AV-B Ride July 18th: Bike Hut Classic, Popsicles, Pizza!
AV-Ber’s,
It’s going to be a fun one with rewards for your hard effort up Tunitas this weekend!
First of all, the heat will be gone by Saturday so we can all breathe a sigh of relief for that! We will take Sand Hill to Old La Honda where I will be spinning a very leisurely Zone 2 pace to save my legs for Tunitas. We will regroup at Sky Londa but keep it brief so we can enjoy longer breaks later! After descending all the way down 84 we will do a quick regroup at the San Gregorio General Store and then I will be used the 1-mile Stage Road climb up to Hwy 1 as my warm-up for the Tunitas effort! After descending Hwy 1 we will regroup AT The Bike Hut!
It is of course the final weekend of The Bike Hut Classic and if you haven’t checked out their website yet please do that! Consider donating to help them out because we ALL love The Bike Hut and 100% of donations helps out their farm, the local homeless community, and low-income families. The segment will trek up in honor of this starts at The Bike Hut and climbs all the way to Skyline. We can get a good draft going on the bottom section and once it gets steep I’m sure we’ll all go at our own paces. Waiting at Skyline for us will be Moss + Wonder again and the club has already prepaid for us all to enjoy a delicious popsicle as a reward for giving Tunitas everything we could! But that’s not all… we’ll then descend Kings Mountain Road and take Whiskey / Sand Hill back to Peers Park for PIZZA!!!
This weekend, Katie, Alto Velo member and founder of Nastro, will be sponsoring pizza for all of us to enjoy while we hang out post-ride! Nastro is a local community project born from a passion for bringing people together. Nastro helps you find others nearby to grab coffee, go for a hike, play pickleball, walk your dog, or do whatever you're in the mood for with people you already know through communities like Alto Velo! Join the Alto Velo community by clicking here!
After this disgusting heat wave I’m super excited to see everyone this weekend! I’m not feeling in the best shape to attack the Tunitas climb myself. But let’s give it what we have in the tank together, eh?! We get fancy popsicles and pizza afterwards for crying out loud! 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: Kessler
Start / End Location: Start and end at Summit Bicycles, 392 California Street, Palo Alto, CA
Route: 54 miles and 5,100 feet
Route File: Link to Strava Route File
Start Time: Meet: 9 AM, Leave: 9:10 AM
Regroups:
Mile 13.3 - Regroup at Skyline (water/bathroom)
Mile 27.7 - Quick Regroup at San Gregorio General Store
Mile 31.3 - Regroup at The Bike Hut (water/porto)
Mile 39.5 - Regroup at Skyline (Popsicles!)
Mile 54 - Ride End at Peers Park (Hang out and thank Katie for Pizza!)