Saturday, March 23 in Solvang, California: Before the ride: I left Fremont at 11 on Friday morning after putting in a half day of work. Since I had plenty of time, I decided to drive down Highway 1 instead of 101. I hadn’t been on Highway 1 south of Monterey as an adult, and was…
Saturday, September 29 in Vacaville, California: This ride was to be my third double century for 2001 (and my third double century ever, for that matter), the other two being Davis and the Grand Tour, and, if I finished it, completion of the California Triple Crown, and all of the bragging rights that confers I was pretty anxious…
Saturday, June 24 in Malibu, California: Before the ride: I left Fremont at 9:45 on Friday and headed down 101 towards Malibu. At 4:15, I pulled into Webster Elementary School in Malibu, the start/finish of the ride. The early check-in wasn’t supposed to start until 5, so I hung around and talked to a few…
Saturday, May 19 in Davis, California: This was to be my first double century, so I was rather apprehensive about it. My longest ride so far was 128 miles on the Grizzly Peak Century, which was a little bit hillier, but 72 miles shorter! Before ride day: In the days before the ride, I was trying…
