AV-B Ride March 9, 2024 - Montebello and the 9

Hi AVB-ers!

The forecast looks promising for Saturday so we’ll attempt to make it up to Skyline. Let’s hold a steady pace to keep the group together going through Los Altos Hills and Foothill, then feel free to go as fast as you want up Montebello because we’ll be regrouping at the top. After that, we’ll descend to a water stop at Stevens Canyon Picnic Area, before climbing Redwood Gultch and the I9. We’ll then make our way along Skyline, descend Page Mill, and go to Backyard Brew for coffee.
If the weather turns shitty I may end up changing the plan.

Hope to see you there
- Louise


The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Montebello and the 9
52 miles, 6000 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Louise

Regroups:
- Top of Montebello
- Stevens Canyon Picnic Area (water)
- Skyline fire station
- Top of Page Mill
- Bottom of Page Mill at Arastradero
- Backyard Brew

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 only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride March 2, 2024 - Rain cancelation

With wind and rain forecast for today and tomorrow, it’s not looking promising for riding outdoors.
Feel free to do the rain route if the weather clears up, but we won’t have an official leader.

Otherwise, if you’re on Zwift, Matt Flanzer has created a Saturday AV-Z ride starting at 9am here

AV-B Ride February 24, 2024 - Coastal Classic

Saturday is looking good weather wise so it seems like a perfect opportunity for another B ride to the coast

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40102681

~56 miles and 5,100 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:12 AM

Ride Leader

Simon

Planned Regroups:
Portola Road and Alpine Road (water)
Skylonda (water)
La Honda
Bike Hut (water)
Woodside Stores Park (water)
Sharon Park Drive

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 only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride February 10 2024 - Kings and Flintstones

Hi AVB-ers!

The weather is looking nice and sunny for Saturday (touch wood) so let’s take advantage of it. For this route I was inspired by Hannon’s Kings & Hills ride a couple of months ago, but decided to add a detour to see the Flintstones house. We’ll start out by climbing Kings, then descend Skyline and 92 to regroup at Crystal Springs. After that, we’ll take a tour of Hillsborough and regroup at the Flintstones house, before taking the hilly way home via Crestview and Emerald Hills.

Hope to see you there
- Louise


The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route
Kings and Flintstones
56 miles, 5300 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Louise

Regroups:
- Roberts (water)
- Top of Kings
- Crystal Springs (water)
- Flintstone house
- Lake Rd Trail (water)
- Top of Crestview
- Top of Jefferson

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 only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride February 3 2024 - Up Page Down 9

It seems like we will have a weather window for our Saturday rides so lets get a good one in. We will climb up Page Mill by way of Moody and then take skyline to Hwy 9 for the descent into Saratoga. After Saratoga we will sneak through the neighborhood onto Mount Eden and then through Stevens Canyon to Foothill and h

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

Up Page Down 9

49 miles 4800 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Hannon

Regroups:
Top of Page (water)

Top of 9

Saratoga (water)

Stevens Canyon Reservoir

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 only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride January 27, 2024 - Coastal Classic

Saturday is looking fairly positive weather wise so it seems like a good chance to head to the coast.

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles, California Ave

Route

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40102681

~56 miles and 5,100 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Simon

Regroups:
Portola Road and Alpine Road (water)
Skylonda (water)
La Honda
Bike Hut (water)
Woodside Stores Park (water)
Sharon Park Drive

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 only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride January 20, 2024 - Hopefully Skyline

The planned route for the ride is out to Redwood Gulch, 9 and West Old La Honda but with the weather forecast shifting when rain is due this may get changed depending on the conditions on the day.

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
RWG/9/WOLH

https://www.strava.com/routes/3131849625119253010
55 miles, 5,000 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Simon

Regroups:
Stevens Canyon Road and Mt Eden Road
Firestation 21 on Skyline
Page Mill and Skyline
Skylonda
Skylonda again
Portola Road and Alpine Road

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride January 13, 2024 - Flaturday

Happy New Year AV-Bers!

More rain projected for this weekend so we will be staying on the (mostly) flats today, but heading south instead. First we will go up through Elena onto El Monte, then Foothill into Stevens Canyon to do Mt Eden and Pierce. After Regrouping top of Pierce, we will ride down through Los Gatos to do Shannon Road onto Kennedy, back through Los Gatos and Saratoga to get onto Foothill by way of McClellan Ranch to head home.

Regroups at:

Corner of Elena and El Monte (water nearby at the Foothill track if needed)

Top of Pierce

Downtown Los Gatos (on the way back, water here)

McClellan Ranch (water)

Hope to see you there!
Hannon

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
Flaturday
55 miles, 3700 feet

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Hannon

Regroups:
Corner of Elena and El Monte (water nearby at the Foothill track if needed)

Top of Pierce

Downtown Los Gatos (on the way back, water here)

McClellan Ranch (water)

Backyard Brew (unless we’re all soaked by that point)

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride January 6, 2024 - Racing the Rain

Happy New Year AV-Bers!

The current forecast is for rain starting around noon on Saturday, so let’s see how much of this route we can do before it hits. I’ve kept it local, so there are a few bail-out points if it rains earlier than expected.
🔼 Altamont 🔽 Page Mill 🔼 Alpine & Joaquin 🔼 Huddart Park ▶ the Maze 🔼🔽 Jefferson

Hope to see you there!
Louise

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
Racing the rain
~46 miles and 4,000 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Louise

Regroups:
- Page Mill and Arastradero
- top of Joaquin
- Tripp after descending Kings
- top of Jefferson at the fire station
- Backyard Brew (unless we’re all soaked by that point)

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride December 23, 2023 - Page and Bohlman

Hello AV-Bers,

The rain has cleared so it’s time for another free post-ride coffee AV-B! Let’s start the holiday week off right by taking a trip down to Saratoga via Page Mill. From there we’ll have a ‘choose your own adventure’ climb up Bohlman where those looking to trim some elevation can opt for an earlier turn-around point on Bohlman before we regroup in Saratoga for water. We’ll round out the ride on Foothill and finish at Backyard Brew for some free post-ride coffee.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out there!
- Tanner

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

Page and Bohlman
~54 miles and 6,600 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Tanner

Regroups:
- Top of Page Mill

- The firestation on Skyline

- Saratoga (water)

- Corner of Stevens Canyon and Mt Eden

- Backyard Brew

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride December 16 2023 - OLH, Portola State Park and West Alpine

Hello AV-Bers,

Make sure you have your climbing legs ready because this week we’re going to be tackling three climbs: Old La Honda, Portola State Park Rd, and West Alpine. Descending West Alpine was pretty chilly when I did it last weekend, so I’m hoping climbing it will be a bit more pleasant. We’ll regroup at the top and bottom of each climb and finish at Backyard Brew for coffee.

Hope to see you there!
- Louise

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3170491067898423704
~50 miles and 5,700 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Louise

Regroups:
- corner of Alpine & Portola
- Sky Londa (water)
- La Honda
- Portola State Park
- top of West Alpine
- Page Mill and Arastradero

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride December 9 2023 - Kings, Hillsborough, Crestview, Emerald Hills

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

I wanted to do Kings last week but it was rained out, lets try again. Get your legs ready though because I don’t like Cañada so we are taking the hilly way home.

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3168099222079228966

~53 miles and 5,000 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Hannon

Regroups:
Roberts (water)

Old Store (water)

Top of Kings

Crystal Springs (water)

Top of Crestview

Cordilleras+Ralston (quick)

Top of Jefferson (quick)

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride December 2 2023 - Joaquin, Kings and Swett

The AV B Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!)

Twist on the Kings and Swett ride this week with a Joaquin appetizer.

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3165388773709426160

~55 miles and 5,000 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Simon

Regroups:
Portola Road and Alpine Road (water)
Portola Road and Alpine Road Again (water)
Kings and Skyline
Top of Swett
Water Temple (water)
Sharon Park Drive

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. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

AV-B Ride November 25 2023 - Coastal Classic

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40102681

~56 miles and 5,100 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Hannon

Regroups:
Portola Road and Alpine Road (water)
Skylonda (water)
La Honda
Bike Hut (water)
Woodside Stores Park (water)
Sharon Park Drive

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride November 18, 2023 - Dodging the Rain

Hello AV-Bers!

The forecast for this Saturday is threatening rain so we’ll stick to the lowlands and see if we can dodge the storm clouds. If it looks like we’ll have more significant rain I’ll make the call on Friday night whether to fall back to the standard rain route.

This route winds us through Cupertino neighborhoods until we regroup in Saratoga. From there, we’ll head back over Mt. Eden and the Los Altos Hills. If we’re lucky and the weather clears, then we’ll add on the base of Montebello to Peacock Ct. as a short out-and-back option.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

-Tanner

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
Dodging the Rain
~44 miles and 3400 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Tanner

Regroups:
Saratoga (water)
Stevens Canyon and Mt. Eden
Rancho San Antonio (water)
Backyard Brew

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride November 11 2023 - RWG - 9 - Portola Redwoods

Hi AV-Bers,
This week we are going to start by heading south on Foothill before climbing Redwood Gulch onto Highway 9. From the top of 9 we will ride skyline to the top of West Alpine where we will descend into Portola Redwoods State Park, and come back out the way we came and continue down Pagemill back to coffee. The official regroups will be Canyon Picnic Area, Top of 9 and top of Alpine/Pagemill before we do the Portola climb. There is water at the base of the Portola Climb if you need it, but I don’t think it makes sense to force a regroup there.

Hope to see you there!
- Hannon

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3053758057230186196
~53 miles and 6100 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Hannon

Regroups:
Canyon Picnic Area (water)
Top of 9
Top of Alpine (before Portola Climb)
Backyard brew

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride November 4 2023 - Saratoga loop

Hi AV-Bers,

This week we’ll be heading south to Saratoga. Our route will take us up Altamont and Page Mill, along Skyline, and down the I9 to Saratoga. For our return journey, we’ll take some backstreets to link up with Pierce and Mt Eden before heading back along Foothill. As always we’ll finish with well-earned coffees at Backyard Brew.
Hope to see you there!
- Louise

Start / End Location
Summit Bicycles

Route
https://www.strava.com/routes/3155419129273729916
~50 miles and 4,800 ft

Start Time
Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader
Louise

Regroups:
Top of Page Mill
The firestation on Skyline
Saratoga (water)
Corner of Stevens Canyon and Mt Eden

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride October 28 2023 - Swetty La Honda

Hi AV-Bers,

LKHC is far away this week (Mt Tam) so we are going to do something spooky and return to Simon’s Swetty… La Honda. We did this same route a few months ago and it was good fun. We will regroup at corner of Alpine and Portola, Skylonda, Skylonda again, Top of Kings, and the Water Temple. Its starting to be pretty cool in the mornings, but seems like the weather will be nice by the time we are headed back on Cañada. If you feel like a little more punchy climbs you can dip into Emerald hills or Westridge on the way home.

Hope to see you there!
- Hannon

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3125654184477796796

~55 miles and 5059 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Hannon

Regroups:
Alpine and Portola
Sky Londa (water) x2
Top of Kings
Water Templer
Backyard Brew

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride October 21 2023 - Kings and West Alpine

Hi AV-Bers,

This week’s Low Key Hill Climb is West Alpine (this segment), so I decided to take the B ride there for primarily selfish reasons. We’ll start out with Kings via Huddart and a section of the maze (it’s a slightly unconventional way to get there, so make sure you know where you’re going if you’re on the front), then travel down Skyline and 84 before the “fun” starts and we head back up West Alpine.

Hope to see you there!
- Louise

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3149183146352783150

~49 miles and 5,108 ft

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM

Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Louise

Regroups:
Top of Kings
Sky Londa (water)
La Honda
Top of Alpine
Page Mill and Arastradero

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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

AV-B Ride October 14 2023 - Redwood Gulch + Black Road

Hello AVB-ers,

This week I propose Redwood Gulch + Black Road, going through Foothill, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Lexington Reservoire, Castle Rock Park, Skyline, Page Mill Road

Start / End Location

Summit Bicycles

Route

https://www.strava.com/routes/3147986435084447534

~62 miles, 6502 ft+

Start Time

Meet: 9 AM
Leave: 9:10 AM

Ride Leader

Marco

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. Because of COVID, there are now multiple forms that must be completed. Blank forms may be found on our website at: https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

Filling out the waiver is only required one time per year.

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