From: bushnell@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (William D. Bushnell)
Subject: RIDE STORY: Big Basin and Chalk Mountain (12/27/92)
Followup-To: rec.bicycles.rides
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 23:43:15 GMT


Route Log:

--------                        -----------------       -----   -----------
location                        altitude/climbing       miles   time of day
--------                        -----------------       -----   -----------
Henry Cowell Redwoods & SR-9         270/0               0.0        9:35a
Ben Lomond                           320/210             3.6       10:01a
Boulder Creek                        490/470             7.2       10:17a
Boulder Creek Country Club           810/810            10.4       10:38a
SR-236 & Lodge Rd.                  1280/1290           13.1       10:58a
Big Basin Park HQ                   1030/1600           18.6       11:37a
Sandy Point Junction                1400/2410           25.0        1:03p
Chalk Mountain                      1700/2970           28.9        1:48p
Sandy Point Junction                1460/3540           32.8        2:33p
Johansen Rd. & Butano Fire Rd.      2330/4340           36.4        3:27p
China Grade Rd. & Gate 12 Rd.       2340/4390           37.2        3:34p
China Grade Rd. & SR-236 (upper)    1910/4460           39.6        3:52p
Henry Cowell Redwoods & SR-9         400/4500           54.3        4:40p

Total time: 7:05
Riding time: 5:20
Average Speed: 11.5
Maximum speed: 35.0
index: 72
irp: 10
mirp: 14
climbing ratio*: 0.83

*Climbing ratio is (feet climbed)/(miles_ridden*100).  A climbing ratio of 1.0
is said (by Jude**) to be the Magic Ratio and corresponds to 100 feet of
climbing for every mile of riding.  A ride whose climbing ratio is greater than
or equal to the Magic Ratio (1.0) is a ride with lots of up and down.

**judek@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us

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Sunday 12/27/92 - Big Basin and Chalk Mountain

On Sunday, I drove down to Felton and met Brent and Jude whereupon we rode SR-9
north through Boulder Creek and then SR-236 and Lodge Road to Big Basin.
Again the temperature was very cold.  It didn't get above 50 degrees the whole
day, and most of the time it was in the low-40's with sprinkles and wind from
the oncoming storm.  From Big Basin we rode out Gazos Creek Rd. to Sandy Point.
Near Sandy Point we passed Patrick Goebel and friends riding the other way on
their mountain bikes.

After Sandy Point we continued on Whitehouse Canyon Rd. and then Chalks Rd. all
the way to Chalk Mountain.  Using the radio shed as a shelter from the fierce
wind, we took a victory picture at the top and then headed down the
roller-coaster road, stopping every so often to retrieve a water bottle that
didn't want to stay in its holder on the bumpy descents.  The road is made of
finely-broken shale, and the views are great.  From Sandy Point we returned to
Felton by climbing Johansen Road to China Grade Rd.  We took another victory
picture at the big log near China Grade Rd. and Gate 12, though we hardly
looked victorious as we were very tired and hungry from all the steep climbing.
From China Grade Brent and Jude returned to the Big Basin Park HQ where Jude
had parked his truck, and I rode back to Felton alone (and fast as it was only
45 minutes to sunset).

Jude had driven from Felton to Big Basin earlier in the day with his mountain
bike and road bike.  He then rode his road bike back to Felton to meet us.
Then he rode his road bike back to Big Basin and switched to his mountain bike
for the dirt part.  Jude has much more confidence descending fast on his
mountain bike than he has on his Cannondale road bike, even on paved descents.
Jude has, perhaps, a little too much confidence descending on his mountain bike
as he took a spill on one of the sharp S-curves on SR-236 near the Big Basin
Park HQ.  Brent rode a mountain bike with very aggressive knobbies on the whole
ride (including the paved 16 miles from Felton to Big Basin.)

This is a ride we'll have to do again from Palo Alto when the days get longer
and the weather gets warmer.

-- 
bushnell@lmsc.lockheed.com	(Bill Bushnell)
From: rterry@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:44:01 GMT
Subject: Re: 101 Tour Info needed
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino