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Portola State Park( Frank Paysen GoPro Frame ) |
results? | Right Here! |
profile | |
distance | 4.75 miles (7.65 km) |
climbing | 1758 ft (536 meters) |
grade | 7% |
where? | see below |
when? | 16 Nov 2019 |
what time | Meet at 10:00 climb starts at 10:10 Or anytime Saturday |
how? | |
how much? | Nada. |
why? | Ask not why; just do! |
coordinator | |
volunteers | sign up! |
weather | Bay area winds |
deja-vu? | 2010(3) |
route map (look here!) |
Portola state park climb Saturday! https://www.strava.com/segments/627955
It's a beaut. It'll pay to know where to push because this is anything but a steady grade. Two regulars this year, Fred E and Stephen F did it the last time it was Low Key in 2010, and maybe they'll show us how it's done.
Lets meet near the house with a bright red fire hydrant (hard to miss), a very short distance past the start. The start is pictured above at the Portola Redwoods State Park sign. I'll be there at the fire hydrant at the usual time 9:45, then we'll roll out so we start the climb at the usual 10:10am.
Weather looks good: I see a prediction of 16C (60F) for that spot at 10am, presumably warming up a bit as we climb.
--- Andy Crews
Sorry, folks! We require all riders wear helmets during the climb, and we follow the USA Cycling rule against ear buds or other head phones. Rock to tunes before the climb, perhaps, but we need riders to pay attention to what's happening during the climb...
Low-Key is all about a group of friends riding up a hill together. It's like any other informal group ride, except we time you to the top and report the results on our web site. But we have no road closures, no lead vehicle, no follow vehicle. We are traffic, sharing the roads with other traffic, following the laws and courtesy which applies to traffic. This includes riding to the right of the road when practicable, and not crossing double yellows to pass riders or to get through corners faster. We're each responsible for our own actions out there, on and off the bike, both as users of the road as as courteous visitors to the neighborhoods we pass through. "Ceci n'est pas un race".