Alto Velo C Ride, Mar16’24

Written By Jeff Bennett

Starts at Summit Bicycles in Palo Alto

Route: Old La Honda, 84, Palo Alto Foothills Park
https://www.strava.com/routes/3201919994817917644
41 miles, 3.8k' vertical

The AV C Ride is subject to Alto Velo's Ride Rules (read them!) and all participants must sign an annual waiver.

Non - Members: Alto Velo welcomes non-members to join us on our ride; however, non-members must have a Waiver on file with the club.

Time: Saturday gather at 9:00am, rolling by 9:15am

Start: Summit Bikes - 392 California Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Summit is Alto Velo's sponsoring bike shop.

Protocol:

  • Helmets required, no sudden lateral moves, call out hazards, call out mechanical problems, ride at a steady pace, …, ask for a mentor if you are new to group riding

  • Jam as hard as you like on the climbs, occasional sprint OK, soft pedal for an in-flight regroup when we get separated

  • Regroup at the top of every major climb and every significant descent — everyone descends at their own safe speed

  • Pay attention to the regroup locations and don’t pass them if you wish to stay with the group

  • If you breakaway before the first regroup please be encouraged to wait at the first stop (if the wait is too long we will break the ride into two fragments: drop and no drop)

Bring two water bottles

Regroups: soft pedal on Sandhill/Portola between Whiskey and OLH, regroup at bottom of OLH if we are not yet together; next regroup will be called out @ each regroup

Jeff Bennett
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