Feather Pedals Ride: Danville - Calaveras - Palomares
| Date | 2014-03-15 |
| Distance | 93.1 km57.8 mi |
| Duration | 5h:11m |
| Photos | 32 |
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Start
First flat repair
Palomares & Paloverde
Heading up Dublin Grade
Dublin Grade summit
Starting down
Foothill at I-580 overpass
At Sunol RR station
Regroup at Calaveras and Geary - start of climb
View of Sunol Regional Park
Regroup at 1st summit on Calaveras
New dam construction area
Regroup at last summit before 'wall'
Water and RR stop at Ed Levin Park
An appeal for flat tire help on Warm Springs
took 3 tubes before one held air
Starting up Niles Canyon by Alameda Creek
Start of Palomares climb
Palomares summit
Chart (Mouse wheel zooms in)
Story
Valley Spokesmen club ride by the Feather Pedals group as part of a series of training rides leading up to the Cinderella on April 5th. Today's ride was on the 'Cal-Pal' route - starting in Danville we rode south Sunol and then out past the Calaveras Reservoir. Continuing on Calaveras road we stopped at Ed Levin Park before heading into Milpitas and north to Ohlone Collge on Mission where we stopped at a Starbucks for refreshments. Then we rode farther north to Niles and east through the canyon to Palomares Rd. After a short regroup at the summit we dropped down to Paloverde and Dublin Canyon Rds which took us back to Pleasanton and from there we took the Blvd. north back to the start.Note that I hadn't charged my GPS batteries and they ran out on Palomares so the track here doesn't have valid time and elevation data.