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This ride was my first day of spring break. I decided to go visit my brother in Calpoly. I took Foothill, Fremont, Hollenbeck, Stevens Creek, and Monterey to Gilroy. Then I hopped on Hwy 25 for 60 miles through Hollister and Pinnacles to Bitterwater. This section was fun. It was peaceful, isolated, beautiful, and somewhat hilly (mostly the last half). Then Bitterwater road took me over the ridge and down to King City. From there I took frontage roads & Hwy 101 to San Luis Obispo. Traffic was never a problem -- I was either on nearly-abandoned (and rough!) farm roads, or on the wide (10-15 feet) shoulder of 101. Actually, 101 was a lot of fun, with the draft of the big trucks pulling me along in the mid-20's. The only drawback was the sections with bumpy ridges every ~15 feet (to warn sleepy drivers that they've drifted onto the shoulder?), which rattled my bike so hard that my Avocet 50 died. The climb up Cuesta grade was fine (plenty of shoulder), and the trip down into SLO was a blast. The truck speed limit is 35, which meant I could easily pull into the slow lane and coast with the trucks.
Altimeter grade
(Grade linearly interpolated from altimeter samples, and smoothed with a 0.20mi gaussian.)
Each horizontal line is 2% grade. Each vertical line is 2.0 miles.
Altimeter altitude
(Altitude linearly interpolated from altimeter samples, and smoothed with a 0.04mi gaussian.)
Each horizontal line is 100 feet. Each vertical line is 2.0 miles.
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Dist Grade Alti. Location ---- ----- ------ -------- 0.00 0% 80 start - Rains Houses, Stanford, 12:15am 1.4 0% 190 Page Mill Road (on Foothill Exprwy) 2.7 0% 120 Arastradero Road 4.10 0% 210 Edith Road 12:33am 6.12 0% 220 Magdalena 6.87 0% 260 Turning L onto Fremont 9.43 0% 200 Turning R onto Hollenbeck (AVS 16.3mph) 11.5 0% 290 Turning L onto Stevens Creek 1:02am 15.3 0% 160 passing Saratoga Road 19.89 0% 120 on Stevens Creek (San Carlos) @ Almaden Blvd 22.7 0% 150 R on Market -> 1st, passing Tully, 1:39am, POTHOLE! 25.23 0% 210 passing Skyway, AVS 17.3mph, 1:48am, better pavement 29.1 0% 260 Bernal Rd, 2:00 am 31.5 0% 280 Bait & Tackle Shop (on Monterey) 33.6 0% 320 2:15am 34.46 0% 330 3:01am, just fixed snakebite from pothole (690' sofar) 38.8 0% 390 3:15am, AVS 17.3, Shell station in Morgan Hill (3:26) 48.3 0% 250 3:53am, AVS 17.9, Shell statn, Leavesley, Gilroy (3:59) 51.10 0% 240 4:09am, AVS 17.9, Nat'l 9 Inn, (760' sofar) -MMPE- 54.29 0% 200 L on HWY 25 towards hollister 60.5 0% 260 on HWY 25 - begin construction 61.7 0% 290 end construction 64.7 0% 330 Downtown hollister, AVS 17.4 64.9 0% 350 5:13am, 7-11 stop 66.2 0% 370 5:20am, Burger King in south Hollister (5:40) 68.75 0% 520 last stopsign outside hollister 69.8 0% 570 Best road 71.6 0% 570 Entering Tres Pinos 6:05am 72.2 0% 610 leaving Tres Pinos 72.9 0% 540 bottom of hill 74.4 0% 630 cresting 75.1 0% 660 another rise top 77.0 0% 700 6:33am, Paicines minimart 6:30am-6:30pm weekdays, S/S 8:30am-6:30pm, (6:50am) 77.8 0% 770 crest 78.1 0% 740 low point 80.58 0% 780 approaching hill 81.5 0% 880 cresting 82.63 0% 830 starting another hill 82.93 0% 890 cresting 83.4 0% 840 low point 85.5 0% 1000 7:31am 86.01 0% 950 low point - bridge over San Benito River 86.41 0% 1000 87.35 0% 1020 87.90 0% 1010 begin big climb 88.09 0% 1050 7:50am (stop to take off layer of clothes) (7:56) 89.30 0% 1430 top of climb 89.85 0% 1450 begin descent 92.5 0% 1330 94.5 0% 1190 turn R on entrance to pinnacles 8:27, 2400' sofar 96.46 0% 1060 turn around, gravel wipeout, 2400' sofar, AVS 15.7 8:37 - store hours: M-F 4pm-5pm, S-S 9am-5pm 98.42 0% 1190 2540' sofar, from 142 R on 25, 9:07am "King City 25mi" 100.00 0% 1350 2710', 15.6mph, 9:15am 100.57 0% 1460 100.80 0% 1560 top of steep climb, 2910' sofar, nice pinnacles view 101.8 0% 1380 "25mi to King City" 102.2 0% 1490 104.0 0% 1500 finished going around lake 104.4 0% 1550 flattening 104.9 0% 1540 heading down 106.35 0% 1390 106.8 0% 1480 107.4 0% 1540 108.0 0% 1640 108.2 0% 1680 108.7 0% 1730 109.6 0% 1750 110.15 0% 1820 cresting 110.5 0% 1700 Coalinga Road 10:15am, cont. R on 25 112.62 0% 1460 Bitterwater. 10:23am, unmarked, houses, steep climb to right 113.7 0% 1780 was steep grind, beautiful view from here 114.0 0% 1790 going down 115.9 0% 1390 downhill -- hit 42mph coasting 118.25 0% 1060 120.1 0% 830 flattening...? 122.3 0% 470 dropping 128 0% 330 King City, turn L on Metz. 128.85 0% 330 on Metz 130.54 0% 350 stopping at snackshop on Metz (12:23am) 133.6 0% 420 on Cattlemen 136.5 0% 410 "12 mi to San Ardo" 140.45 0% 460 on Cattlemen 146.41 0% 500 1:39pm, San Ardo 148.0 0% 560 merging onto 101 153.9 0% 580 158.9 0% 600 2:26pm 162.1 0% 580 170.35 0% 710 174.1 0% 730 174.7 0% 800
177.7 0% ? Avocet 50 died. about 4900' sofar 180.34 0% 760 Paso Robles 182.25 0% 730 River Road (south of Paso Robles)
184 0% ? Dropped chain, smooshed small chainring 185.85 0% 920 187.45 0% 840 on El Pomar(?)
200.00 0% ? 5:59pm 208 0% 1520 Cuesta Pass (approximate distance) 215.76 0% 250 7:18pm, at Pat's place, Calpoly, AVS 15.4, MXS 47, 15:57:48 riding time (elevation approximate)
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