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Route Log:

--------                        -----------------       -----   -----------
location                        altitude/climbing       miles   time of day
--------                        -----------------       -----   -----------
home                                  20/0               0.0        8:56a
Palo Alto Cultural Center             20/0               0.4        9:01a
Hwy 84 & Mission Blvd. (via
Coyote Hills and Alameda Creek
path)                                150/530            26.3       11:41a
Mission Blvd & I-680                 340/730            29.9       11:58a
Mill Creek Rd. & Mission Peak Trail 1460/1850           33.6       12:35p
Mission Peak toilet                 2010/2320           34.4       12:58p
Mission Peak horse hitching post    2380/2620           35.0        1:12p
Mission Blvd & Warm Springs Blvd.    210/2620           39.5        2:36p
home                                 160/2770           62.4        4:05p

Total time: 7:05 (!)
Riding time: 4:41
Average Speed: 13.3
Maximum speed: 34.0
index: 74
irp: 10
mirp: 16
climbing ratio*: 0.44

*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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Saturday 12/26/92 - Ride to Mission Peak

On Saturday, Brent Silver (brent_silver@qm.sri.com) and I rode across the
Dumbarton Bridge to Fremont.  We then hooked up with Alvin Chin's Western
Wheelers "C" ride going up the Alameda Creek path.  He had at least 20 people
on his ride.  The moderately vigorous pace was just about right for us, but he
described his ride as an easy spin in the newsletter.  Maybe if I advertise my
rides as easy spins I'll get more people.

When we got to Niles Canyon, a cold wind was blowing from Sunol, and frigid fog
was licking the grassy tops of the nearby hills.  We stopped briefly to eat.
The temperature was 42 degrees.  We then continued up Mill Creek Rd. and the
back side of Mission Peak.  The last mile and a half is a very steep dirt road
with lots of large, loose gravel for about 1100 feet of climbing.  Fortunately,
the temperature at the top of the mountain was a warm 65.  The view was great.

We rode down the steep dirt road on the front side of the mountain and then
continued home on the flats through Milpitas, San Jose, Santa Clara,
Sunnyvale, and Mountain View.  Since Brent lives in Sunnyvale, he split off at
Central Expressway and Wolfe Rd.  Apparently one can ride up Monument Peak
(another nearby peak) as well, so I'll plan to do this another day.

-- 
bushnell@lmsc.lockheed.com	(Bill Bushnell)