The Climbing Ride,October 27th - On the Up and Up

Time for your bi-weekly dose of vertical violence. Most of this week’s climbs are on the shorter side, so you’ll have to bring your sprint legs. Which will of course be wrecked by the one-two punch of Los Trancos & Vista Verde. Oh well, sucks to be you.

If you are not an Alto Velo member you will need to fill out your yearly waiver at https://www.bikereg.com/alto-velo-guest-waiver

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "If you are going up hill, keep going".

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26805966

53 Miles, 5240 ft

Climbs of note: Moody, Alexis, Los Trancos/Vista Verde, Huddart, Farm Hill/Canada College, High Rd/Woodside Dr.

Ride Safety:

Riders must be fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.

For additional ride safety rules, please visit https://www.altovelo.org/riding-etiquette

What: The Climbing Ride meets at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce parking lot on semi-random Sundays at 09:10 and leaves at 09:15. We regroup and recover after every climb; if you can do OLH in under 25 minutes you should have no problem keeping up.

Where: Los Altos Chamber of Commerce. 321 University Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022

How: Remember, pace yourself appropriately, there's lots of hills to climb! Pay attention to traffic and don't hog the road. Rides are 40-60 miles with 5000-7000 feet of climbing. The emphasis is on little-traveled hills with grades of ten to twenty percent. Riders are encouraged to wear garishly colored socks, and discouraged from vomiting in people’s driveways.