Saturday A-Ride 2/22 - Kings, Pescadero, West Alpine, Shake Shack

Hello team, there is a huge cars and coffee meet happening at Sky Londa this Saturday (see @9burgring instagram account) so we will do our best to avoid riding on 84 and Skyline. We’re going to do a sort of repeat of a route I used last month and go up Kings, down Tunitas, to Stage Rd all the way to Pescadero where we’ll grab a quick snack (~20 mins) before climbing Pescadero Creek (the back side of Haskins) back up to West Alpine. This Saturday is our second Shake Shack™ ride so we will head straight there after descending Page Mill for FREE MILKSHAKES!!!

Pace: 3 w/kg on the climbs PLEASE - there has been discontent with this ride’s pace lately so I am going to enforce a true endurance pace this week. Plus it is still winter and half of us have been sick recently… I mean, If you think about it, a strict endurance pace around fatmax is ideal, actually, because after 4-5 hours of burning fat imagine how much better you’ll feel about eating our state mandated Shake Shack™, both physically and mentally! Also, if you think even harder, if you go too far beyond tempo pace, that puts more cortisol in your bloodstream which makes it harder to burn fat, which means you wouldn’t enjoy your Shake Shack as much, so if you show up and start blasting 5+ w/kg that’s basically saying you dislike Shake Shack™, and we’re not allowed to badmouth our sponsors, so actually it’s just straight up illegal to not ride at my pace.

We will of course regroup at the top of each climb as usual. There may still be debris present from the recent rain so as usual, take care when descending Tunitas and Page Mill, but otherwise the weather looks like it should be absolutely wonderful so I hope you will join us for a lovely ride to the coast!

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3327176402043761444

Summary: 72 miles / 7,300 feet: Summit Bicycles > Sand Hill > Kings Mountain > Tunitas/Lobitos Creek > Hwy 1 to Pigeon Point > Cloverdale > Pescadero Creek Rd > West Alpine > Page Mill > 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: Richard Red