A Ride

 

The A rides are led by the Alto Velo Racing Team and feature a hard, consistent pace for 3-5 hours of riding. The Sunday A Ride is the most challenging ride offered by Alto Velo. The Saturday A Ride offers a pace between the Saturday B Ride and the Sunday A Ride and is focused on endurance. Most routes will include shorter options in case you want to join for the first part but have afternoon commitments or don't (yet!) have the fitness to hang in for the whole ride. These rides do not stop often, so two full bottles and plenty of snacks are highly recommended.

Start Point: Summit Bicycles at 392 California Ave in Palo Alto

Start Time:

  • Saturday A Ride: Meet at 9 a.m. Roll at 9:10 a.m.

  • Sunday A Ride:

    • October - May: Meet at 9 a.m. Roll at 9:10 a.m.

    • June - September: Meet at 8 a.m. Roll at 8:10 a.m.

Pace: Fast. Expect to climb Old La Honda in 21 minutes or less.

Regroups: Rarely. Highly recommended that you know the route and/or download to your head unit.

Example route: https://www.strava.com/routes/10975526

The A Rides are subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules and all participants must sign an annual waiver.

See below for details of the upcoming rides as well as past rides.

Alto Velo Alto Velo

Sunday A-Ride – 12/29/24 – Pescadero In-N-Out

For this week’s edition of the Sunday A-Ride, we’ll do an out ‘n back route to Pescadero. While we’re there we will have the opportunity to take in views and maintain power during the 84 descent, before filling up in town and going back up and over the mountains. Please dress appropriately as there is a good chance it will be a bit wet, and pack in the nutrition you will need for the duration of the ride. I would like to keep stops to a minimum, so I would also like to emphasize this ride is an excellent opportunity to practice eating/drinking as needed within the group.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3307566523616898294

Summary: 76.96 mi / 6,556 feet: Summit Bicycles > Alpine > Portola > Old La Honda > 84> Pescadero Rd > Pescadero Creek Rd > Summit Bicycles > Pescadero Downtown (Water) > Pescadero Creek Rd > Pescadero Rd > 84 > W Old La Honda > 84 (Other side) > Woodside Rd > Mountain Home > Portola > Alpine > Arastadero > Page Mill > Old Page Mill > Summit Bicyles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Clark Penado

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Alto Velo A Ride- Sunday 12.22.2024- Big Basin-Zayante

This Sunday A ride is heading to Santa Cruz Mountains for a tour of Big Basin and Zayante. The pace will be endurance, you are welcome to go hard on Pagemill and Zayante but expected to stay together as a group everywhere else. While we regroup at top of 2 main climbs and after long descents, we want to keep moving to be bale to finish before dark. We will only have a 20 min food/water stop in Felton at Mile 50, so please bring enough food/ water. A bit ambitious for a short December day but I am optimistic about our chances.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3305426245654545002

Summary: 93 miles / 9,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > Stanford> Page > 35 > 9 > 236 > 9 > Felton > Zayante > Skyline > 9 > RWG > Foothill > Summit

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 a.m., Leave 9:10 a.m.

Ride etiquettehttps://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Ride Leader: Hoss Hayati

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Sunday A-Ride – 12/15/24 – Pacifica

This weekend, we’ll head out to Pacifica to get in some base miles at the coast. We’ll have a quick refueling stop in Half Moon Bay at around mile 45, but otherwise stops will be minimal, so please make sure to bring plenty of food and water. The weather looks like it should be clear but chilly, so bring layers.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3033559963152873388

Summary: 81 miles / 5,700 feet: Summit Bicycles > Cañada > Skyline > Sharp Park > Devil’s Slide > 1 > 84 > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: George Wehner

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A Ride 12/8/2024 - Uvas Biggie

Pack your pockets to the brim as we embark on the Uvas Loop this Sunday! This is a fun, fast route as we manage to stay away from any big climbs. We’ll be heading south on Foothill to Homestead, take the Mary bike bridge (avoiding Stevens Canyon, Mt Eden, etc), down to Hwy 9 through Los Gatos, up and over Shannon, Almaden, McKean, and Uvas. We come back the same way. It looks long (and yes it is), but we can easily knock this thing out in less than 5 hours. It could be a good opportunity to practice some pace lining and aero positioning. We will have a couple stops, but the objective of this ride is to keep it movin’! So please bring your bars and your malto as we brace for a speedy hundy.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3299232694447419426

Summary: Uvas Loop - 94 miles, 4500ft elevation gain

Start: Summit Cycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Brad

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AVA Endurance 12/7/24 - Peninsula Hits: Page Mill, Kings, Tunitas

We’re going to earn our stripes this weekend on an 8500ft soirée. We’ll have an opportunity to grab some grub after if people so desire.

This week’s A Endurance Ride will be a Chilly Triple Dipper in Peninsula hills. We’ll start out with an appe-teaser climb up Page Mill to then rocket down the backside of 84. The loop will ascend Kings, roll down West 84, climb Tunitas, descend Skyline, and roll back on Cañada.  It’ll pack a whallup.

We’ll have a refuel at mile 34.5 at the intersection of Skyline and 84, and a second stop at mile 52.4 at the classic Bike Hut.  

Take advantage of this great weekend ride to beat the brunt of winter as one of the shortest days of the year approaches. Nice cool temperatures will be out and about, so bring some layers.  Ride up the hills as fast as you’d like, but we will be regrouping at the top of each climb.

We will meet at Summit Bicycles in Palo Alto at 9:00am, roll at 9:10am.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3298942252972267208

Summary: 86 miles / 8,500 feet: Summit > Page Mill > 84 > Kings > junction stop > W84 > Bike Hut stop > Tunitas > Skyline > Cañada

Start: Summit Cycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Rachel

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Sunday A Ride 12/1- Skyline

As the Saturday ride is journeying eastward to Hamilton (which everyone should ride this weekend!) we’ll plan to stick a bit closer to home on Sunday and enjoy this classic route. The pace for the day will be steady and relatively tranquilo with regroups (as usual) on the top of climbs. I’ll personally be keeping it endurance pace the whole time though anyone who wants to hammer Rte 9 is welcome to do so.

Reminder: The A-ride meets at Summit Bicycles on California Ave in Palo Alto at 9 am Sunday

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/22576180

Summary: 48 miles / 4,800 feet: Summit Bicycles > 9 > 35 > 84 > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Erik Levinsohn

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Saturday A-Ride 11/30 - Mt. Hamilton, Mines Rd, Calaveras (ALTERNATE START LOCATION)

For this week’s A Endurance ride, we are taking a trip to Mt. Hamilton for this year’s final LKHC challenge! PLEASE NOTE: We will be starting this ride from Berryessa Community Center, NOT Summit!! There should be plenty of parking at Berryessa Community Center, and this also gives us a nice 5 mile warmup before we full send it up Mt. Hamilton. Bring some layers as it’ll be quite chilly at the top as people regroup. Then we’ll descend the backside down to Mines Rd with a quick stop at The Junction. After a few smaller climbs we’ll be rewarded with a ripping descent through the canyon down into Livermore and then paceline it all the way to Calaveras, where risk of bonking is extremely high. If somehow you are not completely dead by then, you are welcome to tack on Felter/Sierra at the very end.

Be sure to bring enough food and water just in case The Junction isn’t open because there’s literally nothing else for like 50km, and please descend the backside of Mt. Hamilton safely as it is much steeper than the way up and is quite bumpy in some places. You do not want to crash down there because there’s zero cell service for many miles in either direction.

See you there!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3290738169826366936

Summary: 103 miles / 8,600 feet: Berryessa Community Center > Mt. Hamilton > The Junction > Mines Rd > Livermore/Pleasanton/Foothill > Sunol > Calaveras

Start: Berryessa Community Center (https://maps.app.goo.gl/UjuEwGHpqzL4XVDT8)

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Richard Red

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Sunday A-Ride 11/24/2024 – OLH & Lobitos/Tunitas

This Sunday, we’ll do a classic loop with the goal of finishing before the afternoon rain rolls in. The route is shorter to stay ahead of the weather, and if conditions turn bad, we can skip Lobitos or head straight home after climbing Tunitas. I’ll probably stick to an endurance pace on the climbs, but we’ll regroup at the top of OLH and Tunitas if you want to go a bit harder. We should be fine with a single water stop at the Bike Hut before Lobitos and Tunitas, so please bring plenty of food and two large bottles.

As of now, the rain isn’t expected until late afternoon, so I hope to see you out there!

Reminder: The A-ride meets at Summit Bicycles on California Ave in Palo Alto at 9 am Sunday

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3295091957105689612

Summary: 60 miles / 6,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > OLH > Skyline > 84 to San Gregorio > Stage > Hwy 1 > Tunitas to Bike Hut > Lobitos Creek > Tunitas > Kings > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Henry Mallon

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AV A Endurance - 11/23/24-Pigeon Lighthouse

Hi all,

While Saturday seems our best chance for a long ride this weekend, I would still monitor the forecast and may revise the route before Saturday or improvise on ride.

This Saturday we’ll do more base miles in Z2 heading for a long coastal loop with a coffee stop in Pescadero. I expect the road conditions will be messy so be extra careful in pace line . I personally may avoid pace lining if there is too much road wash.

Cheers,

Hoss

Summary: Summit, Stanford, Old Pgae, Arasteredo, Alpine, PV, OLH, skyline, 84, Pescadero, creek road, Clover dale, Hwy 1, bean hollow, Pescadero, Stages, Lobitas, Tunitas, Kings, Woodside, Whisky hill, Sandhill, Foothill

86 miles, 8200 ft

Regroups at the top of OLH, Haskins, Tunitas

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Hoss

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AV A Endurance - 11/16/24 - Pacifica

Hi All,

I have good news for the big-boned cyclists among us, myself included — LKHC for this week is in the East Bay and plenty far away for me to not feel guilty avoiding it.

Instead, this Saturday we’ll be doing some proper base miles and sticking to mellower terrain. We’ll take Cañada and Skyline north, head out to the coast to Pacifica, south along Hwy 1 (hopefully with a ripping tailwind if the weather gods view our paceline worthy), and back inland on Hwy 84. We’ll stop for water at Devil’s slide, and have a longer coffee/snack break at the San Gregario general store.

I’ll be riding zone 2 up the climbs, but people are welcome to smash the larger hills and regroup at the top. The weather looks fantastic and I’m looking forward to a nice day on the coast.

Cheers,
David

Summary: Cañada, Skyline, Sharp Park Road, Hwy 1, Hwy 84

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3292356704816921162

82 miles, 5800 ft

Regroups at the top of that one hill on Skyline, Devil’s Slide (water), San Gregario (coffee), and the top of 84.

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: David

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Sunday A-Ride - Nov 10, 2024 - Black Rd + Skyline + 84

Howdy folks,

This Sunday’s A-Ride will be heading South towards Lexington Reservoir to tackle one of my favorite climbs in the South Bay: Black Road. From there we’ll head back North on Skyline and cruise down West Alpine (people can “bail” on Page Mill to make the route shorter). We’ll then climb west 84, descend east 84 and head back to Summit, or home. Expect a water stop at Castle Rock park.

We’ll aim to stay together with steady pace. Feel free to stretch your legs on the climbs, as long as we re-group on top.

Should be a nice day to play bikes. Hope to see you there!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3289853359648235224

Summary: 75 miles / 7500 feet: Summit Bicycles > Foothill > Eden > Los Gatos Trail > Black Rd > Skyline > West Alpine > 84 > Sandhill > Summit

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 a.m., Leave 9:10 a.m. sharp.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Ride Leader: Flo Costa

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11/09/2024 A-Endurance LKHC Bear Gulch-HMB

Hi all,

Another week, another LKHC segment to bash your head against in effort to be dropped by Matin by a little bit less. This weeks is Bear Gulch which we will get to via OLH, and then weather providing, we can cruise down Tunitas and Lobitos to Halfmoon Bay before coming back over Tunitas and Kings to go home. Its the day before my birthday so, to celebrate, I’m going to end my ride at Alpine Inn. You all are welcome to join.

Last few weeks, the A-endurance has seemed pretty sensible pacing, lets try to keep that up. If you drop me on my birthday you have to by me a beer (LKHC segment excluded)

-Hannon

Summary: OLH, Bear Gulch, Lobitos-Higgins, Tunitas, Alpine Inn.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3286234339598785974

75 miles, 8100 ft

Regroups at Skylonda (water) , HMB (water), Bikehut (water), Top of Kings, Alpine Inn (beer)

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Hannon

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11/3 A Ride: Big Basin

Seems like we haven’t had a Sunday A ride in a minute, lets change that! We’ll do big basin, the Cafe is closed but there’s a water stop just after so should be fine. Looks like no clouds, so should be a beautiful day!

It is early season for most of us, so please, if you want to hammer you can hammer on the long climbs where we regroup at the top, but everywhere else we need to take it steady. I’ll personally be targeting around 4 w/kg or so on the climbs, feel free to go steady with me!

Water stops at mile 36 at Little Basin Rd, and at mile 60 at Castle Rock. I added them as waypoints on the strava file so they should pop up on your device if you download the route!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3287530431844907648

Summary: 81 miles / 8200 ft, Summit > Foothill > 9 > Big Basin Way > Bear Creek > Skyline > Page Mill

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Nathan Martin

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AV A Endurance - Saturday 11/01 - LKHC Kings

This week’s A endurance ride will take us to this week’s Low Key Hill Climbs segment: Kings’ Mountain Road.

We’ll roll from Summit and around the loop for a warm-up, stopping for a regroup and water at Tripp before the effort. Since Kings’ is my favorite training road and I want to keep our friendly relationship, I will bring a small bag to carry others’ water bottles and fix a flat kits up the hill for them in lieu of a full effort.

After regrouping at the top, we’ll roll along Skyline, and down 84.

If the group is interested, I’ve mapped out a coffee stop at Loma Mar store, followed by road bikeable dirt on Old Haul Road to Pescadero State Park and West Alpine. I promise this is actually road bikeable, not just “Robin road bikeable,” as Matin has done it on 25s in the downhill direction. If there isn’t sufficient interest, we’ll just go down 84 and climb West Alpine.

Summary: Summit Bicycles -> Old Page Mill -> Loop -> 84 -> Tripp -> Kings -> Skyline -> 84 [ -> Loma Mar coffee stop -> Old Haul Road -> Pescadero State Park Road ] -> West Alpine -> Page

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3287148843399939734

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Robin Betz

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AV A Endurance - Saturday 10/26 - Reverse Pescadero

I haven’t been to Pescadero since the road race, so now that I think I’ve finally recovered from that trauma it feels like a great time to visit again. We'll start by climbing Old La Honda, paceline down Highway 84, and then cruise along Stage Road to Pescadero for an artichoke bread and water stop. We'll then head up Alpine via Haskins and descend Page Mill, finishing at Backyard Brew for coffee. We’ll regroup at the top of each climb, so feel free to ride at your own pace. For reference, I’ll be doing a 22-25 minute OLH.

Hope to see you there!
- Louise

Summary: 66 mi, 6,350 ft
Summit Bicycles -> ▲OLH -> ▼84 -> Stage Rd -> Pescadero -> ▲W.Alpine -> ▼Page Mill

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3284627607567083760

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride Leader: Louise

Regroups:
- top of OLH
- La Honda
- Pescadero (water)
- top of Haskins
- W Alpine & Skyline
- Backyard Brew (coffee)

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Non-Members:
Alto Velo welcomes non-members to join us on our rides. However, non-members must have a Waiver on file with the club. Filling out the waiver is required one time per year.

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AV A Endurance - Saturday 10/19 - LKHC Alba

This week’s A endurance ride will take us to this week’s Low Key Hill Climbs segment: Alba via a route that only climbs the decent parts of highway 9.

We’ll roll from Summit up Page Mill and get a nice long warm-up before the main effort with a 50-55 min pace. We’ll climb a bit more on Skyline before heading down 9 to Boulder Creek for a very brief coffee stop to caffeinate and use the restroom before the real fun begins.

After climbing the 3.8 mi at 10+% of Alba at everyone’s max effort pace, we’ll have a generous regroup at the top, roll mainly downhill on Empire grade and enjoy descending the new pavement of Jamison Creek, getting water at the bottom. We’ll return to Skyline via Big Basin and Highway 9.

Summary: Summit Bicycles -> Page Mill -> Skyline -> 9 -> COFFEE (in Boulder Creek) -> 9 -> Alba -> Empire Grade -> Jamison -> 236 -> 9 -> Skyline -> 84

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3281741126648348000

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Robin Betz

Ride Leader’s special notes:

Pace-wise, I want to get a good time on Alba so I will be enforcing a friendly pace on Page and Skyline, and will probably be tired after the effort so will be friendly through Big Basin as well. By “friendly,” I mean a 50-55 min Page mill with a regroup at the top, and about 2.5 - 3 w/kg on other climbs. If you want to hammer Alba and all the other climbs too, Sunday A-ride is there for your enjoyment.

Fun fact, Alba is the only hill I’ve ever thrown up at the top of and I wasn’t even fast that day. Hopefully I will not be repeating that experience.

After Alba, it’s downhill on Empire grade and Jamison, and there’s water at the bottom of Jamison, so bringing just the water you need for the climb should be adequate. I’ll be bringing 2 bottles and having one full for the climb.

If you’re a B rider interested in A ride, this would be a good one to attend! Women are especially welcome!!! You don’t have to go hard on Alba and if you carry someone else’s fix a flat kit for them, no one will mind waiting at the top (we’ll all be busy throwing up recovering anyway). Bribes are definitely available - if you carry my fix-a-flat kit during my effort I will buy you a coffee.

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AV-A ride: LKHC Motebello

This week's ride will feature the LKHC segment of the week: Montebello. Whether you already went for it and want to give it another try, or if you were waiting for the right opportunity, come and join us!

We will roll from Summit bicycle along foothill, short regroup before the climb to stash things away and send it up the hill. After a regroup at the top we’ll roll down and climb redwood gulch to HWY9, continue along skyline to Pagemill, down Pagemill back to Summit. Short and sweet.

Strava is down, so no route. But please shoot me an email if you have any questions (shai.traister@gmail.com). It’s expected to be warm, esp with the late start, so please bring enough water.

Summary: Summit Bicycles > Foothill > Montebello up > Montebello down > Redwood Gulch > Hwy 9 > Skyline north > Page down > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Shai Traister

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10/5 - Recruiting Ride #4 - OLH & Tunitas

Are you interested in racing with the Alto Velo Racing Team in 2025? If so, please join us this Saturday 10/5 at 9am at Summit Bicycles for our last recruiting ride of the season! This is your best opportunity to get to know the team and show off your strengths on the road. If you are interested in racing and haven’t already applied to AVRT you can do so here.

For this week, we’ll do a classic - up OLH, out 84 to San Gregorio then back up Tunitas Creek. This gives us two climbs to put down good times, plus paceline practice out 84. We will do short regroups at the top of the two climbs and a water stop at the bike hut.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3276304001409924262

Summary: 55 miles / 5,100 feet

Summit Bicycles > Page Mill > Arastradero > Alpine / Portola > OLH (short regroup at top) > Skyline > 84 to San Gregorio > Stage > Hwy 1 > Tunitas to Bike Hut for a water stop > Tunitas climb (short regroup at top) > Kings > 84 > Whiskey Hill > Sand Hill > Foothill > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM. Note the A ride will start at 9am for the rest of the year.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Greg McCullough

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9/29 A Ride: Recruiting Ride #3

Are you interested in racing with Alto Velo Racing Team in 2025? If so, please join us this Sunday 9/29 at 9am at Summit Bicycles for our third recruiting ride of the season! After this there is only one more opportunity to join a recruiting ride on Saturday 10/5. These rides are your best opportunities to get to know the team and show off your strengths on the road, so the more you can attend the better! If you are interested in racing and haven’t already applied to AVRT you can do so here.

This week's ride will feature a selection of segments for you to show off your fitness and skills. A long climb up Page Mill Road, a technical descent down West Alpine Road (please ride responsibly), pacelines on 84, and sprints at Willowbrook/Alpine and the Dish.

Please review the route before the ride. If you plan on climbing Page in >40 minutes then please turn RIGHT onto Arastradero Rd at about 3.4mi for a shorter “warm up” loop before the climb. We will have a short regroup at the base of West Alpine and then a longer regroup/water stop at SkyLonda. After descending 84 we will do a rolling regroup and maintain a social pace through the Maze, then kick off some friendly competition on Whiskey Hill racing for the Willowbrook/Alpine sprint (Tuesday TMR finish). If you get dropped during this you can skip Willowbrook and meet the group at Alpine and Portola. We'll do a quick regroup then race for the Dish sprint to finish the ride.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3273513018082995924

Summary: 54 miles / 5,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > Foothill > Burke > Robleda > Purissima > Arastradero > Page (short regroup at top) > West Alpine (short regroup at bottom) > 84 (stop at SkyLonda for water) > 84 > Tripp > Maze > Whiskey > Portola > Willowbrook > Alpine (sprint for the top) > Alpine > Foothill (sprint for Dish) > Summit Bicycles

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9:00 AM, Leave 9:10 AM. Note the A ride will start at 9am for the rest of the year.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules 

Ride Leader: Cameron O’Reilly

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AV A Endurance- Saturday Sep 21- Best of SC Mountains

This Saturday the A Endurance ride is headed to Santa Cruz mountains for some challenging and hopefully fun climbs including Jamison Creek and Zayante.

Pace:

You have the opportunity to do your workouts at whatever pace that suits you on Pagemill, Jamison Creek and Zayante. But we are expected to stay together for the rest of the ride including big basin mini climbs. We will regroup at the top of the climbs and after long descents. We aim to maintain an average speed of 16-17 mile/hour for this ride. We will have 3 quick stops including : fire station at base of Jamison (mile 40) , Felton (mile 55) and Castle rock (mile 74), each stop limited to 15 min. Bring enough food as there is only food available in Felton at mile 55.

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3271983049268661164

Summary: 96 miles / 10,700 feet: Summit Bicycles > Page >35 > Hwy 9 > 236 > Jamison > Felton> Zayante> Skyline > 9 > RWG > Foothill > Summit

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 a.m., Leave 9:10 a.m.

Ride etiquettehttps://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Ride Leader: Hoss Hayati

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