of climbing in temperatures as high as 102 degrees F.ĭay 2 – Ione to Kirkwood, CA (elev. 315’ in the Sierra Foothills “gold country”): 128 miles with 3,835 ft. 269’, south of Oakland) to Ione, CA (elev. (Incidentally, there are separate male and female representations of the dinosaur, since the female uses makeup.)ĭay 1 – Castro Valley (elev. However, most of the others are almost 20 years younger.
Last month, it was formally incorporated and now has its own identifying red-and-white club jersey with an artist’s rendition of a cycling dinosaur on the front, which aptly represents me (at age 71). For the past five years, it has been an informal, unnamed cycling and social group that meets at the Royal Ground Coffee House in Montclair. The cycling club at that time was called the Royal Ground Velo Raptors of Montclair Village, Oakland, CA. Throughout the trip, we were supported by a non-cycling club member in a SAG (Support and Gear) “wagon,” and on the final day, by a second SAG wagon, driven by one of the wives, accompanied by two children. Shortly after the beginning of the third day, Friday, we were joined by another member (male) of our cycling club, and on the fourth day, Saturday, by six additional members (four men and two women) so there were 12 of us cycling the 72 miles around the lake on Saturday. We cycled to Lake Tahoe in three days from Castro Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area – five of us did (three men and two women) – and then on the fourth day, cycled completely around the popular lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains between California and Nevada. Cycling To and Around Lake Tahoe, August 10 – 13, 2005