolling regroup after descending 84 and then ride Cañada and Skyline up to Crystal Springs Reservoir. After a bathroom stop we’ll make our way into town and then ride Polhemus to Crestview to get back down. Super underrated canyon/ridge riding just because they’re in town!

Should be fantastic cool/nice riding weather all day. Please do not ride off the front if you don’t know where the route is going or are not comfortable making signals to the group about what’s ahead. There are some less common turns we’re making going from Minoca to OLH, and at the end of the ride off Alameda De Las Pulgas. I hope everyone can hang out at Shake Shack afterwards and enjoy a free milkshake!

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 at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Ave, Palo Alto

End at Shake Shack Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Route
Link to Ride with GPS Route File
53 miles, 5,100 feet

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

Regroups

  • Quick regroup at top of Minoca - Mile 7

  • Water stop at Sky Londa - Mile 15

  • Rolling regroup after descending Hwy 84 - Mile 19…

  • Bathroom stop at Sawyer Camp Trailhead - Mile 32

  • Water stop at Waterdog Trailhead - Mile 39

  • Finish at Shake Shack - Mile 53

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AVB 7/19 - Coastal Classic to 84

Hi AVB,

This week we’ll be doing the Coastal Classic with a small twist to allow everyone to have one last shot at the Bike Hut Classic! This ride includes free popsicles and free pizza (to all AV members), so what else could you want on your Saturday??

We will start on the normal Coastal Classic route with a quick regroup at Portola to make sure we are all together. Then it’s up OLH to a full regroup at Skylonda. Have your fun with your friends safely descending 84 until Apple Jacks for a very brief regroup prior to the flatter section of 84. We will then head to the Bike Hut where you can drop your bottles with a friend and give your best attempt at the Bike Hut Classic segment.

I think you should go for it on the segment because it would be pretty cool to have your name on the plaque inside the Bike Hut for all the cyclists of the bay area to admire. I, however, will be slowly climbing Tunitas because the women in the 30-39 age group in this area out of my league. If you need a friend to pace you, find me and I will happily help seek out your domesitque! Expect popsicles on the top of Tunitas from Moss and Wander, complimentary to all AV members.

After you have emptied yourself on Tunitas, we will turn right on skyline and head back to Skylonda for a final full regroup. We will then descend east 84 and head to Peer’s Park for pizza, complimentary to all AV members. This route should hopefully allow both the B and C ride to finish around a similar time.

Hope to see you out there!

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Peer’s Park (basically Summit Bicycles)

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3380990977919123040
58.73 miles, 5458ft

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

Regroups:
- Portola (quick)
- Skylonda
- The Bike Hut
- Top of Tunitas
- Skylonda

Ride Leader
Katie Monaghan

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.

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AV-B Ride 07/05: Pescadero & Bike Hut Classic

Hi AVB,

This week we’ll be doing some recon for the Pescadero Road Race (don’t forget to sign up to race or volunteer!) followed by an attempt at the Bike Hut Classic.

We’ll head up OLH and regroup at Skylonda, then will enjoy descending 84 where Bay Moto Photo will be capturing some pictures of us looking fast. We’ll regroup at the bottom of Haskins before recon-ing the climb and descent that are a big feature of next week’s road race. After a regroup and quick food stop in Pescadero, we’ll ride a bit more of the race course (the first two hills on Stage Rd) before heading to the Bike Hut.

After regrouping and recombobulating, we’ll give the Bike Hut Classic segment a go. I’ll be the team domestique and will bring a small bag to carry extra water bottles and saddle bags for riders who really want to give it the beans, and can also help lead out the bottom section. I expect to see lots of PRs this year!

I’m in relax mode after Tour of America’s Dairyland so will be keeping it chill and conversational on the climbs. Regroups will be announced and very obvious so everyone can climb at their own pace and save their strength for the bike hut segment.

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3375985049198459728
67
miles, 6500ft

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

Regroups:
- Skylonda
- Bottom of Haskins
- Pescadero (short food stop)
- The Bike Hut
- Tripp store at base of Kings

Ride Leader
Robin Betz

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.

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AV-B Ride 06/28: Kings, Lobitos Loop, Bike Hut, Skyline, Cañada Rd

Hello AVBers,

The menu’ for this Saturday includes a wonderful Lobitos loop with ocean views, followed by a stop at the Bike Hut, to then climb Tunitas rd.
After the climbing, we’ll quickly roll through Skyline towards 92 and then we’ll come back via Cañada Rd.

I’ll keep a consistent pace, not fast.
Everyone is welcome to go hard on the climbs, but you’ll have to wait at the top.

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3373719023172080560

59 miles, 6,000+ feet

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

Regroups:
- Top of Kings
- Beginning of Lobitos Creek Rd
- Bike Hut (Water, Food, Rest)
- Top of Tunitas
- Water Temple (Water)
- End

Ride Leader
Marco

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.

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AV-B Ride June 21st, 2025: Long Way to Saratoga Repeat

Hello AVBers,

This Saturday, we are heading to Saratoga for a cup of coffee at Big Basin Cafe. We will ascend Old La Honda and go to the store across from Alice’s on Skyline for the first stop. We will descend 84 and turn onto Pescadero Rd and ascend up West Alpine. Once on Skyline again, we will head south to Highway 9. After descending 9, we will stop in Saratoga for coffee and travel back the flat roads to Foothill Expressway.

Hope to see you there!

Chris

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Long Way to Saratoga
60 miles, 5,500 feet

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

Regroups:
-Store at Skyline and 84
- Pescadero and 84
- Top of West Alpine
- Highway 9 and Skyline
- Big Basin Cafe

Ride Leader
Chris Davis

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.

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AV-B Ride June 14th, 2025: Los Swetty Kings

Hello AVBers,

This Saturday, we are heading into the Los Altos Hills, then over to Woodside, up Kings Mountain, up Swett Road, and onto Skyline to Cañada. As usual, we’ll regroup after climbs (so feel free to go as hard as you want on those) and finish at ZombieRunner for post-ride coffee. I’m looking forward to enjoying the fantastic weather, beautiful scenery, and great company!

Hope to see you there!

Joe

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
Joe

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.

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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)

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*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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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