AV-B Ride Oct. 18th: Los Gatos to Seacliff
AV-Ber’s,
This ride starts and ends at Summit Bicycles Los Gatos, NOT Summit Bicycles Palo Alto!
Now that we have that out of the way, hope y’all are psyched to do a different ride this weekend! Was getting comments the coastal classic is feeling repetitive. The temps are finally cool enough to do this ride so let’s start in Los Gatos this Saturday and ride to the beach together!
The bike shop may not be open at 9am for us to use the bathroom, but there are portos at our super quick regroup 2 miles into the ride. If you haven’t done this loop before it’s super cruiser. All the climbing is low angle and the San Jose Soquel descent is a ripper! It’s like Highway 9 but with sweeping turns instead of hairpins, and generally less traffic. Let’s keep the regroups quick today considering there are so many and then we can enjoy a photo at the beach and coffee at Pie Trap. PLEASE do not be on the front after the San Jose Soquel descent unless you know where the turns in town are.
Temps are going to be low 60’s when we start and high 70’s when we end. There is a mile of hard-packed gravel at the very beginning/end of the ride but paved otherwise. It should be a beautiful day to ride and there are some really great roads on this route! 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
Kessler
Start / End Location
Start and end at Summit Bicycles, 111 E Main Street, Los Gatos, CA
Route File
Link to Ride With GPS File
67 miles and 5,800 feet
Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM
Regroups
Mile 2 - Super Quick Regroup at Jones Trailhead Parking Lot
Mile 13 - Regroup at Summit Store (portos)
Mile 24 - Regroup after descent at Oneil Lane intersection
Mile 28.5 - Quick Stop at Seacliff Beach bathrooms
Mile 29 - Coffee Stop at Venus Pie Trap
Mile 39 - Quick Regroup at Corralitos (porto)
Mile 49 - Regroup at top of Eureka Canyon
Mile 56 - Quick regroup at Summit Store (portos)
Mile 64 - Last regroup