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Quimby, 2008( Adam Tow photo ) |
results? | Right here! |
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distance | 3.25 miles (5.2 km) |
climbing | 1673 ft (510 meters) |
grade | 10% |
where? | see below |
when? | 07-08 Nov 2020 |
what time | Anytime from Saturday 6 a.m. to Sunday 3 p.m. |
how? | |
why? | Ask not why; just do! |
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weather |
Bay area winds |
deja-vu? | 1995(10) 1997(7) 1998(5) 2008(3) 2012(2) |
Quimby - the beastly alternative start of Hamilton (well, maybe not of The Musical). You grind your way up a steady 10% grade, and just as it's starting to wear you down, you look up and see the face of the wall ahead of you with the switchbacks! Those segments average 13%, but the corners come closer to 20%. Once those are over, you think you're done? Nah, it stays steep all the way to the top!
As of this writing, all Ultra Low-Key Hillclimbs 2020 will be Self-Ride Individual Time Trials.
You may climb anytime between 6 a.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday (except for Thanksgiving Hamilton, which will be handled separately). Come to the start alone, ride alone, do not draft anyone or allow anyone to draft you. Don't gather in groups. If there is another participant at the start before you, wait 3 minutes after that person starts before you go. Good luck!Rule 1 is be safe and stay healthy!
Join the Strava Low-Key Hillclimbers Club to get your time recorded "automatically". Or message/email your time to Andy or Frank, or post it on Facebook LKHC group.
The Facebook LKHC group is also a good place to get the latest announcements and discussions.
LET'S 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".